The Solicitor General of the United States, Elizabeth Prelogar, spoke to the School of Law’s Washington, D.C. Semester in Practice students about her work and the role of her office. Prelogar is the second woman to ever hold her current position, and she serves as the fourth-ranking individual at the Department of Justice.
This spring, Sibley Professor in Corporate and Business Law Larry Thompson taught a course on Corporate Social Responsibility. Thompson has held various legal positions, including U.S. deputy attorney general, executive vice president of PepsiCo and Volkswagen independent compliance monitor. He was recently named to the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Future of the American Boardroom Commission and awarded the National Law Journal’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award.