Temple University Beasley School of Law Presents the 2026 Honorable Clifford Scott Green Lecture

Fulfilling the Promise of Equality

Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12:00pm
Duane Morris LLP Moot Court Room

about the event

Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby, who holds the Judge Clifford Scott Green Chair in Law, will honor the life and legacy of Judge Green with remarks that explore the promise of equality found in the 13th and 14th Amendments; the persistent obstacles – both historic and contemporary – to equality; and the urgent need for law schools and lawyers to confront these obstacles to preserve the rule of law. Professor Yearby will then discuss how law schools, lawyers, and students should partner with communities to implement a Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing process to achieve equality.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ruqaiijah Yearby

Judge Clifford Scott Green Chair in Law

Ruqaiijah Yearby is the Judge Clifford Scott Green Chair in Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She is also Co-Founder of the Institute for Healing Justice & Equity and one of the Co-Founders of the Collaborative for Anti-Racism & Equity. She has expertise in Bioethics, Civil Rights, Critical Legal Studies, Health Care Law, Health Justice, and Legal Epidemiology.

Professor Yearby has received over $5 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study structural racism and discrimination in vaccine allocation as well as the equitable enforcement of housing laws and structural racism in the health care system. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Bioethics, American Journal of Public Health, Emory Law Journal, Health Affairs, JAMA, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Oxford Journal of Law and the Biosciences. She was recently awarded the McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Award and served as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health as well as the Swiss National Science Foundation. Professor Yearby’s scholarship can be found on Google Scholar here.

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Prior to joining the faculty at Temple University, Professor Yearby held academic appointments at Harvard Medical School, The Ohio State University, University of Hawai`i at Mãnoa, Saint Louis University, Case Western Reserve University, University of Connecticut, University Buffalo, and Loyola University Chicago. She also worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an Assistant Regional Counsel and served as a law clerk for the Honorable Ann Claire Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

For More Information

For more information or questions about Temple University Beasley School of Law’s Honorable Clifford Scott Green Lectureship, please contact:

Jackie Kelly
Assistant Director of Special Events
(215) 204-5009

jackiekelly@temple.edu