2025 Wilkins Lecture: Former Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith on Democracy, Integrity, and the Rule of Law
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Harris Theater
This free event is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the George Mason community. Doors open at 4 p.m. The lecture begins at 4:30 p.m.
Event Description: The 2025 Roger Wilkins Lecture will be delivered by former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith. The veteran prosecutor was appointed in 2022 by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate two major criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. The lecture is called “Democracy, Integrity, and the Rule of Law.”
The annual Roger Wilkins Lecture, presented by George Mason’s Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program, is named in honor of the late Robinson Professor Emeritus of History and American Culture. Wilkins, a civil rights activist and first Black assistant attorney general, served under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
