Event Title
Concurrent Session 7A. Examining Race and Its Legacy
Location
Room 302
Start Date
6-10-2012 3:00 PM
End Date
6-10-2012 4:00 PM
Description
Discusses the many ways in which slavery and slaveholding were protected by the Constitution but virtually ignored in every Constitutional Law casebook; crucial government actions promoting racial discrimination and segregation with respect to housing that are ignored in the basic Property course; and contemporary discrimination and empowerment issues that remain unresolved. Provides examples of how to address these issues in first year curriculum and how to discuss issues of race with law students while encouraging them to become the next generation of civil rights lawyers.
Concurrent Session 7A. Examining Race and Its Legacy
Room 302
Discusses the many ways in which slavery and slaveholding were protected by the Constitution but virtually ignored in every Constitutional Law casebook; crucial government actions promoting racial discrimination and segregation with respect to housing that are ignored in the basic Property course; and contemporary discrimination and empowerment issues that remain unresolved. Provides examples of how to address these issues in first year curriculum and how to discuss issues of race with law students while encouraging them to become the next generation of civil rights lawyers.