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Todd Brower ’76

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Judicial Education Director, Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law; Professor of Law Emeritus, Western State College of Law at Westcliff University
Todd Brower

teacher, learner

Todd Brower is the judicial education director for the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law. He is a professor of law emeritus at Western State College of Law in California. Brower has an LL.M from Yale Law School, a J.D. from Stanford Law School and was a Fulbright scholar in France. He served on the California Judicial Council’s Access and Fairness Advisory Committee and is the author of various law review articles, research studies and publications on the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the courts of the United Kingdom, California and New Jersey. Brower has worked with the courts of several nations in Europe, Africa, and North and South America, with many U.S. states and federal agencies on judicial education programs on access to justice for LGBTQ+ people, and with international and national judicial organizations. He was president of the National Association of State Judicial Educators (2021-22), the professional organization for judicial and court employee education personnel. Brower is married to Steve MacIsaac, a graphic novelist, comics artist and writer.

Events

In Defense of Self: Protecting LGBTQ+ Bodily Autonomy and Health

Saturday, September 21

This session will explore the vital connections between advocating for reproductive justice and supporting gender-affirming care. Led by experts in the field, attendees will gain valuable insights into how threats to bodily autonomy can serve as mechanisms of control, leaving equipped with talking points to address these challenges.