Fall 2014 Symposium – Agenda

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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