The Law Library of Congress will present a Law Day 2014 lecture by Jeffrey Rosen on Monday, May 1 at the Library of Congress James Madison Building in Washington, D.C.
This year’s national Law Day theme, “American Democracy and the Rule of Law: Why Every Vote Matters,” recognizes the impending 50th anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Rosen is the president and chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center, a professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and the legal-affairs editor of The New Republic.
He is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he explores issues involving the future of technology and the U.S. Constitution.
The program is part of the Law Library’s annual celebration of Law Day—a national event that celebrates the rule of law and its contributions to the freedoms that Americans enjoy.
In 1957, the American Bar Association instituted Law Day to draw attention to both the principles and practices of law and justice.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower established Law Day with a proclamation in 1958.
The 2014 Law Day lecture is part of the Library of Congress commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act, which is anchored by the web-based Civil Rights History Project and the exhibition, “The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom.”
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