The Thornburgh Family Lecture Series on Disability Law and Policy is sponsored by the Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy at the Institute of Politics. The series was created through the generosity of Dick and Ginny Thornburgh as 2003 recipients of the $50,000 Henry B. Betts Award.
The fund has been supplemented by grants from the Office of the Chancellor and assistance from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the School of Law, the Office of Disability Resources and Services, and the David C. Frederick Honors College.
This mission of Dick and Ginny Thornburgh expands public understanding, institutional services and protections, and political voice of people with disabilities. The impacts across our nation are well known and far-reaching. Many Americans are touched themselves with a disability, a chronic condition or are closely acquainted with such a person. Not least among those affected are the many brave soldiers wounded in our battles abroad.
The annual lectures are free, open-to-the-public events that draw a large and diverse audience of students, professors, attorneys, advocates, community leaders, and national spokespersons for the rights of people with disabilities.
See the list of the past Thornburgh Family Disability lecture speakers.
