Join us as we celebrate future Marquette lawyers and welcome a national leader in access to justice.
2023 POSNER EXCHANGE AND PRO BONO SOCIETY INDUCTION
Friday, April 28 | 4:00 p.m. Eckstein Hall, Lubar Center
- Welcome and Introduction Dean Joseph D. Kearney, Joshua L. Gimbel, and Tod I. Gimbel, L’84
- Posner Pro Bono Exchange Maha Jweied with Derek Mosley
- Induction of Law Students into the Pro Bono Society
This event honors Marquette University Law School students who have performed 50 or more hours of pro bono service. These hours are entirely voluntary; the students receive neither monetary compensation nor academic credit.
Maha Jweied is co-CEO of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, an international nonprofit working with companies to champion fairness, equality, and effectiveness across systems of punishment and incarceration. During 2010–2018, Ms. Jweied served in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice, the primary office in the Executive Branch focused on supporting indigent defense and civil legal aid for low-income and vulnerable groups, including indigenous communities; she led the office in 2017–2018.
