Announcing our 2023 Scoper Lecturer | Bryan Stevenson
OUR 2023 SCOPER LECTURE
“Act Justly, Love Mercy: Exploring the Heart of Equal Justice”
featuring Bryan Stevenson
in conversation with UVA President Jim Ryan
7:00pm | March 28, 2023
John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Virginia
Save the date! Meet renowned attorney Bryan Stevenson, named “the most inspiring and influential crusader for justice alive today.” Stevenson will speak from his personal experience on the spiritual sources that empower his lifelong commitment to transformative acts of just mercy.
Following his Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought, Bryan Stevenson will be joined by President Jim Ryan for an onstage conversation.
This will be a “live only” in-person and digitally streamed event.
Follow along here for updates about tickets, co-sponsors and local grassroots partners!
The Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought is an annual series building off the Capps Lectures that brings eminent speakers to the university to deliver public lectures exploring the breadth of Christian expression in the arenas of scholarship, science and medicine, the arts, and culture. The series is generously funded by Nancy and Stephen Scoper, M.D., through their gift to the University of Virginia, designated to Theological Horizons.
This year’s focus on the law illuminates the prayer that “love is the motive but justice is the instrument.” (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Watch “True Justice,” below, the Emmy award winning documentary that follows Bryan Stevenson and his Equal Justice Initiative’s struggle to create greater fairness in the criminal justice system.