Each year, the Center for Ethics invites distinguished academics to present their current work at the Center for Ethics Speaker Series. Since 2001, the Center for Ethics has hosted more than 200 guest speakers. The Center for Ethics public lectures are free and open to all members of the Tulane community as well as the general public. 

Each semester, the Center for Ethics invites distinguished academics to present their current work at the Center for Ethics Public Lecture Series. Since 2001, the Center for Ethics has hosted more than 200 guest speakers.

Jonathan Simon a Lance Robbins Professor of Criminal Justice Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His research concerns the role of crime and criminal justice in governing contemporary societies, risk and the law, and the history of the interdisciplinary study of law.