NIU College of Law to Host 13th Annual Law Review Symposium
March 01, 2004
DeKalb – The Northern Illinois University College of Law will host the 13th annual Law Review Symposium on Thursday, March 25, 2004, in the Skyroom of the Holmes Student Center on the DeKalb campus. The Symposium will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The symposium entitled “Emerging Issues in Equal Protection Jurisprudence” will feature panel discussions on Grutter v. Bollinger and the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education. Fifty year ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” and deprived students of equal educational opportunities.
The morning keynote speaker is Dennis Shields, the Director of Admissions for Duke University School of Law. Having served as Associate Dean of Admissions for the University of Michigan Law School from 1991 until 1997, Shields was a named defendant in Grutter v. Bollinger. He is widely regarded as a national leader on diversity and affirmative action in law school admissions.
The luncheon keynote speaker is Beverly Moran (J.D., University of Pennsylvania; LL.M., NYU), Professor of Law and Sociology at Vanderbilt University Law School. Professor Moran’s specialties include public finance, taxation, and comparative law. She has taught on four continents, written extensively on a variety of legal issues, and helped start a law school in East Africa as a Fulbright scholar.
The morning panel, “In Light of Grutter,” will feature presentations by Christopher Schmidt, J.D., Widener University School of Law; Tim Griffin, Ph.D., University Ombudsman, Northern Illinois University; and Mark Cordes, J.D., Northern Illinois University College of Law.
The afternoon panel, “Fifty Years after Brown,” will feature presentations by the Hon. P. Michael Mahoney, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Western Division; Jose Roberto Juarez, Jr., J.D., St. Mary’s University College of Law; Ruth Moscovith, J.D., General Counsel, Chicago Public Schools; and Robin Moremen, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University Department of Sociology.
Following the symposium will be an art exhibit and cocktail reception held in the College of Law’s Thurgood Marshall Gallery in Swen Parson Hall.
Registration is still available. The cost of $15 for full-time students, $25 for NIU staff, and $50 for general attendees includes symposium materials, lunch, and cocktail reception. For additional details and to register, visit http://law.niu.edu or call (815) 753-9655.
For more information, contact:
Melody Mitchell
Director, Alumni Events & Public Relations
815/753-9655l
L10CJS1@wpo.cso.niu.edu