Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice:

"Law Enforcement Role of the Civil Rights Division, Past & Future"

Georgetown University Law Center
Hart Auditorium – McDonough Hall
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

Stephen Pollak, Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP

9:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Panel I

"Voter Registration & the Path to the Voting Rights Act of 1965"

John Doar, former Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Charles McDew, Founder and former Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

John Seigenthaler, former Special Assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Panel II

"School Desegregation in Alabama"

Jack Bass, author and journalist

Brian Landsberg, Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker

Jack Nelson, former Washington Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times

2:45 - 4:00 p.m.

Panel III

"Looking to the Future of Federal Civil Rights Enforcement"

Samuel R. Bagenstos, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Washington University Law School

Julie A. Fernandes, Senior Policy Analyst and Special Counsel, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Vicki Schultz, Professor, Yale Law School

Mark Tushnet, Professor, Harvard Law School

Sherrilyn Ifill, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law (moderator)

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks

This event is sponsored by Georgetown Law and the Civil Rights Division Association (CRDA). The CRDA, composed of former and current employees of the Civil Rights Division, is a nonprofit organization that seeks to further the mission of the Civil Rights Division through scholarship, recognition and fellowship.

A Web cast will be available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu. Registration for attendees is available here.