Prof. Peter J. Henning (1956-2022) was a bright light among the faculty of Wayne State University Law School. In recognition of his work, the school has created the Peter J. Henning Lecture Series and Prize.
The event will take place today at 6:00 p.m. in the Damon J. Keith Lecture Hall at Wayne State University Law School.
Christopher C. Lund, law professor and associate dean for research and faculty development, said Henning “was a giant of the law school.
“He was beloved by students, winning the highest teaching honors offered by both the law school and the university. He was also a nationally recognized scholar in the fields of corporations, white-collar crime, and criminal law, authoring five casebooks, seven treatises, an academic book on public corruption, and dozens of law review articles, symposium pieces, and book chapters.”
Lund added: “This lecture will be held yearly, and it will be delivered by a distinguished member of the legal profession to bring the Wayne Law community together to reflect on Professor Henning’s life and legacy.”
The inaugural event will feature a keynote address from the Hon. Jed Rakoff, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, a legal luminary and a specialist in securities law and criminal law.
Rakoff has served since March 1996 as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. He frequently sits by designation on the 2nd and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals.
He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and New York University School of Law and teaches at University of California, Berkeley School of Law and the University of Virginia School of Law.
Rakoff has written over 180 published articles, 835 speeches, and 1,800 judicial opinions and has co-authored five books. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and the author of Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free, and Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2021).
Rakoff’s lecture will be followed by a reception with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments in the Damon J. Keith Atrium.
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