Post Date: March 15, 2005

This weekend, Harvard's Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review will host its 40th anniversary conference, "Bridging the Gap: Constructions of Rights and Liberties in the New Civil Rights Era." The conference will bring scholars and public policy experts together to focus on issues like economic disparities, privacy rights and the balance between liberty and security. The event will take place Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19 at Harvard Law School.

"Right now our country faces deep political divisions that raise a number of questions about the future of civil rights and civil liberties," said Danice Woodley, chair of the conference. "Ultimately, we hope the conference will help us to devise strategies for preserving civil rights and liberties in a world with increasingly complicated social, economic, and private demands."

Panel topics include:

• Notions of Liberty and Security in the War on Terror
• Our Bodies and the Law
• The Myth or Reality of Today’s Economic Opportunity Tale

For more information, please visit the CR-CL website.