The Thurgood Marshall Legal Society at Texas Law hosts its annual symposium on February 21, with panels and discussion on the ethical, political, and legal implications of reparations. The day’s programming, organized by 2019-20 chapter president Amber Magee, will take place in the Sheffield Massey Room and will feature Texas Law Prof. Mechele Dickerson and LBJ School Prof. Peniel Joseph, along with visiting scholars from Washington University, the Graduate Center CUNY, the University of Connecticut, and the University of California San Diego.
T.M.L.S. is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding this year, culminating in a gala dinner on February 22, at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on campus. The United States District Judge Alfred H. Bennett ’91 will give the keynote.
The schedule for the symposium is below. For more information, or to reserve a place, visit the symposium’s Eventbrite page.
THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS IN AMERICA
Keynote – 10:00am – 11:00am
The Ethics and Politics Behind Reparations
Professor Peniel Joseph – LBJ School of Public Affairs
Panel 1 – 11:00am – 12:00pm
The Moral Justification for Reparations
John Torpey – The Graduate Center CUNY
Adrienne Davis – Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Roy Brooks – University of San Diego School of Law
Panel 2 – 12:15pm – 1:30pm
The Practicality of Reparations
Bernd Reiter – University of South Florida
Thomas Craemer – University of Connecticut
Mechele Dickerson – University of Texas School of Law
*Lunch will be served from 12:00pm – 12:15pm*
