The New School Announces Ongoing Series
of One-on-One Interviews Between
Bob Kerrey and Today’s Top Leaders
The President’s Forum:
An Evening with William D. Zabel, Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate
Kick-Off Event, Wednesday, March 4, 2009
New York, February 9, 2009—The New School announces the Spring 2009 launch of an ongoing series, titled the President’s Forum. This series of occasional, one-on-one conversations between New School president Bob Kerrey and leaders from academia, business, government, the arts, and other walks of life will provide an in-depth look into the careers and perspectives of today’s most distinguished professionals, while offering an opportunity to discuss the pressing issues of our time
The first event of the series, The President’s Forum: An Evening with William D. Zabel, takes place on Wednesday, March 4 at 6:00 p.m in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center at 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor in New York. Zabel, a New School trustee, is Chairman of Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), a nonprofit international human rights organization, and founding partner of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. The discussion will explore Mr. Zabel’s distinguished legal career and longstanding human rights experience.
Zabel is chairman of Human Rights First and has been involved with numerous civic and philanthropic organizations. He has traveled widely on Human Rights First’s behalf, including a 1986 trip to Chile, where he investigated cases involving those who disappeared under the Pinochet regime. Zabel was a strong advocate for the creation of the International Criminal Court, and he helped support its growth as an effective forum for bringing human rights violators to justice. Zabel also played a key role in the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, in which the Court declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute unconstitutional, effectively putting an end to race-based bans on marriage. This case was recently in the news following the death of Mildred Loving this past May. Zabel was also the lead lawyer in Weiss v. Gardner, where the Supreme Court held that a loyalty oath then required by Medicare was unconstitutional. Later, he signed the brief in Palmore v. Sidoti, in which the Supreme Court held that a white woman could not be stripped of custody of her child because she married an African American.
The event will be held in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center at 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor in New York. Admission is free. RSVP at www.rsvpmenow.com/rsvpbeta/?id=19832. Space is limited. For additional information, please see the event description on the New School web site at www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=26742, or contact Stephen Kimmerling in the Office of the President at [email protected].
The next event in the series, The President’s Forum: An Evening with Charles Strouse, will take place on Thursday, March 26 at 6:00 p.m. and will include an in-depth interview with the acclaimed composer, lyricist, and arranger. For more information, please visit www.newschool.edu/eventDetail.aspx?id=27508.
About The New School
Located in the heart of New York’s Greenwich Village, The New School is a center of academic excellence where intellectual and artistic freedoms thrive. The 10,200 matriculated students and more than 6,400 continuing education students who attend the university’s eight schools enjoy a disciplined education supported by small class sizes, superior resources, and renowned working faculty members who practice what they teach. The eight schools of the university are: The New School for General Studies, The New School for Social Research, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, Parsons The New School for Design, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Mannes College The New School for Music, The New School for Drama, and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. For more information, please visit www.newschool.edu.
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