Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

“Two Competing Views of the Meaning of Equality in the United States Constitution and International Human Rights: 150 Years of Struggle”

Jules Lobel, JD
Bessie Mckee Walthour Chaired Professor,
University of Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Objectives: 

• An overview of how the US Supreme Court has viewed the meaning of the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equality under law since the Amendment's adoption;
• How does the US interpretation conflict with modern human rights perspectives?
• What are the implications of the Supreme Court's decisions for the struggle for racial and gender equality since Brown v. Board of Education?
• What are the effects of these decisions on racial inequities in areas such as health, education, criminal justice?

Disclosures

• Planners: Lawren VandeVrede, MD, PhD; Bruce L. Miller, MD; Howard J. Rosen, MD; and Eleanor O’Brien have stated they have no relationships to disclose.
• Speaker: Dr. Lobel will disclose any relationships at the beginning of his talk.

Accreditation: The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The above credit is inclusive of all Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds sessions offered July 2018 through December 2018. (1 credit per each 1-hour grand rounds session throughout the year).

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Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended for a professional audience. This activity is not commercially supported.