Barbara McQuade Book Launch
Join us to celebrate the launch of Barbara McQuade's Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America. Barbara will be in conversation with Joyce Vance.
- Monday, June 23 at 6:00pm
- Little Professor Homewood
- Registration is required. Ticket only and tickets including a book are available. Additional books will be available for purchase at the event.
About the Book
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics.
MSNBC's legal expert breaks down the ways disinformation has become a tool to drive voters to extremes, disempower our legal structures, and consolidate power in the hands of the few.
About the Author
Barbara McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where she teaches criminal law and national security law. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. She was appointed by President Barack Obama, and was the first woman to serve in her position. McQuade also served as vice chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee.
About the Moderator
Joyce White Vance is a Distinguished Professor from the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, where her scholarship focuses on criminal justice reform and civil rights. She is a legal analyst with NBC and MSNBC. She was the United States Attorney in the Northern District of Alabama from August 2009 through January 2017, appointed by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate.