Headshot of Keynote Speaker Deborah Archer

Deborah Archer, Keynote Speaker

Deborah Archer serves as the current president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a professor of clinical law, Associate Dean for experiential education and clinical programs, and Co-Faculty Director for the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU School of Law. She is a nationally recognized expert in civil rights, racial justice, and diversity, and has served on the board of various nonprofits and public interest organizations.

 

Panel 1: Clinicians as Abolitionists

Eduardo Ferrer, Visiting Professor of Law and Policy Director of the Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Initiative 

Justin Hansford, Professor of Law and Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center

Kris Henning, Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative

Vida Johnson, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Georgetown Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic & E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program 

Michael Pinard, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Clinical Law Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Panel 2: Challenging Racial Neutrality in Tech, IP, & Entrepreneurship Clinics

Priya Baskaran, Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the American University Washington College of Law Entrepreneurship Law Clinic

Amanda Levendowski, Associate Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Georgetown Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic

Laura Moy, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Georgetown Communications and Technology Law Clinic and Center on Privacy & Technology

Lynnise Pantin, Clinical Professor of Transactional Law and Founding Director of the Columbia Law School Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic

Alicia Plerhoples, Anne Fleming Research Professor, Professor of Law, Director of the Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic and Associate Dean for Clinics and Experiential Learning

Anjali Vats, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Panel 3: Racial Justice and the Pedagogy of Racially-Conscious Lawyering

Rachel Camp, Professor from Practice and Co-Director of the Georgetown Domestic Violence Clinic

Deborah Epstein, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Gender, Violence, and the Law and Director of the Georgetown Domestic Violence Clinic

Janel George, Associate Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Georgetown Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic

Karla McKanders, Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Vanderbilt Law School Legal Clinic

Erika Wilson, Professor of Law and Director of the University of North Carolina Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic

Panel 4: Racial Justice Lawyering in Court

Marta Beresin, Visiting Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Georgetown Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic

Aderson Francois, Anne Fleming Research Professor, Professor of Law, and Director of the Georgetown Civil Rights Clinic and Voting Rights Institute

Llezlie Green, Professor of Law and Director of the American University Civil Advocacy Clinic

Erica Hashimoto, Professor of Law and Director of Georgetown’s Appellate Litigation Program

Norrinda Brown Hayat, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law

Brian Wolfman, Professor from Practice and Director of the Georgetown Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic