Events Calendar
Texas and the SCOTUS: A Civil Rights Crossroads
- Date:
- February 2, 2016
- Start:
- 12:00pm
- End:
- 1:00pm
- Save to your calendar:
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- Location:
- TNH 2.114 (Francis Auditorium)
- Event type:
- Panel Discussion / Speaker Series
Join ACS and TJCLCR for a presentation focusing on Fisher I & II (affirmative action); Evenwel (one person, one vote); Inclusive Communities (Fair Housing Act case); and Northwest Austin v. Municipal Utility District No. 1 (VRA). Lunch provided!
The event will feature Debo Adegbile and Madhu Chugh, both of WilmerHale.
Mr. Adegbile served as senior counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee and spent more than a decade working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Now a partner at WilmerHale in New York, Mr. Adegbile argued before the Supreme Court in Shelby County and Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One.
Madhu Chugh, counsel at WilmerHale in DC, served as the director of health care policy for the Kerry–Edwards campaign and worked on healthcare policy for Senator Edward Kennedy. She is an alumna of The University of Texas and a recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award.
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Sponsored by:
- Career Services
- American Constitution Society
- Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.