| 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"
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9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction(above)
Stephen Pollak- Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Panel I(above)
School Segregation in Alabama: Lee v. Macon County Board of Education
Brian K. Landsberg- Professor, McGeorge School of Law
Jack Bass- Author and Journalist
Pauline A. Miller- Special Litigation Counsel, Educational Opportunities Section, Civil Rights Division
Dennis Parker- Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Panel II
Voter Registration and the Path to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Charles R. Nesson- William F. Weld Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
John Doar- Senior Counsel, Doar, Rieck, Kaley & Mack
Charles F. McDew- Founder, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
John Seigenthaler- Special Assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Keynote Address
The Civil Rights Division: Then and Now
Jack Nelson- former Washington Bureau Chief, The 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
Louis F. Oberdorfer- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District
Of Columbia 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.
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