Description:
Paul Hoffman will talk about his recent settlement of a suit against two psychologists contracted by the CIA to design, implement, and oversee the agency’s post-9/11 torture program. Hoffman is a partner in the LA-based law firm Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman and was one of the lawyers on the ACLU's Salim case. He has litigated dozens of international human rights cases under the Alien Tort Statute and argued Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain in the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also the former Legal Director of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the former Chair of the Board of Amnesty Inter-national. No registration is needed.
Date and Location
Date:
Monday, November 13, 2017 - 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Warren Room, 295 Boalt Hall, School of Law, UC Berkeley
Address 1:
215 Bancroft Way
City:
Berkeley
State:
CA
Zip Code:
94720