Posner Exchange

The Posner Exchange is an annual event held each April that includes a conversation with a renowned leader in public service law. The event also includes a ceremony inducting law students into the Marquette Law School Pro Bono Honor Society. Inductees have performed 50 or more hours of pro bono service during their law school careers; students who have achieved 120 or more hours receive special recognition. These hours are entirely voluntary, the students receiving neither monetary compensation nor academic credit. The event honors the memory of Gene Posner, L'36. The Gene and Ruth Posner Foundation generously supports the Law School's public service work.

2023

Maha Jweied
Responsible Business Initiative for Justice

 

Eve Runyon

2022

Eve Runyon
President and CEO of Pro Bono Institute

Eve Runyon

2021

Hon. Goodwin H. Liu
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court

Hon. Goodwin H. Liu

2020

Mike Gonring
Pro Bono Lawyer & Influencer, Former Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee

Mike Gonring

2019

Rebecca Sandefur
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rebecca Sandefur

2018

James J. Sandman
President of the Legal Services Corporation, Washington, DC

James J. Sandman

2017

Chantá Parker
Special Counsel for New Initiatives at the Innocence Project

Chantá Parker

2016

Martha Bergmark
Executive Director of Voices for Civil Justice

Martha Bergmark

2015

Jeff Colman
Jenner & Block

Jeff Colman

2014

Hon. Ramona E. Romero
General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Hon. Ramona E. Romero

2013

David Stern
Executive Director of Equal Justice Works

David Stern

2012

Maria Foscarinis
Founder and Executive Director, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

 

Maria Foscarinis

2011

Fred Kammer, S.J.
Director, Jesuit Social Research Institute of Loyola University New Orleans

Fred Kammer, S.J.

2010

Laurene Heybach, L'78
Founder and Director, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Law Project

Laurene Heybach

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