Category Archives: Law and Race

Association of American Law Schools (AALS)

Call for Participation–Discussion Groups on Law School, Legal Profession–AALS Annual Meeting–NYC

The Annual Meeting Program Committee for the AALS Annual meeting (Jan. 6-10, 2016) invites participation in four different Discussion Groups: Discussion Group on The Ethics and Practice of Community Engagement…

Seattle University School of Law

Sesquicentennial Conference: The 13th Amendment through the Lens of Class and Labor—Seattle, WA

The Seattle University School of Law will host the Thirteenth Amendment Through The Lens of Class and Labor Conference on May 31-June 1, 2015. Presentations will focus on the Thirteenth Amendment and include…

CFP: Nova Law Review Symposium–Davie, FL

Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center and the Nova Law Review seek submissions for the Nova Law Review Symposium being held on September 18, 2015, entitled “Shutting Down the…

American Constitutional Society (ACS)

2015 American Constitutional Society National Convention—Washington, D.C.

The American Constitutional Society will host the 2015 ACS National Convention on June 11-13, 2015. The discounted early registration deadline is May 15, 2015. Featured speakers include: Ruth Bader Ginsburg – U.S. Supreme…

2015 Milton & Ethel Sorokin Symposium

2015 Milton and Ethel Sorokin Symposium–Hartford, CT

University of Connecticut School of Law will host the 2015 Milton and Ethel Sorokin Symposium on April 23, 2015. The event will be headlined by the American Civil Liberties Union’s…

Yale Law School

Policing Post-Ferguson Conference—New Haven, CT

Yale Law School will host the symposium of the Justice Collaboratory, “Policing Post-Ferguson,” on April 16-17, 2015. The conference explores how policing in the United States will and/or should be affected…

Cumberland School of Law - Samford University

Representing the Race – Birmingham, AL

Cumberland School of Law hosts the Thurgood Marshall Symposium, “Representing the Race,” February 20, 2015. Speakers include Kenneth W. Mack, Harvard Law School professor and author, and Judge Helen Shores…

Duke Law

The Present & Future of Civil Rights Movements–Durham, NC

The Duke Center on Law, Race and Politics (CLRP) will be hosting a symposium entitled, “The Present and Future of of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century…

The Heyman Center for Humanities at Columbia

Interdisciplinary Conference on American Immigration–New York, NY

The Society of Fellows in the Humanities (Columbia University) will be presenting “Managing Borders: An Interdisciplinary Conference on American Immigration Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act…

University of Miami Law Review

Criminalized Justice: Consequences of Punitive Policy–Coral Gables, FL

The University of Miami Law Review presents Criminalized Justice: Consequences of Punitive Policy Feb. 6-7, 2015 (11:30-4:45 Friday, 9-2 Sat.). The keynote speakers are The Honorable John Paul Stevens, Justice…