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Date:
February 21, 2020
Start:
10:00am
End:
1:30pm
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Location:
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
Event type:
Panel Discussion / Speaker Series
On the web:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tmls-50th-anniversary-symposium-tickets-90151737273?utm_source=Practice&utm_campaign=e8c1bacde7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_11_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_11cedc49d7-e8c1bacde7-444767473

Join TMLS for its academic symposium on Friday, February 21, 2020. This year’s topic is “The Case for Reparations in the United States”. Scholars and academics in the field of reparations will discuss the legal and moral justifications for reparations from 10-11am. From 11-12pm, our panelists will discuss the practicalities of implementing a system of reparations in the United States today. We will break for lunch from 12-1pm. Our keynote speaker will then address current attempts to pass reparations laws in this country.

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • Thurgood Marshall Legal Society

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.