MILWAUKEE — Sister Helen Prejean, award-winning author and advocate for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States, will be the featured guest for an “On the Issues” conversation with Derek Mosley, director of the Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, to be held at Marquette University Law School’s Eckstein Hall at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 16.
Registration for this event is full. Members of the media who are interested in attending must contact Kevin Conway, associate director of university communication, at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu, in advance.
In a discussion co-presented by the Lubar Center and Marquette Law School’s Andrew Center for Restorative Justice, Sister Prejean will discuss her ministry, including counseling individual death-row prisoners and working with the family members of murder victims. With a new graphic edition of her landmark book, “Dead Man Walking,” she will talk about how she continues to educate the public and advocate for ending the death penalty.
Mosley has served as Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education director since 2023. Under his leadership, the Law School’s Lubar Center has expanded its programming to include sessions during Black History Month and on unconscious bias, as well as Heritage Dinners in the community. A 1995 graduate of Marquette Law School, Mosley served as a judge of the Milwaukee Municipal Court for 20 years. The Law School’s Andrew Center for Restorative Justice, led by Mary Triggiano, former chief judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, seeks particularly to support victims and communities in the process of healing, both from the effects of crime and more generally.
Through public programming such as the Marquette Law School Poll, “On the Issues” conversations with newsmakers, public lectures by leading scholars, conferences on issues of public significance, and the work of its Lubar Center, Marquette Law School seeks to advance civil discourse about law and public policy matters.
