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PAST EVENTS

February 2006

  • 24-25: Stanford BLSA Spring Conference — And Justice for All
    • Panel: Beyond the Music: Reggae and the Cultural Contours of Homophobia
    • TGIF Meet and Greet Event, Caribbean Food and Entertainment
    • Panel: Growing Up Behind Bars
    • Facilitated Discussion on Interracial Marriage
    • Reception and Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Judge Harry T. Edwards, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

Februrary 2005

  • 19: Stanford BLSA Spring Conference — Beyond Black Letter Law: Bridging Critical Disparities Confronting Contemporary Black America

February 2004

  • 24: The Rise of Black Conservatives
    • G. Marcus Cole, Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School
    • Bob Parks, Conservative Columnist
    • R. Richard Banks, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
    • Robert Smith, Professor of Political Science – San Francisco State University
  • 16: State of Current American Slavery Reparations
    • Diane Sammons from Nagel, Rice and Mazie (NJ)
  • 10: Black Judges' Panel
    • Judge Terri Jackson, San Francisco Superior Court
    • Judge Myron Thompson, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
    • Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson, US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
    • Judge Barrington D. Parker, Jr. , US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
  • 6: Litigation and the Hip Hop Community
    • Jody Armour, Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law, USC
    • Gregory J. Reed, Rosa Parks' counsel in Parks v. LaFace
    • Bakari Kitwana, author of The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture. The former executive editor of The Source: the magazine of hip-hop music, culture and politics

October 2003

  • 17: Reception for Alumni & Students of Color
  • 17: Pre-Law Panel
  • 17: Volunteer Project
  • 16: Dinner with Black Faculty at Prof. Banks's Home
  • 9: Monthly Meeting
  • 9: Diversity Coalition Meeting (5 p.m.)

September 2003

  • 27: Diversity Coalition BBQ/ No on Prop. 54
  • 17: Diversity Panel (w/ Orrick)
  • 11: Diversity Coalition Meeting (5 p.m.)
  • 11: Monthly Meeting
  • 6-8: Retreat
  • 5: Activity Fair (2-4 p.m.)

April 2002

  • 27: Installation of new Executive Board Officer
  • 19-21: Student of Color Admit Weekend Activities
  • 12: Student of Color Mixer at Celia's Restaurant
  • 6: Annual Potluck for BLSA Members Past and Present, Hosted by Leah Williams '00.

March 2002

  • 18: Annual Reception for First-Year Law Students of Color
  • 13: General Meeting - Guest: Julie Schell, Judicial Clerkship Coordinator

February 2002

  • 25: Angela Davis on the Prison Industrial Complex
  • 21: African-American Judges' Panel: "Judging the Judiciary," moderated by Hon. LaDoris Cordell '74, featuring
    • Thelton Henderson, U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of California
    • Terry Hatter, U.S. District Court Judge, Central District of California
    • Veronica Macbeth, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
    • Sharon Chatman, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge
  • 19: Lawyer Heroes: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC).
  • 15: BLSA TGIF
  • 11: "Global Critical Race Feminism: Towards a New Solution from Afghanistan to Black America," a Lecture by Law Professor Adrien Wing '82
  • 6: "Hype, Hip Hop & Hostility: Making Sense of the Strange Relationship of Blacks in the Media," a Presentation by Farai Chideya, Knight Fellow in Communications, Stanford University

November 2001

  • 30: Annual BLSA Holiday Party
  • 14: General Meeting - Guest: Prof. Rick Banks
  • 3: (Co-sponsor) Shaking the Foundations Panel Discussion: "Racial Profiling: Before and After September 11" moderated by Professor. Robert Weisberg, featuring
    • Michelle Alexander, Director, Racial Justice Project, American Civil Liberties Union
    • Scotty Johnson, Detective, Cincinnati Police Division, and President, Cincinnati, OH Sentinel Police Association
    • John Lamberth, Professor of Psychology, Temple University
    • Joe McNamara, Hoover Institute Fellow and former San Jose Chief of Police.

October 2001

  • 31: Negotiating Law Firm Summer Associate Offers - Presentation by Dan Vatanaviggun of O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
  • 23: BLSA Members Happy Hour at Nola's.
  • 12: Inaugural Alumni Weekend Reception for Alumni and Students of Color, Stanford Law School Alumni Reunion Weekend.
  • 3: General Meeting - Guests: BGSA, BPLS (Black Pre-Law Society)

September 2001

  • 19: General Meeting - Guest: LaDoris Cordell