Keynote Speech by Dr. Paul Finkelman

"Dred Scott:

The Decision that Made Lincoln President"

Keynote speech by Dr. Paul Finkelman, President William McKinley Distinguished Professor or Law and Public Policy and Senior Fellow in the Government Law Center, Albany Law School

Prior to accepting a position at Albany Law School, Paul Finkelman was Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law since 1999. He was previously the John F. Seiberling Professor of Law at the University of Akron Law School and has taught at the Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Hamline Law School, the University of Miami, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Brooklyn Law School, SUNY Binghamton, and the University of Texas at Austin.

A specialist in American legal history, race and the law, Dr. Finkelman is the author and editor of numerous articles and books. He was a Fellow in Law and the Humanities at Harvard Law School and received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Chicago. He has published extensively and was the chief expert witness in the Alabama Ten Commandments monument case. His work on the religion and legal history is cited in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court involving this issue.