Fall Lecture: Steven Steinbach, Teaching the Constitution

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. In-person lectures will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Room A on the First Floor. Registration for the below lecture will open here at 10:00 AM on the Friday prior to the lecture. The direct registration link will also be included in the Friday newsletter the week prior. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve one seat. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.

Steven Steinbach, Teaching the Constitution
Friday, November 18
1:30 PM
Location: In-Person at OLLI
Spring Valley Building
4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Room A on the First Floor

Steven A. Steinbach is on the faculty of Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC, where he has served as chair of the History Department, and where he teaches courses in United States History and American Government. He is a three-time recipient of the US Presidential Scholars Distinguished Teacher recognition award.

   He is editor of With Liberty and Justice for All?: The Constitution in the Classroom (Oxford University Press, 2022), a unique approach to the study of both the Constitution and US History intended for classroom teachers, their students, and interested citizens more generally. The book features contributions from leading constitutional historians and includes a Foreword by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

   Prior to becoming a high school teacher, Steinbach was a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Williams & Connolly LLP, where he specialized in criminal and civil litigation. Steinbach holds degrees from Harvard College (AB), Yale Law School (JD), and St. John’s College, Annapolis (Master of Arts in Liberal Arts). He was a law clerk for the Hon. Arlin M. Adams of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit, the Steering Committee of the Quill Project of Pembroke College Oxford, and the Advisory Council of the Educating for American Democracy Initiative.