A full-day program for discussion of recent high-profile incidents of alleged police brutality in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City will take place at UNC School of Law on Friday, Jan. 23. The program will feature three expert panels and keynote speaker Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF).
Sponsored by the UNC Law Clinical Programs and the UNC Center for Civil Rights, panelists will include academics, lawyers, law enforcement professionals, journalists and community activists.
Prior to her role at LDF, Ifill was a law professor at the University of Maryland School of Law for 20 years, where, in addition to teaching Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law, she litigated and consulted on a broad and diverse range of civil rights cases. She is nationally recognized as an advocate in the areas of civil rights, voting rights, judicial diversity and judicial decision-making.
“We hope the program sparks meaningful conversation and helps inform our students and the community on the law and history related to the struggle for racial equality and justice in the United States,” says Tamar Birckhead, associate professor of law and director of clinical programs.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Learn more and register.
-January 13, 2015