The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law will host two special programs during February. The public is invited to the events free of charge.
A healthcare webinar at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, will explore the topic “Why Colorblind Policies Will Not Eliminate Healthcare Disparities.” The speaker will be University of Dayton law school professor Vernellia Randall, a specialist on topics that involve race, women and healthcare. The program will be in Brock Forum, located in Dwight Beeson Hall. The webinar is approved for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.
Jefferson County circuit judge Houston L. Brown will present BLSA’s annual Thurgood Marshall Symposium Thursday, Feb. 25, at noon in the moot courtroom of Robinson Hall law building. His topic will be “Diversity on the Bench.” A graduate of Talladega College and Cumberland, Brown has served as a civil court judge since 2000. A reception will follow the symposium.
The symposium is named to honor the first African-American to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lakeita Faye Rox, a third-year law student from Fort Wayne, Ind., is president of Cumberland’s BLSA. For information on the webinar or the symposium, contact Rox at (260) 348-3646.