Conference Information/Program

The 2012 full program is now available here  

Conference Schedule at a Glance

Thursday, March 29th

4:00-9:00       Registration at Aloft Hotel

6:00-8:00       Opening Reception at Aloft Hotel

Friday, March 30th

All of the conference panels will take place at the Cumberland School of Law.

Continental Breakfast will be provided at the Law School and Transportation will be provided between the conference hotel and the law school.

8:45a.m.                             WELCOME                            

Dean John L. Carroll, Cumberland School of Law

Professor Wendy Greene, 2012 Conference Chair

9:00-10:30 a.m.                  PLENARY SESSION

Taking Our Pulse: Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Academy

10:45-12:15a.m.                  CONCURRENT PANELS

Pre- and Post-Tenure Institutional Challenges and Hierarchies (SALT Co-Sponsored Panel)

Intersection and Divergence of Interests: Coalition Building among People of Color Communities

Is Homeownership for White People?:  Interrogating the "American Dream"

12:30-1:45                             LUNCH

Keynote Speaker

Professor Suzette M. Malveaux, CatholicUniversity of America Columbus School of Law

2:00-3:15                              WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSIONS

Session I

Session II

Session III

4:00-7:00           Tour of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Reception

(Transportation will be provided from the law school to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and to the conference hotel following the reception)

Saturday, March31st

All of the conference panels will take place at the Cumberland School of Law.

Continental Breakfast at the Law School and transportation will be provided between law school and conference hotel.

8:30-9:45a.m.                    PLENARY SESSION

Reviving the Call for Social Justice, Integrating the Letters from the Birmingham Jail and the Legacies of Professor Derrick Bell and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth into Our Pedagogy: A Roundtable Discussion

10:00-11:15a.m.                  CONCURRENT PANELS

Election 2012

 Immigration Law and Policy

International Law and Human Rights

11:30-12:45                           WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSIONS

Session I                   (Student Writing Competition Winner Presentation)

Session II

1:00-2:30p.m.                       LUNCH

A Roundtable Discussion:

Countering the Crisis in Law School Admissions: Our Capability and Responsibility to Increase the Success of African Americans and Latinos Pursuing Legal Careers (SALT and NBA Law Professors Division Co-Sponsored Panel)

Moderator and Panelist: Professor Carlton Waterhouse, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Panelists:  Associate Dean M. Michele Anglade, Florida International University College of Law

                 Professor Ediberto Roman, Florida International University College of Law

                 Associate Dean Catherine Smith, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

                 Professor Tanya Washington, Georgia State University College of Law

2:45-4:00p.m.                    WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSIONS

Session I

Session II

Session III

4:15-5:30p.m.                      CONCURRENT PANELS

The Tuskegee Experiment and Beyond: Race, Gender, Bioethics and the Law

Race, Culture, and Intellectual Property

7:00p.m.-until        Organized Dinner on Your Own: Taste of Birmingham

Group reservations have been made for conference participants at a number of Birmingham's stellar local restaurants. During the conference, conference participants will sign up for the restaurant of their choice and organized transportation to therestaurant will be arranged. 

 Sunday, April1st 

 9:00-11:00a.m.     2012-2013 Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Executive Planning Committee Meeting 

This meeting is open to any attendees who are interested inserving on the 2013 Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Planning Committee. During the meeting current planning committee members will evaluate briefly the 2012 conference; discuss the host site and ideas for the 2013 conference; and elect officers for the 2013 Executive PlanningCommittee.    

FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
Professor Wendy Greene at wendy.greene@samford.edu

FOR PROGRAM INQUIRIES:
Professor Adjoa Aiyetoro at aaaiyetoro@ualr.edu
or
Professor Charlton Copeland at ccopeland@law.miami.edu

FOR WORKS IN PROGRESS INFORMATION:
Professor D. Aaron Lacy or Professor Areto Imoukhuede at imoukhuedea@nsu.law.nova.edu