Join the National Black Law Students Association for a conversation around how critical race theory can be used to change the Constitutional jurisprudence around issues of civil rights and the way in which our society grapples with and understands institutional and legally sanctioned racism. Poetry to follow!
Featured Panelists and Artists:
Professor Justin Hansford, St. Louis University School of Law
Clint Smith III, Writer, Teacher, Ph.D Candidate in Education Harvard University
Professor Gilda Daniels, University of Baltimore School of Law
Professor Lezlie Green Coleman, American University Washington College of Law
Khyla Craine, NAACP General Counsel
Marques Banks, BLSA President-Catholic University, Columbus School of Law
Brian E. Rowland, Ph.D Candidate in Educational Leadership, Prairie View A&M University
Grim Jackson, Baltimore Grand Slam Champion
Jordan Gaither, Vermont Law School
Today, National Black Law Students Association (“NBLSA”), is a national organization formed to articulate and promote the needs and goals of Black law students to effectuate change in the legal community. As one of the largest student-run organizations of its kind in the United States for Black law students, NBLSA has thousands of members across America and is also comprised of more than 200 chapters and affiliates from six countries, including the Bahamas, Nigeria, and South Africa. NBLSA is organized into six regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southern, Midwest, Southwest and Western Region.
Free and open to all!
