2022 Master in Law Lecture: Honoring Ron Litman: The Opioid crisis
The 2022 Master in Law Lecture Honoring Ron Litman entitled: The Opioid Crisis: Pain, Profits, and Regulatory Failures was presented on Thursday March 31 at the University of Penn Law School. A Youtube recording of the lecture is now available. I attended the lecture live via zoom and would urge all of you to take a moment (OK 60+ moments) to watch and listen. It will definitely be worth your time. Myron Yaster MD
Thank you for attending the Master in Law Annual Lecture on March 31, 2022 featuring Patrick Radden Keefe, renowned author of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. As someone who registered to attend the event, you now have access to the recorded lecture for six months. We welcome you to share the recording widely with friends, family, and colleagues.
In this lecture, Patrick Radden Keefe examines the history of the Sackler Family, their role in the opioid epidemic, and how regulatory failures contributed to this crisis.
Hosted by the Master in Law Program at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, this lecture was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ronald S. Litman, a 2018 graduate of the Master in Law Program.
Honoring
Dr. Ronald S. Litman ML'18
This lecture is dedicated to Dr. Ronald S. Litman, a 2018 graduate of the Master in Law Program who passed away on April 21, 2021 at age 62 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Remembered as a giant in the field of pediatric anesthesia, Dr. Litman was an internationally known and respected medical educator, author, and clinician. Dr. Litman was an attending physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a professor of anesthesiology and pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He cared deeply about teaching, mentoring and inspiring others while also caring for countless patients. A passionate advocate for the safe administration of medicine, his lectures, articles, and books have influenced generations of anesthesiologists. Dr. Litman was a beloved member of the Penn Carey Law community where he not only helped inform the Master in Law Program as a content advisor, he excelled as a student in the Program and gave generously of his time and talents as an engaged and devoted law school alumnus.
Featuring
Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the New York Times bestseller Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, was selected as one of the ten best books of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and The Wall Street Journal, and was named one of the top ten nonfiction books of the decade by Entertainment Weekly. His previous books are The Snakehead and Chatter. His work has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. He is also the creator and host of the eight-part podcast Wind of Change. His latest book is Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty.