On August 23, 2019, David Konig will speak at the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, on Thomas Jefferson's view of education.
On April 24, 2019, the Frederick Douglass Forum at Linfield College will host Lisa Hay, Oregon's Federal Public Defender, for a lecture on law, the liberal arts, and the criminal justice system.
On March 5, 2019, the Frederick Douglass Forum at Linfield College will host Oregon Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Balmer for a lecture on how the liberal arts prepared him for law school and beyond.