Outside the Ropes: Virtual Education Program

The Muhammad Ali Center presents a new educational online program alongside the University of New Mexico, honoring Muhammad Ali’s legacy as part of the 10th anniversary of his passing.

“Outside the Ropes: What College Students Can Learn from Studying Muhammad Ali,” will offer a legal and social reflection from university students on Ali’s legacy and the United States Supreme Court case, “Clay v. United States (1971),” Ali’s appeal of his conviction after objecting to the Vietnam draft due to his religious beliefs.

For this new public education program, the Ali Center is partnering with the University of New Mexico’s political science department. This program features a speaker panel consisting of four high-achieving UNM students, who during their political science and/or pre-law undergraduate studies, specifically studied, analyzed and wrote about Muhammad Ali’s legal and social impact on our society.

The Ali-Center-UNM collaborative project was originally created and developed by former New Jersey Judge Lawrence Jones. Jones is presently the pre-law advisor and Visiting Lecturer at UNM, where he teaches Constitutional Law and other law-related subjects. Jones had submitted the students’ collegiate work on Ali to the Ali Center for review, resulting in the birth of the program by the Ali Center and its educational collaboration with the University of New Mexico.

This two-hour educational program will be presented virtually on March 30, 2026 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mountain Time) and will be free to attend via registration.