I wanted to advise the list of, and invite its members to attend, a conference on
Brown v. the Board of Education: 50 Years Later on Friday, October 10, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Saint Louis University School of Law.
The Richard J. Childress Memorial keynote lecture will be given by William
E. Nelson,
the Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law at New York University School
of Law.
Jack Greenberg, Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School, will provide luncheon remarks.
Commentators on Professor Nelson's lecture will be Robert Cottrol, Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law, George Washington University; Mary Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law and History, University of Southern California Law School; and the Honorable Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
A panel on affirmative action, focusing on the Grutter and Gratz decisions
will include Evan Caminker, Dean Designate and Professor of
Law, University of Michigan Law School; William
LaPiana, Professor of Law, New York Law School; and Joel K. Goldstein,
Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor, Saint Louis University
School of Law.
The final panel will explore the aftermath of Brown in the school systems and other public facilities in the United States. Panelists include Kevin M. Kruse, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University; Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Assistant Professor of Law and History, Washington University, and Anders Walker, Assistant Professor of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College.
To register for the lecture, please contact Dianne Morris at 314-977-
2789 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] For information regarding the lecture or
its participants,
please contact Joel K. Goldstein at 314-977-2766 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This event carries 6.5 CLE credits.
Joel K. Goldstein
Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Law
Saint Louis University School of Law
3700 Lindell
St. Louis, Mo. 63108
314-977-2782
