TENTATIVE AGENDA
Thursday, October 16, 2014
110-Boalt Hall
12:30 p.m. Registration and Lunch
12:45 p.m. Welcome and Introduction to the Symposium
Tirien Steinbach, Executive Director, East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC)
2014 Hon. Mario G. Olmos Law & Cultural Diversity Memorial Lecture
Alan Jenkins, Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda
2:15 p.m. Panel I: Lawyers and the New Prosperity Law
- William Kennedy, Managing Attorney, Legal Services for Northern California – Sacramento Office
- Purvi Shah ’06, Bertha Justice Institute Director, Center for Constitutional Rights
- Janelle Orsi ’07, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Sustainable Economies Law Center
- Moderator: Tirien Steinbach ’99, Executive Director, EBCLC
4:00 p.m. Panel I Working Groups
(1) Race-conscious practice: How can lawyers deliver services in ways that account for historic and contemporary discrimination?
(2) Multi-disciplinary practice: How can lawyers collaborate with people in other disciplines to address the social determinants of injustice?
(3) Movement-based practice: How can lawyers support social movements that alter the existing distribution and relations of power?
5:15 p.m. Day One Closing
Friday, October 17, 2014
132-Boalt Hall
8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Recap of Day One
9:15 a.m. Panel II: Law Schools and the New Prosperity Law
- Michelle Wilde Anderson ’04, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
- Sameer Ashar, Clinical Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law
- Angela Harris, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
- Moderator: Jeff Selbin, Clinical Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
11:00 a.m. Panel II Working Groups
(1) Teaching mission: How can law schools train the next generation of law students committed to expanding opportunity and reducing inequality?
(2) Service mission: How can law schools work with clients and community members living in poverty to expand opportunity and reduce inequality?
(3) Research mission: How can law schools contribute actionable knowledge about strategies and methods to expand opportunity and reduce inequality?
12:30 p.m. Lunch and Inter-generational Dialogue
1:45 p.m. Panel III: Toolkit for the Next 50
- Luz Herrera, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Experiential Learning & Public Service, UCLA School of Law
- Anat Shenker-Osorio, Principal, ASO Communications
- Chioma Ume, Challenge Manager, IDEO.org Amplify Program
- Moderator: Dimple Abichandani, Executive Director, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
3:30 p.m. Panel III Workshops
5:00 p.m. Next Steps and Closing