Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law Joyce Vance, author of the bestseller Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping A Democracy, will speak at Boston College on March 26. Vance’s book is an expert look at American democracy and how the sweep of legal history informs the understanding of it today. In Giving Up is Unforgivable, Vance informs readers about how government works and what it takes to preserve democracy. Vance also writes “Civil Discourse,” one of country’s leading Substack newsletters. Vance’s lecture, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics. It will take place at 4 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Doors open at 3:30 p.m.