Lynk gives keynote address at Martin Luther King Jr. student rally

Myles V. Lynk, the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and the Legal Profession, delivered the keynote address at the 2012 Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Student Rally, sponsored by ASU’s Office of Student and Cultural Engagement on Jan. 19.

Lynk discussed King as a “servant for justice,” and how King’s legacy as a brilliant leader, eloquent witness and courageous champion for civil rights is relevant to today’s civil rights struggles.

Lynk’s areas of interest include business law, civil procedure, legal ethics, bioethics in health care and law and literature. He is a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Law, Science & Innovation’s Public Health Law and Policy Program, and an Affiliated Faculty in Justice and Social Inquiry, at the ASU School of Social Transformation. In 2008-2009, Lynk was a Visiting Honors Faculty Fellow in ASU’s Barrett, The Honors College. In 2010, he received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Law’s Alumni Association. From 2004 to 2010, he served as ASU’s NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative.