2009-2010
Johanna D. Hoffmann, Attorney at Law and client Demetrius Daniel, along with Leonard Rubio
The Politics and Policy of Parole in California: Views of Two “Lifers” and an Attorney
Date: 04/12/2010
Duration: 1:00:47
Description: In this lecture, Johanna Hoffmann discusses the politics and policies of parole in California alongside former “lifers” Demetrius Daniel and Leonard Rubio.
Sponsor: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
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Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Lead Counsel in Jessica Gonzales v. United States
Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation: Lessons from Jessica Gonzales V. United States
Date: 03/15/2010
Duration: 1:03:51
Description: In this lecture, Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, together with her client, Jessica Gonzales Lenahan, discuss the history and dynamics of Jessica Gonzales v United States. Lenahan also discuss her experience as a litigant in the case, and specifically, her personal transformation through the course of the case from victim to survivor to client to activist.
Sponsor: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
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Pamela Y. Price, Price And Associates
How I Won Over US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in a Race
Date: 02/08/2010
Duration: 54:30
Description: In this lecture, Pamela Price explains how she argued and won a Title VII race discrimination case, whose decision was authored by Justice Clarence Thomas.
Sponsor(s): Berkeley Journal of African American Law & Policy, Law Students of African Descent, and the Women of Color Collective
Sponsor: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
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Adrienne Bloch, Senior Staff Attorney, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) & Nile Malloy, Northern California Program Director, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
From the Ground Up: Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) v. City of Richmond/Chevron – A Case Study in Grassroots Organizing and Legal Advocacy
Date: 11/02/2009
Duration: 1:04:58
Description:
In this lecture, Adrienne Bloch, Senior Staff Attorney for Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) and co-counsel in the litigation against City of Richmond and Chevron, and Nile Malloy, CBE’s Northern California’s Program Director, discuss the grassroots campaign and legal advocacy used against the Chevron Richmond refinery project.
Sponsor(s): Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) & Law Students for Environmental and Economic Justice (SEEJ)
Sponsor: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
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Osagie Obasogie, Associate Professor of Law, UC Hastings School of Law
Medical Exploitation: Prisoners as Guinea Pigs
Date: 10/19/2009
Duration: 1:03
Description:
Professor Obasogie’s research looks at the complex interplay between law and society with regards to American race relations. In this lecture, he discusses his recent work involving developing regulatory schemes for reproductive and genetic technologies that encourage innovation, protect vulnerable communities, and promote the public good.
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Stephen Pershing, Director, UCDC Law Program, University of California Washington Center
Ashcroft v. Iqbal or Civil Procedure v. Civil Rights
Date: 09/14/2009
Duration: 49:34
Description: Stephen B. Pershing wrote an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in the case of Aschroft v. Iqbal. In this lecture, he examines the decision through the lens of social justice, and reveal how rules of civil procedure that are intended to promote access to justice can become barriers to that very access.
Sponsor: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
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Cecilia Estolano, CEO, Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA)
A Progressive Model of Economic and Environmental Justice Through City Redevelopment – A Case Study in Los Angeles
Date: 08/31/2009
Description: With an annual budget exceeding $600 million and a work program covering 32 project areas throughout the City of Los Angeles, CRA/LA is the largest redevelopment agency in the State of California. Under Ms. Estolano’s leadership, CRA/LA has focused on creating family-supporting jobs, producing affordable and workforce housing, promoting sustainable urbanism and delivering significant, transformative investment to areas of Los Angeles that have not shared in the city’s cycles of prosperity. In this lecture, she discusses how CRA/LA has rebuilt its housing department, adopted a landmark policy on local hiring in construction jobs receiving financial support from CRA/LA, adopted a Healthy Neighborhoods policy as a blueprint for incorporating sustainability principles throughout CRA/LA’s practices, programs and projects.
Sponsor(s): Law Students for Environmental and Economic Justice (SEEJ)
Sponsor: Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
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