November 13, 2025
Agnieszka Fryszman, Chair of Cohen Milstein’s Human Rights practice and newly appointed 2025–2026 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights, will present Georgetown Law’s Drinan Lecture on Human Rights.
The lecture will take place at Georgetown Law at 500 1st Street NW 9th Floor on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
Her Drinan Lecture, “Against the Headwinds: Human Rights Lawyering in a Fractured World,” will explore how human rights lawyers can advance justice and uphold human dignity amid growing global challenges.
The Drinan Lecture on Human Rights is hosted annually in honor of Professor Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Father Drinan was a professor at Georgetown Law for more than 25 years, where he taught international human rights, and constitutional law, among other topics. He was a priest, scholar, lawyer, politician, activist, ethicist and one of the nation’s leading advocates for international human rights.
Agnieszka, the 2025–2026 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights, is one of the nation’s preeminent human rights litigators and founder of the Human Rights practice at Cohen Milstein. For more than two decades, she has been at the forefront of landmark litigation on behalf of survivors of grave human rights abuses.
Agnieszka’s achievements have earned wide recognition, including the National Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year, and the Human Trafficking Legal Center’s Advocate of the Year, among other honors.
The lecture will be followed by a reception w/food and drinks. We’d love to see you there!
Attendance is free. Register for the event.