2007-08 News & Events
March 4, 2008
Expert: National Human Rights Depend on International Action
Gay McDougall, a scholar-in-residence at the American University Washington College of Law, spoke on the topic "Bringing Human Rights Home" on Feb. 27 in Caplin Pavilion. More
November 20, 2007
Forde-Mazrui, Wardle Debate Same-Sex Marriage, Adoption
A debate on same-sex marriage and adoption brought a standing-room-only crowd to Caplin Pavilion Nov. 13, as Virginia law professor Kim Forde-Mazrui and Professor Lynn Wardle from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University faced off on one of the most contentious issues in family law. More
October 30, 2007
U.S. Human Rights Activists Using International Law to Remedy Domestic Human Rights Violations, Says Huang
Margaret Huang, program director of the U.S. Racial Discrimination Program at Global Rights, discussed the vital role of human rights activists in pressuring the United States to fill the gap between domestic human rights and the standards set in international human rights treaties that the government has ratified at a Law School talk Oct. 22. More
October 2, 2007
Garrett: DNA Testing Marks Start of New Civil Rights Movement
Professor Brandon Garrett spoke about his groundbreaking research on DNA testing to prove wrongful convictions and the U.S. criminal justice system's faulty appeals process at a Sept. 24 event at the Law School. More
September 26, 2007
Banks Talks About Current Issues in Racial Profiling
Richard Banks, a law professor at Stanford, spoke to Law School students Sept. 21 about the problems that arise from the blurred boundary between discriminatory racial profiling and the more acceptable suspect description reliance in the post Sept. 11 world. More
September 17, 2007
Virginia's Freedom Fighter: Law School Honors Oliver W. Hill Sr.
The late Oliver W. Hill Sr., esteemed civil rights attorney, was honored for his integral role in the civil rights movement at a Law School event Sept. 13 in Caplin Pavilion. More
September 11, 2007
Lovelace '06 Rallies New Race and Law Executive Board
With one year as assistant director of the Center for the Study of Race and Law under his belt, Tim Lovelace '06 has begun to realize the goals he set out to accomplish in his role. As he rallies his newly elected executive board for the school year, the Center is ramping up for a busy year of speaking engagements, conferences, and race and law related scholarship intended to enhance the image of the Center and promote interdisciplinary partnerships. More
2006-07 News & Events
November 8, 2006
Transracial Adoption Works, Says Leading Scholar
Rita Simon, professor of public affairs at American University and author of more than 50 books, spoke about her influential research showing that most children who are adopted into families of a different race are well-adjusted and content. Simon's talk was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law. More
November 7, 2006
Conference Examines Diversity in the Legal Profession 
Lawyers occupy a special place in society, as the representatives of the profession that represents the rights of the privileged, the underprivileged, the many, and the few. As such, they should understand better than most the meaning of the words "equal opportunity," said panelists at "Race and Gender Diversity in the Legal Profession: What's at Stake and What Will it Take?", a conference sponsored by Hunton & Williams LLP and the Center for the Study of Race and Law Nov. 3 at the Law School. More work can be done in this area, said keynote speaker Robert Grey, a Hunton & Williams partner and the 2004-2005 president of the American Bar Association. More
October 3, 2006
School Integration Has Unintended Consequences, Brooks Finds
During the current Supreme Court term, justices will consider a pair of cases that could determine whether race will be a continuing factor in assigning students to specific schools at the elementary and secondary level. Conventional wisdom holds that there is a substantial benefit to minority students when they learn in integrated schools. Recent studies, however, suggest that may not necessarily be true, said Yale law professor Richard Brooks, who explained the findings of a new body of statistical analysis in an Oct. 3 event at the Law School. While Brooks took care to point out that the research is too incomplete at this point for significant conclusions to be drawn, the raw findings could influence the Court when it resolves these cases. More
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