Legal experts and advocates, alongside students from KU and Washburn Law, will debate the ethics of medically assisted death in the United States during an upcoming event in Lawrence.
The program is “a cross between a mock trial and a debate,” according to the Dole Institute of Politics. At this spring’s edition, experts will debate the topic “Resolved: Medical Assistance in Dying Should be Legal in the United States.”
The event is set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 24 at the Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive. It will also livestream on the Dole’s YouTube page at this link.
On the affirmative side are experts Pedro Irigonegaray, Jaspreet Chowdhary and Diana Barnard, joined by Washburn University School of Law student Janira Silva, KU senior Cas Casmus and KU freshman Ava Levin.
On the negative side are experts Ed Duckers, Jason Raibley and Michaela Prezzia, joined by Washburn Law student Ryan Petersen, KU sophomore Jaspreet Kaur and KU junior Harini Sreekanth.
Read short bios on each of the panelists on the Dole’s event page at this link.
Nathan Binshtok, a member of the Dole’s Student Advisory Board majoring in economics and political science who is on a pre-law track, will moderate the program, according to the page.
Recent previous topics of “The Counselors” programs include whether the draft should be reinstated and whether U.S. Supreme Court justices should be appointed to fixed terms rather than for life.
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