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Edith House Lecture Series
Inaugurated in 1983, the Edith House Lecture Series brings outstanding female legal scholars and practitioners to Athens. Edith Elizabeth House, a native of Winder, Ga., was one of the first female graduates of the University of Georgia School of Law. She graduated in 1925 and was co-valedictorian of her class. House enjoyed a distinguished career in public service, which spanned more than 30 years.
| Speaker | Title | Date | Audio/Video |
| Prof. Nadine Taub, Rutgers School of Law - Newark | Redefining the Equality Principle: Formal Equality, Substantive Equality, and Special Treatment for Women | 5/3/83 | No |
| Judge Gladys Kessler, District of Columbia Superior Court | The Crisis in Child Support | 4/3/84 | Audio available |
| Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, Wisconsin Supreme Court | Justice and Juror | 3/17/85 | Audio available |
| Prof. Eliane Vogel-Polsky, University Libre De Bruxelles | Positive Action within the European Economic Community | 9/25/85 | Audio available |
| Antonia H. Chayes, Chairman, ENDISPUTE, Inc. | Beyond Negotiation: Alternative Dispute Resolution | 3/12/87 | Audio - Interview with WUGA only |
| Prof. R. Lea Brilmayer, Yale Law School | International Affairs and the Implausibility of Democracy | 4/6/88 | Audio available |
| Prof. Martha Minow, Harvard Law School | Diversity: Gender, Religion and Race | 3/16/89 | Audio available/Video |
| Prof. Patricia A. Cain, University of Texas School of Law | A Postmodern Feminist Critique of Equal Protection Doctrine | 3/15/90 | Video |
| Prof. Mari J. Matsuda, University of Hawaii Schoolof Law | Towards a Feminist Theory Interconnecting Subordinations | 4/8/91 | Audio available |
| Prof. Patricia J. Williams, University of Wisconsin Law School | Banished Bodies | 3/13/92 |
Audio available Part 1 Part 2 |
| Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law | Mainstreaming Feminist Legal Theory and the Production of Legal Knowledge | 3/12/93 | No |
| Brooksley Born, Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washinton DC | Private Practice/Public Service - Reminiscences About the Women's Rights Movement | 3/9/94 | Audio available |
| Chief Judge Dorothy T. Beasley, Georgia Court of Appeals | Why Are We Here | 1/25/95 | Audio available |
| Prof. Mary E. Becker, University of Chicago Law School | The First Amendment and Sexual Harassment at School and at Work | 11/2/95 | Audio available |
| Prof. Martha S. West, University of California, Davis, School of Law | What's in it for me? Why Don't White Women Support Affirmative Action | 10/24/96 | Audio available |
| Prof. Anne M. Coughlin, University of Virginia School of Law | Sex and Guilt | 10/15/97 | Audio available |
| Prof. Sarah R. Weddington, University of Texas, Austin | Roe v. Wade: 25 Years Later | 9/23/98 | Audio available |
| Judge Susan Oki Mollway, U.S. District Court of Hawaii | Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge | 10/6/99 | Audio available |
| Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts, Northwestern University | Missing Voices: Black Mothers and the Politics of Child Welfare | 2/15/01 | Audio available |
| Kelly D. Askin, Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University | Securing Justice for Women in the United Nations International War Crimes Tribunals and Beyond | 3/26/02 | Audio available |
| Kathy Hall-Martinez, Director, International Program of the Center for Reproductive Law | Using Legal Strategies to Promote Women's Reproductive Rights: Achievements and Challenges | 3/3/03 | Audio available |
| Prof. Linda H. Krieger, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law | Naturalizing Anti-Discrimination Law | 2/25/04 | Audio available |
| Chief Justice Jean H. Toal, South Carolina Supreme Court | Women in the Law | 3/24/05 | Video available |
| Prof. Sarah R. Weddington, University of Texas, Austin | Some Leaders Are Born Women | 3/23/06 | Video available |
| Harriet McBryde Johnson, Author and Disability Rights Attorney |
Disability Rights: A Liberation Movement for All People |
3/21/07 | No |
| Shirley M. Hufstedler, former U.S. Secretary of Education | Freedom and Justice for Some: Federal Judicial Review for Guantanamo Bay Prisoners | 3/19/08 | Video available |
| Prof. Felice J. Batlan, Chicago-Kent College of Law | Are We Our Mother's Law Students?: Women's Law School Experiences and an Agenda for Action | 4/9/09 | Video available |
| Dahlia Lithwick, Slate magazine | Wise Women? What Women Bring to the Bench and How to Talk About It Like Gentlemen | 5/25/10 | Video available |
| Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein, Supreme Court of Georgia | Women and the Law: We've Come a Long Way ... Maybe | 3/9/11 | Video available |
| Leslie M. Turner, Coca-Cola North America General Counsel | Winning or Winning with Integrity? A Lawyer's Role in the Corporate World | 3/21/12 | Video available |
| Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit | Why the Constitution Matters and Why Women Should Care | 3/20/13 | Video available |