Library to host legal expert Nadine Strossen April 26

Renowned civil liberties and constitutional law expert Nadine Strossen will join the Lewes Public Library’s Lives in the Law lecture series for an online discussion at 5 p.m., Monday, April 26.

She will be in conversation with Ronald Collins, a legal scholar and Lewes Public Library distinguished lecturer.

Strossen served as president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008, the first woman to head the nation’s largest and oldest civil liberties organization. She is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, Emerita at New York Law School and has written, taught and advocated extensively in the areas of constitutional law and civil liberties. Her 2018 book, “Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship,” has been widely praised by ideologically diverse experts.

“Nadine Strossen has been labeled ‘the First Lady of Liberty,’ and understandably so. When it comes to the Constitution, she can debate the best with a combination of savoir-faire and skilled scrutiny. Never one to flee the scene of confronting controversial issues, there is in her the Shakespearean spirit of a Saint Crispian’s Day soldier,” said Collins.

The discussion is free to the public. Registration is required. To sign up, go to lewes.lib.de.us and visit the Virtual Programs for Adults page.

Collins is the former Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington Law School. He served as a Supreme Court Fellow for Chief Justice Warren Burger and is editor of the weekly blog First Amendment News.