Social Justice Workshop
November 9, 2:30 to 3:50 p.m. in Bannan 110
Charles Lawrence (Georgetown) will speak on Politics of Reforming Urban Schools. Professor Lawrence is best known for his work in anti-discrimination law, equal protection, and critical race theory, and has served on the District of Columbia Board of Education.
Fall 2006 Social Justice Diversity Lecture
Thursday, November 9, 4:00 p.m. at the Adobe Lodge
Co-sponsored with the Office of Multicultural Lerning, College of Arts & Sciences and the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.
Mari Matsuda (Georgetown) will speak on The Last Public Place: On Schools and Democracy. Professor Mari Matsuda was a professor of law at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law before joining the Law Center. Before joining the faculty at UCLA, she was professor of law for eight years at the University of Hawaii School of Law, teaching American Legal History, Torts, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, and Sex Discrimination. Professor Matsuda has also taught at Stanford Law School and the University of Hiroshima and served as a judicial training consultant in Micronesia and South Africa. She was an associate at the labor law firm of King & Nakamura in Honolulu and was law clerk to the Honorable Herbert Y.C. Choy of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Matsuda has written well-known articles on constitutional law and jurisprudential issues, including hate speech, affirmative action, and feminist theory. Her books include Called From Within (University of Hawaii Press); Words that Wound (Westview Press); and We Won’t Go Back, Making a Case for Affirmative Action (co-authored with Charles R. Lawrence and Houghton Mifflin). Professor Matsuda is currently serving on the court-appointed Texaco Task Force on Equality and Fairness as part of a record-setting anti-discrimination settlement. She serves on the national advisory boards of Ms. Magazine; the American Civil Liberties Union; and the National Asian Pacific Legal Consortium.
There will be a Public Interest and Social Justice Coalition Wine and Cheese Reception immediately following the lecture.
This activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of one hour. Santa Clara University School of Law certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
