WHO:

Kenji Yoshino, Professor of Law, Yale Law School     

WHAT:

Yoshino will discuss his new book, “Covering: The Hidden Assault On Our Civil Rights”, (Random House).  Yoshino will be introduced by Georgetown University Law Center Professor Chai Feldblum.

WHEN:

Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor
120 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

This event is sponsored by Georgetown Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, the American Constitution Society, Outlaw, the Moral Values Project, the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, and GAYLAW.

Yoshino is a leading expert on constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and law and literature.  Drawing on his own experiences as an Asian-American and gay man, Yoshino calls for a new way of thinking about civil rights, authenticity, and identity in his new book.  Publishers Weekly says about “Covering”, “seldom has a work of such careful intellectual rigor and fairness been so deeply touching.”  It was recently featured in The New York Times Magazine. 

Anyone planning to attend who may need a sign language interpreter should email als75@law.georgetown.edu.