Julius L. Chambers
"Securing the Blessings of Liberty:
The Fight for Civil Rights"
A native of North Carolina, Julius
Chambers received holds an M.A. from the University of Michigan,
a J.D. from the University of North Carolina and an L.L.M. from
Columbia University School of Law. He opened a one-man law practice
in Charlotte, which became the first integrated law civil rights
firm in North Carolina. With his founding partners, Mr. Chambers
helped shape civil rights law by winning landmark U.S. Supreme
Court rulings on issues such as employment discrimination and
busing to achieve school desegregation. The firm has successfully
litigated dozens of major school desegregation and employment
discrimination cases. From 1984 until 1993 Mr. Chambers served
as Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational
Fund in New York. From 1993 to 2001 he served as Chancellor of
North Carolina Central University. He is back in private practice
and continues to act as the Director of the UNC Center for Civil
Rights.
Linda S. Greene
"Thurgood Marshall: Dedicated to the Proposition . . ."
Linda Greene, a California native,
is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University
of Wisconsin and the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law at the UW
Law School. Her educational credentials include a B.A. from California
State University, Long Beach and a J.D. from the University of
California at Berkeley. She was a civil rights attorney at the
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in New York and served
as Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. Professor
Green served as the Chair of the American Association of Law
Schools Section on Minority Groups in 1992 and represented the
Black Coaches Association in 1994 in their dispute with the National
Collegiate Athletic Association. From 1990-1994 she was a member
of the Board of Trustees of the National Lawyers Committee for
Civil Rights. She is currently doing research for a book on Thurgood
Marshall.
Gary Orfield
"Establishing Justice ... Desegregation Then and Now"
Gary Orfield is Professor of Education
and Social Policy and founding co-director of The Civil Rights
Project at Harvard University. He holds a B.A. from the University
of Minnesota and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
His central interest has been the development, implementation
and impact of social policy, to create equal opportunity for
success in American society. His research and work is focused
on school and housing desegregation, urban policy and the implementation
of civil rights laws as they to educational and governmental
institutions and policy. Professor Orfield's has published several
books, including Racial Inequity in Special Education
(with Daniel Losen,) Raising Standards or Raising Barriers?
Inequality and High-Stakes Testing in Public Education,
Diversity Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative
Action and Religion, Race and Justice in a Changing America.
Special Presenters
- Jeanne-Marie Amonor, Attorney at Law and co-lead counsel in NAACP v. State of Minnesota and Xiong v. State of Minnesota
- John G. Shulman, Attorney at Law and co-lead counsel in NAACP v. State of Minnesota and Xiong v. State of Minnesota
- Timothy L. Thompson, Litigation Director for Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, Senior Attorney with the Housing Preservation Project and lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Hollman v. Martinez
Guest Moderators and Respondents
- Len Biernat, Professor of Law, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, MN
- Carol L. Chomsky, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School Minneapolis, MN
- Marie A. Failinger, Professor of Law and Editor, Journal of Law and Religion, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, MN
- Dr. Sharon Tolbert Glover, Former CEO, Commuinities of Color, Golden Valley, MN
- Frederick K. Grittner, Clerk of the Appellate Courts, St. Paul, MN
- Judge Natalie E. Hudson, MN Court of Appeals, St. Paul, MN
- David Schultz, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration and Management, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
- John M. Stuart, Minnesota State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN
- Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, MN Court of Appeals, St. Paul, MN
- George Latimer, Professor of Urban Studies, Macalester College
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