From 2004 to 2016, the Consortium on Law and Values hosted the annual Deinard Memorial Lecture on Law & Medicine.
The Deinard Lecture Series was supported by generous donations from the family of Amos S. Deinard, Sr. (1898-1985) and Benedict S. Deinard (1899-1969). The Deinard brothers both attended the University of Minnesota Law School and Harvard Law School, and were founding partners of the Minneapolis-based law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard (now Stinson Leonard Street), which was also a funder of the series.
Amos Deinard was a distinguished attorney widely known for his persistent work to eliminate discrimination in hiring. Appointed to the Minneapolis Fair Employment Practices Commission in 1945 by Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey, he served on the Commission for 17 years, 15 of them as chairman.
Benedict Deinard was a successful trial lawyer, an Adjunct Law Professor at the University of Minnesota, a Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Justice Department during World War II, and one of four civilians asked to participate in the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
This lecture series was co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences; Center for Bioethics; and Joint Degree Program in Law, Science & Technology.
Past Deinard Lectures
