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Conference on Economic and Social Inequality:The Role of Race in Law, Markets, and Social Structures


Georgetown University Law Center & Harvard University Law School Conference on Economic and Social Inequality: The Role of Race in Law, Markets, and Social Structures Friday, March 24, 2006 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Room 2000, Eric E. Hotung International Law Center Building with a Lunch Discussion featuring Keynote Speaker Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics, Brown University Room 2001, Hotung Building 12:00 - 1:15 pm (No charge for conference; $50 charge for lunch. Advance registration required) Organized by: Professor Emma Coleman Jordan, Georgetown University Law Center Professor Charles Ogletree, Jr., Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard University Law School Schedule:
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Continental breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.	Introduction and Overview - Professor Emma Coleman Jordan, Georgetown University Law Center and Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard University Law School
8:45 - 10:00 a.m.	PANEL I
	Inequality: Perspectives in Three Disciplines: Economics, Law, and Sociology
Moderator:	Emma Coleman Jordan Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center
Panelists:	Richard McAdams Guy Jones Professor of Law, University of Illinois Visiting Professor of Law, University of Chicago Emily Houh Professor, University of Cincinnati Robert Ashford Professor, Syracuse University Law School
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:15 a.m. -12:00 p.m.	PANEL II
	Property Ownership and Asset Equality
Moderator:	Steven Salop Professor of Economics and Law Georgetown University Law Center
Panelists:	Thomas M. Shapiro Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy Brandeis University Robin Paul Malloy Senior Associate Dean E.I. White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law Professor of Economics Director, Program in Law and Market Economy Syracuse University Daria Roithmayr Professor of Law, University of Illinois Visiting Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Bernadette Atuahene Assistant Professor of Law Chicago-Kent College of Law
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch with Keynote Speaker Professor Glenn Loury ($50 charge; advance registration required) or Lunch on Your Own
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.	PANEL III
	Educational Equality
Moderator:	Charles Ogletree Jesse Climenko Professor of Law Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice Harvard University
Panelists:	Anita Hill Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s Studies Brandeis University Thomas Hertz Assistant Professor of Economics American University Robin A. Lenhardt Associate Professor of Law Fordham University
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.	PANEL IV
	Economic Inequality and the Developing World
Moderator:	Angela Harris Professor of Law University of California, Berkeley
Panelists:	James Angresano Professor of Political Economy, Albertson College of Idaho Visiting Professor of International Economy, Universita' Degli Studi Di Trento, Italia Steven A. Ramirez Professor of Law Washburn University Carmen G. Gonzalez Associate Professor of Law Seattle University Ruth Gordon Professor of Law Villanova University
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Afternoon Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.	PANEL V
	Workplace Equality
Moderator:	Harry Holzer Professor of Public Policy Georgetown University
Panelists:	Ian Ayres William K. Townsend Professor of Law Yale Law School Sumi Cho Professor of Law DePaul University Devon Carbado Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Closing Discussion
Questions: Contact Dianne McDonald (202) 662-9402 or mcdonald@law.georgetown.edu. Link to Campus map - http://www.law.georgetown.edu/directions/map.html RSVP for Conference and Lunch by March 10, 2005 to specialevents@law.georgetown.edu or 202.662.9548
Make checks for lunch payable to Georgetown University, and mail to**: Shari Thomas, Office of Special Events, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001