2009 SCHOLARS

The Aspen Ideas Festival Welcomes The 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholars

 

 

The Aspen Ideas Festival is pleased to announce the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholars, a diverse group of action-oriented leaders from all over the United States and around the world, selected for their work and accomplishments - and for their ability to transform ideas into action. These Scholars were nominated by trustees, senior members of the Institute's staff, Ideas Festival track advisors, and past Scholars, and their presence at the Ideas Festival has been made possible by a group of Festival Patrons, whose purchase of special Patron Passes fund this program. The Institute is proud to host these distinguished Scholars and grateful to the Patron Pass donors for their support.


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Deborah N. Archer

Deborah N. Archer

Deborah N. Archer is a Professor of Law at New York Law School, and is an expert in the areas of civil rights, special education, and racial discrimination. She teaches in the areas of racial discrimination and social justice advocacy. Deborah is also the director and founder of New York Law School’s Racial Justice Project, a legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting constitutional and civil rights and increasing public awareness of racism and racial injustice in the areas of education, employment, political participation, and criminal justice. The Project engages New York Law School students in cutting-edge research and advocacy, from protecting the right to vote for victims of Hurricane Katrina during the 2008 Presidential election to suing the West Palm Beach, Florida school district for failing to graduate high school students at adequate rates. Previously, Deborah served as an assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., where she represented clients in important civil rights cases in the areas of voting rights, employment discrimination, and educational equity. Before joining LDF, Deborah was a Marvin H. Karpatkin Fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union, where she was involved in federal and state litigation on issues of race and poverty, and a law clerk to Judge Alvin Thompson in United States District Court in Connecticut. Deborah also spent 3 years as an associate at the international law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP.