Spring 2009

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Jan. 22 - Social Justice Thursday, Speak Up:  A conversation with professors about how to bring up issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality in class

Jan. 26 - Ruth Chance Monday Lecture Series, Speakers: Waukeen McCoy, Law Offices of Waukeen McCoy & Andrea Shorter, Campaign Manager at And Marriage for All

Feb. 5 - Social Justice Thursday, Day in the Life of a Summer Clerk/Intern

Feb. 9 - Ruth Chance Monday Lecture Series, Speaker: Barry Krisberg, President, The National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Feb. 12 - New Metropolis Initiative Speaker Series, Bill Hing, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law. Co-sponsor: UC Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Social Change's Center on Culture, Immigration and Youth Violence Prevention

Feb. 19 - EVENT POSTPONED - Social Justice Thursday, Civil Procedure (Rescheduled for April 2, 2009)

Feb. 23 - Ruth Chance Monday Lecture Series, Speaker: John Burris, The Law Offices of John Burris

Mar. 2 - Student Day Against the Death Penalty, The Henderson Center is co-sponsoring this event with the National Lawyers Guild

Mar. 5 - Social Justice Thursday, How a Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkship Fits Into Your Public Interest Career. Co-sponsor: Center Development Office

Mar. 9 - Ruth Chance Monday Lecture Series, Speaker: David Kairys, Professor of Law, Temple University

Mar. 10 - Disability Rights and the Obama Administration, The Henderson Center is co-sponsoring this event with Boalt Disability Law Society, and the UC Berkeley Disabled Students Union

Mar. 12 - Raven Lecture on Access to Justice, "The Paradox of Sovereignty: Race and Tribal Membership," Lecturer: Kevin Noble Maillard, Assistant Professor of Law, Syracuse University, College of Law; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (Mekusukey Band)

Mar. 13 - Spring Symposium, Beyond Law’s Divide: Effective Strategies for Redress in the 21st Century

Mar. 16 - Change is Possible: The Summer Legal Fellowship, Nancy Schiff, Executive Director, Center for Youth Development through Law

Mar. 19 - Colloquium Speaker, Elizabeth Emens, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Commentator: Kathy Abrams, Herma Hill Kay Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law.  Event co-sponsor: Boalt Hall Women's Association.

Apr. 2 - Social Justice Thursday, Civil Procedure with Professor David Oppenheimer

Apr. 6 - Ruth Chance Monday Lecture Series, Speaker: Sandra Del Valle, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; Henderson Center Spring 2009 Practitioner-in-Residence

Apr. 9 - Practitioner-in-Residence Panel Discussion & Reception

Apr. 15 - Celebration Honoring the Public Interest Accomplishments of the Class of 2009

Apr. 16 - Social Justice Thursday, Critical Analysis of Law & Economics with Professor Angela Harris

Apr. 20 - Parents, the State, and Prop 8; Speaker: Professor Melissa Murray

Apr. 21 - Crime After Crime: Film, Panel Discussion & Reception

 

Please see the Berkeley Law Events Calendar for more detailed information on these events.