January 30, 2009: "Understanding Implicit Bias" CLE Lecture by Professor Jerry Kang Prof. Jerry Kang will provide a scientific introduction to implicit bias--stereotypes and attitudes to which individuals lack introspective access--and explore their legal implications in various domains. The scientific primer will discuss the fundamentals of category-based thinking, the rise of new instruments to measure mental associations (e.g., the Implicit Association Test), the startling findings of pervasive implicit bias with real-world effects in human behavior, and evidence of their malleability.
The social and legal implications are manifest. First, for those who manage institutions and firms, the new evidence provides a fresh diagnosis for implementing fairer and less biased hiring, evaluation, and promotion practices. Second, for those who litigate bias claims, e.g. under Title VII, new theories based on "causation" as opposed to intentional discrimination become viable. Relatedly, those who argue equal protection claims will be exposed to new empirical foundations for different "compelling interests" that might justify race-or gender-contingent actions. Among other legal topics that will be addressed include: the "intent" standard; Title VII; affirmative action.
Depending on time and interest, Prof. Kang can also discuss the results of recent experiments he has conducted demonstrating the existence of implicit bias against Asian men as lawyers (compared to White men) and how these biases predicted evaluations of lawyer’s deposition. Also, he can discuss the role of implcit bias (race, age, and gender) in the presidential election, and how political groups engaged in evidence-based attempts at debiasing. Latham & Watkins LLP 355 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071 One hour of elimination of bias MCLE credit available $35 per person, lunch provided For more details and to RSVP alum@law.ucla.edu or (310) 206-1766 Building security requires RSVP and photo id upon entrance. Friday, 12pm.
January 31, 2009: UCLA Law alumni are invited to join Friends and Alumni of CRS and Professor Devon W. Carbado for a book signing, talk and reception to celebrate Professor Carbado's latest book, "Race Law Stories" 6:30 pm - Reception
7:15 pm - Lecture
8:15 pm - Post lecture reception Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard
11461 Sunset Boulevard
Brentwood, CA 90049 RSVP (310) 794-5296 or alum@law.ucla.edu February 2, 2009 1L Workshop - "History of CRT as an Intellectual Movement and of CRS at UCLA" Prof. Crenshaw recently returned from speaking at the Inaugural Peace Ball and will be addressing the following questions: What was the CRT Workshop and how did it lead to the emergence of Critical Race Theory as an intellectual field? How did the intellectual authors of CRT develop the original ideas exploring the legal system's role in the production of race and racial injustice? What does a critical race perspective say about the current national landscape, political discourses, and the CRT movement's opportunities and challenges? Pizza and drinks will be served.
Please RSVP to CRS@law.ucla.edu Monday, 12:05pm to 1:15pm, Room 1447 February 4, 2009: Immigrant Workers' Rights Stories: Using the Law to Fight and Win • Panel of lawyers will talk about grassroots fights for immigrant workers' rights and racial justice – and the role legal advocacy has played in these efforts.
• Stories will include the way legal advocates assisted Indian workers on H2B visas in post-Katrina New Orleans to escape conditions of indentured servitude, how lawyers have supported day laborers defend their rights to be on the street and fight racial profiling, and legal advocacy in the fields of Georgia.
• Learn about: the National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, the Farmworker Division of the Georgia Legal Services Program, and other organizations.
• Find a summer job or school year internship! Learn about opportunities to work with these organizations and make contact with potential summer employers. Learn about how you can get involved in grassroots legal work.
Moderated by CRS Director, Saul Sarabia
Sponsored by: Immigration Law Society (ImLS), American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS), Asian Pacific Islander Law Student Association (APILSA), Critical Race Studies Program (CRS), David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy (PILP), La Raza Law Students Association, National Lawyers Guild (NLG), South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) Lunch will be provided Wednesday, 12:15pm-1:30pm,
Room 1347 February 11, 2009 The Juvenile Justice Project A Partnership of UCLA School of Law & Learning Rights Law Center
presents PREVENTING FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS: Roundtable on Special Education Challenges & Racial Disparities in the Los Angeles Juvenile Justice System Moderator: Cheryl Harris - Professor,
UCLA School of Law Discussants:
Maisie Chin - Director, Community Asset Development Re-Defining Education (CADRE) Larry Dodsen - Director, Los Angeles County Probation Department Judge Donna Quigley Groman - Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles County Ines Kuperschmit - Director of Litigation & Advocacy, Learning Rights Law Center Jyoti Nanda - Lecturer in Law,
UCLA School of Law Janeen Steel - Executive Director,
Learning Rights Law Center Cosponsored by: Center for Community Partnerships, David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, Critical Race Studies, Advocates for Children and Teens
Wednesday, 4:30-8:00pm, Room 1347 February 20, 2009: The Aratani Speaker Series Presents: UCLA DAY OF REMEMBRANCE WITH PROFESSOR ROGER DANIELS Please join the Aratani Endowed Chair and the Asian American Studies Center for this special event, honoring Professor Daniels for years of research on the Japanese American experience. Roger Daniels is Charles Phelps Taft Professor of HIstory Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA's HIstory Department in 1961, and has been researching and writing about Japanese Americans for more than 50 years. Between 1981 and 1983 Dr. Daniels served as a consultant to the presidential Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internmnet of Civilians. This commission looked at the impact of 1942's Executive Order 9066, which allowed for the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Finally in 1988, a law was enacted requiring a formal apology for the wartime incarceration and a payment of $20,000 to each of some 80,000 survivors. Sponsored by UCLA's: Asian American Studies Center, Asian American Studies Deparment, Young Research Library, Department of History and the Nikkei Student Union. Friday, 12pm-1pm at the UCLA Faculty Center, Sierra Room March 6-7, 2009 3rd Annual CRS Symposium:
Race in Colorblind Spaces This 3rd Annual CRS Symposium will explore how race functions in "colorblind" spaces. Bringing together cutting-edge findings in social science and law, the two-day event will explore new research findings about the psychology, sociology and legal construction of race and their ramifications for current discourses about equality and anti-discrimination enforcement. More. March 14, 2009: "The Future of Marriage Equality in California" CRS is co-sponsoring this panel as part of the Williams Insitute and the International Lesbian and Gay Law Association's four-day conference, "The Global Arc of Justice: LGBT Rights around the World." Moderated by CRS Professor Cheryl I. Harris, the panel will also include presentations by Prof. Russell Robinson, and CRS Administrative Director, Saul Sarabia.
For a full description of the panel and the conference program, please visit the conference web page. 12pm - 1:30pm, Law School 1347 April 10, 2009 "Unlearning the American Pacific: A Symposium on Anti-Colonial Pedagogies" The "American Pacific" connotes the exotic and erotic, the savage and the hostile, and the idyllic and the generous in American popular imaginations of the Pacific Islands region. These tropes of infantilization continue to inform US governmental, legal and military relations with the indigenous societies of the Pacific. Thus, the verb "unlearning" signals an intent to unsettle and unlearn the deep American racist imaginations of the Pacific region and to foreground instead indigenous pedagogical understandings of these issues.
Separated into three 120 minute panels, the symposium will focus on the intersecting themes of (1) Empire and Sovereignty, (2) Gender and Sexuality and (3) Indigeneity and Race.
On the latter panel, CRS Law Teaching Fellow, Addie Rolnick, will explore how law shapes and limits Hawaiian and Indian notions of indigeneity and race, with attention to the pedagogical implications of her work. For questions about the program, please contact Professor Keith Camacho: kcamacho@ucla.edu To contact CRS Fellow Addie Rolnick, please email Rolnick@law.ucla.edu | Fall Semester Events Study Skills Workshop - "Classroom Dynamics and Race Consciousness in the Law School Classroom" Facilitated by CRS Professor Cheryl I. Harris and CRS advanced students, this session considers how race and other social identities are discussed in the law school classroom. Using Prof. Crenshaw's seminal piece "Towards a Race Conscious Pedagogy in Legal Education" (1989), the workshop focuses on developing strategies to navigate the various ways in which race and social issues are discussed by professors, students, and textbooks, in order to succeed in law school. 12pm in Room 1447. Coordinated by CRS students through El Centro Legal, the prisoner re-entry legal clinic trains law students to expunge criminal records and identify potential claims of employment discrimination. The clinic is held in the Watts neighborhood of South Los Angeles through the outreach and organizing efforts of A New Way of Life, CRS' community partner. Student volunteers should attend a training before the clinic and review training materials online. The clinic will be held again on October 3, 2008. CRS alumni and clinic coordinators will conduct a training on Friday, September 12, 2008 in Room 1327. Professor Greg Robinson of the University of Quebec, Montreal will discuss his research on Japanese internment. Professor Robinson is the author of "By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans" (2001). In that book, Professor Robinson unearthed the role of racism against Japanese Americans in President Roosevelt's decisions about internment. A renowned historian, he has played a crucial role in challenging the arguments advanced since 9/11 in defense of internment of the Japanese in World War II to justify targeting of minorities in the US War on Terror. He and Professor Eric Muller maintain a blog to challenge Fox commentator, Michele Malkin, author of "In Defense of Internment: The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the US War on Terror." 1:30pm - 2:45pm. Room 1327. CRS is proud to co-sponsor the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy Program's annual public interest information fair, which brings the leading public advocacy organizations to the Law School. Representatives of these organizations will provide information about opportunties to get involved during the school year and volunteer to address legal issues in diverse communities. 4pm - 5:15pm at the Law School Main Hallway, First Floor September 8, 2008:
Study Skills Workshop - Active Learning in the First Ten Weeks of Law School CRS Faculty Director Jerry Kang will provide an overview of strategies to overcome the most common misconceptions about how to study and succeed in the first year of law school. Focusing on practical approaches to maximizing study time, effective note-taking, and time management, this highly popular session is available by first-priority to students expressing interest in the CRS Specialization. 12pm in Room 1357. (Pizza will be served; no RSVP for lunch is necessary.) Archive: mindmap in *.mmap (download viewer) or pdf :: streaming videolink:
http://av.law.ucla.edu/eres/crs/CRS1sarabia090808.wmv September 8, 2008:
Practicing Democracy: A Reflection on Voter Protection and Political Participation in the US The Voting Rights Act represents a major milestone in the legal struggle to address the disenfranchisement of racial minorities in the United States. A stimulating panel of scholars and practitioners will reflect on the major advances, and persistent gaps, in minority voting rights. Two months before the 2008 Presidential election, this panel will provide a historical context for understanding the electoral landscape and minority political participation. 6:30pm in Room 1430. Co-sponsored with the American Constitution Society at UCLA Law. September 4, 2008:
CRS Welcome Dinner The CRS Program convenes an annual back to school dinner for all students enrolled or interested in the Specialization, featuring the CRS world-renowned faculty. CRS students will provide information on mentorship, academic activities related to their participation in the Specialization and extra-curricular acivities. Learn about CRS the program activities for the current academic year. 6pm in Room 2448. August 29, 2008:
CRS Orientation and Welcome Meeting First year students, LLM students, and transfer students to UCLA School of Law are invited to learn about the CRS Program's current projects and academic opportunities. CRS faculty will provide an overview of the program and the Specialization's course of study and advanced students will describe their participation in CRS and provide examples of their summer and extracurricular activities. 12:30pm in Room 1457. August 25, 2008:
"Whither the Court" - A Review of the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court Term CRS Professor Cheryl I. Harris will represent the CRS Program in the School of Law's annual review of the Supreme Court's most recent term. A fascinating introduction to the new school year, "Whither the Court" is a UCLA tradition that features the leading scholars from the law school's unique think tanks, specializations and programs. Faculty members choose a major case in the program areas for a stimulating review of trends in Supreme Court jurisprudence in diverse areas of law. 6pm in Room 1347. |
