Nanda Center Book Talk — The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea

September, 1, 2026 – 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. – Room: TBD
The Ved Nanda Center and the Sturm College of Law’s associate dean for Community Support & Engagement are honored to host Professor David Oppenheimer for a talk on his book The Diversity Principle: A Transformative Idea (Yale University Press, 2026). Alexi Freeman, associate dean for Community Support & Engagement, and Rashmi Goel, professor of law, will provide commentary. The event will be moderated by Kelley Loper, director of the Ved Nanda Center. 

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David B. Oppenheimer is a clinical professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and co-director of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law. He holds a JD degree from Harvard Law School. In his clinical and pro bono work he has handled discrimination and harassment cases concerned with race, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, and religion in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. He and his students have filed amicus curie briefs numerous courts. He is the author or editor of ten books and scores of articles on US and global discrimination law. His newest book, The Diversity Principle: The story of a Transformative Idea, was published in 2026 by Yale University Press.

For additional background on the book:
a review published in Forbes is available here;
a description from the Yale University Press website can be found here.

The use of University of Denver resources or facilities for this event does not constitute an endorsement by the University or the Sturm College of Law
of the views of the organizers or speaker(s).