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Regression Analysis: The Status of African Americans in American Legal Education

Featuring keynote speaker Derrick Bell and many other outstanding voices.

The National Black Law Journal cordially invites you to our 35th Anniversary Symposium. The symposium will feature three panels that seek to interrogate the factors related to African American access to legal education, the impact of the institutional environment on student oucomes and progress in the profession. More broadly, the program will reflect upon where African Americans stand in legal education and in the field, particularly in light of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and the ongoing debate regarding affirmative action. This is an opportunity to hear from leaders in the areas of social justice and Critical Race Theory as well as contribute to a progressive discourse with students and practitioners.

UCLA School of Law – Room 1357
November 18, 2005
8:30am-5:00pm

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Professor Kang will be discussing the implications of recent implicit social cognition (ISC) findings on various topics, which may include the methodology of critical race theory, connection to rational choice theory models of behavior dominant in the law, mass media policy, and affirmative action.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005
12:00 PM
Law Room 1314

To learn more about Prof. Kang's work in this area, please see:
Audio link to interview Prof. Jerry Kang
Transcript link of interview with Prof. Jerry Kang

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The Critical Race Studies Program would like to invite you to the Exam Writing Workshop conducted by Prof. Jerry Kang.

Wednesday, November 9, 2005
12:00 PM
Law Room 1314

To access Prof. Kang's archived presentation on exam writing, please see:
http://www.law.ucla.edu/kang/Talks/talks.html

To access Prof. Kang's web page, please see:
http://jerrykang.net

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The UCLA School of Law Critical Race Studies invites you to the Exam Writing Workshop for 1LS conducted by Prof. Jerry Kang. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2005.

Noon
Room 1314.

Please RSVP Robin Lee at leer@law.ucla.edu

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Monday, October 31st
12:20-1:20 pm
Law Building Rm 2448

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Wednesday, October 26
Law 1314
12pm to 1:30pm

Join the CRS Family at the UCLA School of Law to celebrate our collective mission and individual accomplishments!  The CRS program is the only program of its kind among major law schools in the United States and you are at the heart of it!  Take a minute to build community with other CRS students, staff and faculty and to deepen your engagement of the law, racial justice praxis and each other! 

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Monday, October 24, 2005
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Room 1357, UCLA School of Law
Reception Following
1.5 hours of General CLE Credit Available

Panelists will include Professor David Cruz, Professor Cheryl Harris, Professor Chris Littleton, and Professor Russell Robinson.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
12:00pm
Law 1314

Julia Harumi Mass (’96) is the acting managing attorney of the ACLU of Northern California. Julia currently specializes in student rights, immigrant rights, and criminal justice. Julia was formerly an associate at the Pasadena union-side labor law firm of Rothner, Segall & Greenstone where she represented public and private sector unions in arbitration, litigation, and administrative hearings. Julia clerked for the Honorable Warren J. Ferguson on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Julia was part of the Critical Race Theory Seminar in Fall 1994.

Please RSVP by e-mailing Robin Lee at leer@law.ucla.edu

The CRS Lunch Series highlights UCLA School of Law Crtical Race Studies Program alumni, faculty and students.
Next in the Series: Prof. Jerry Kang on Wed. Nov. 16th at 12pm.

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The Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights needs help conducting interviews and legal support in Greenville, MS for about one week beginning October 31st.  To learn more about the specific legal issues that the Center is addressing and to brainstorm on the logistics, please come to a meeting in Professor Harris office on Monday, October 17th at 4:30pm.  Please post any comments or questions below, which we can address at the meeting.

For a description of MWCHR's efforts in the area:

http://www.tidesfoundation.org/RR_0905.cfm/

For a description of the Worker Center's Southern Relief Fund:
http://www.nlg.org/southernrelieffund.htm

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Sunday, October 16pm
6pm

Chantel Vachani of the South Asian Law Students Assn (SALSA) and Prof Nyoti have forwarded the following invitation to a fundraising event on behalf of the communities in South Asia impacted by the 7.6 earhquake.  You may contact them Chantal at vachani2007@lawnet.ucla.edu or Prof Nanda at nanda@law.ucla,edu for more information.

* http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=KBZVNQKQPENYRLQXHGTW

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Saturday, October 15, 2005
UCLA School of Law Room 1347
9am to 2pm

Sponsored by the La Raza Law Students Assn, Black Law Stiudents Assn, Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Assn, Native American Law Students Association and National Lawyer's Guild, this workshop will provide prospective law students with the information they need to complete a successful application.  Current law students, professors, and administrators will give insight into the admissions process in general, and give tips as to how to tackle specific parts of the application. Following the program, all attendees will have the opportunity to review draft personal statements with law students.

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HEARING ON POLICE TORTURE AT INTERAMERICAN COMMISISON ON HUMAN RIGHTS THIS FRIDAY. This is the only case accepted by the Commission this Term that involves the United States, and it concerns both torture and racial discrimination. Attached please find a notice of a Public Hearing to be held on the issue of impunity for torture perpetrated against Chicago citizens of African descent by officers of the Chicago Police Department over decades, from 1972-1991. The torture is now documented against 135 victims, all African Americans. The petition for a hearing, brought by a coalition of Chicago area entities, was accepted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, at the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. Friday, October 14, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. (arrive by 10:00) at 1889 F Street, N.W.

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