Symposium: Remembering the Dream, Renewing the Dream
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech and the March on Washington

A Justice Action Center Symposium
Friday, September 13, 2013
New York Law School

Cosponsored with the New York Law School Law Review

On the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech and the March on Washington, leaders of the civil rights movement will join prominent civil and human rights attorneys and legal scholars to reflect on the impact Dr. King’s speech and the March had on the civil rights movement; examine civil rights enforcement in the federal courts; and discuss the legacy of these events today and for the future.

 

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CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

This program has been approved for a maximum of five (5) credits of continuing legal education (CLE) credit in professional practice for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys.

  

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Check in for registered guests. Breakfast available.

10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks

  • Deborah N. Archer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director, New York Law School Racial Justice Project

10:30 a.m.–12:00 noon
Panel I: "The Fierce Urgency of Now"
The Impact of the March on Washington and "I Have a Dream" on the Struggle for Civil Rights
Attendees at this panel are eligible for 2 CLE credits in professional practice.

  • Moderator: David Schoenbrod, Trustee Professor of Law, New York Law School
  • Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO, NAACP
  • Clarence Jones, Author of "Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation" and former personal counsel, advisor, and draft speech writer to Dr. King

12:00 noon–1:45 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Speaker

  • Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone

2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Panel II: "Making Real the Promise of Democracy"?
A Half Century of Civil Rights Enforcement in the Federal Courts
Attendees at this panel are eligible for 2 CLE credits in professional practice.

  • Moderator: Edward Purcell, Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law
  • Theodore Eisenberg, Henry Allen Mark Professor of Law, Cornell University School of Law
  • Lauren Kay Robel, Van Nolan Professor of Law and Provost, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  • Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Ann Woolhandler, William Minor Lile Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

3:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Panel III: "We Shall Always March Ahead"
The Road Forward in Pursuit of Equality
Attendees at this panel are eligible for 1 CLE credit in professional practice.

  • Moderator: Elise Boddie, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School (on leave) and Acting Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
  • Debo Adegbile, Acting President and Director-Counsel, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
  • Stephen Bright, President and Senior Counsel, Southern Center for Human Rights
  • Steven Shapiro, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union

Reception to follow