Judge Reena Raggi on “Free Speech and Offensive Expression on University Campuses”

Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/30/2017
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

On March 30, the UNC School of Law will host the Hon. Reena Raggi, United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Raggi will present the law school’s annual Murphy Lecture on the topic of “Free Speech and Offensive Expression on University Campuses.”  

The event is free and open to the public. For directions and information on parking at UNC, please visit the law school’s parking page. More information on the lecture can be found here.

More on Judge Raggi

Reena Raggi is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. At the time of her appointment in 2002, she was a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.

Judge Raggi earned her B.A. degree in 1973 from Wellesley College and her J.D. degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1976. She was law clerk to Judge Thomas E. Fairchild of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1976 to 1977. From 1977 to 1979 she was in private law practice as an associate with the New York law firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1979 to 1986, including assignments as Chief of the Narcotics Division (1982 to 1984), and Chief of the Special Prosecutions Division (1984 to 1986). Also in 1986, she served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under an interim court appointment. Later that year, she resumed the private practice of law as a partner in the New York firm of Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives. She remained there until her appointment in 1987 as a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.

More on the William P. Murphy Distinguished Speaker Endowment

The Murphy Lecture Series was established by the UNC School of Law Class of 1990 in honor of former faculty member Professor William P. Murphy’s teaching (1971-1990) and his work in constitutional law, labor law and civil rights. The lecture series is responsible for bringing noted lawyers, political figures and public advocates to the UNC campus.