Progressive Agenda for the National Future: Civil Rights & Economic Justice” “A The Friday Center, UNC-Chapel Hill Friday, December 2, 2016 This conference convenes civil and human rights advocates and scholars in the aftermath of the November 2016 elections to initiate conversations about strategies and directions for the legal struggle for racial and economic justice in a new era. 9:00 am WELCOME Theodore M. Shaw, Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor & Director, UNC Center for Civil Rights 9:25 am OPENING KEYNOTE Vanita Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division 10:15 am Panel One: Addressing Structural Racism in Consumer Financial Markets & Social Insurance Moderator: Melissa Jacoby, Graham Kenan Professor of Law, UNC School of Law Panelists: Mechele Dickerson, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas School of Law Robert Lawless, Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law 11:50 pm LUNCHEON 12:50 pm Two: Redeeming The American Democratic Political Process Moderator: Maxine Eichner, Graham Kenan Professor of Law, UNC School of Law Panelists: President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Sherrilyn Ifill, & Educational Fund Kristen Clark, President & Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
“A Progressive Agenda for the National Future: Civil Rights & Economic Justice” The Friday Center, UNC-Chapel Hill Friday, December 2, 2016 This conference convenes civil and human rights advocates and scholars in the aftermath of the November 2016 elections to initiate conversations about strategies and directions for the legal struggle for racial and economic justice in a new era. 9:00 am WELCOME Theodore M. Shaw, Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor & Director, UNC Center for Civil Rights 9:25 am OPENING KEYNOTE Vanita Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division 10:15 am Panel One: Addressing Structural Racism in Consumer Financial Markets & Social Insurance Moderator: Melissa Jacoby, Graham Kenan Professor of Law, UNC School of Law Panelists: Mechele Dickerson, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas School of Law Robert Lawless, Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law 11:50 pm LUNCHEON 12:50 pm Two: Redeeming The American Democratic Political Process Moderator: Maxine Eichner, Graham Kenan Professor of Law, UNC School of Law Panelists: Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Kristen Clark, President & Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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