Webinar Series — What’s at Stake: Expert Perspectives on the 2024 Election

The second in a series of educational webinars focused on the upcoming general election in the United States. The series brings together subject matter experts in one-on-one conversations about various political and social issues at stake in this year’s election cycle, which is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic, momentous, and consequential in years. Moderated by Professor Anthea Butler of the University of Pennsylvania.

Anthea Butler is Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Butler’s recent book is White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America on Ferris and Ferris/UNC Press. Professor Butler also is a contributor to The 1619 Book: A New Beginning, with a chapter entitled “Church”. Professor Butler is an op-edcontributorfor MSNBC and her articles have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and The Guardian. Professor Butler is a member of the National Institute’s Advisory Council.

Body Politics: Legal Issues in the 2024 Election Cycle

How do abortion, LGBTQ issues, gender and sexuality play a role in defining the 2024 election cycle? Professor Tobias Wolff will be discussing his work and research on these issues from a legal perspective, giving attention to the Supreme court recent decisions, and how they may play a role in both voting and the future president’s perspectives.

Tobias Barrington Wolff is Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He writes and teaches in the fields of civil procedure and complex litigation, the conflict of laws, constitutional law, and LGBT rights. He is the author of the amicus curiae brief for Conflict of Laws scholars addressing choice of law and the Fourteenth Amendment in marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2071 (2015).  He is also the author or co-author of numerous articles, and his recent articles include “Class Actions, Statutes of Limitations and Repose, and Federal Common Law” (with Stephen Burbank) (University of Pennsylvania Law Review), “Choice of Law and Jurisdictional Policy in the Federal Courts” (University of Pennsylvania Law Review). Wolff has served as pro bono counsel in many civil rights cases seeking equal treatment under law for LGBT people. He won the Beacon Award for Public Service in 2013.