What's New at CRS?
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- 1. Professor Crenshaw wins Fletcher Fellowship Award for 2008
- 2. Addie Rolnick ('04) selected for the Inaugural CRS Law Teaching Fellowship
- 3. EJS Selects Claudia Pena ('08) as the 2008-09 Constance Baker Motley Fellow
- 4. Carmina Ocampo ('08) selected for Skadden Fellowship - 2008-10
- 5. CRS' Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative Cited as a Model Collaboration
- 6. 300 People Attend the 2nd Annual CRS Symposium
Professor Crenshaw wins Fletcher Fellowship Award for 2008
July 2008 - UCLA School of Law Professor Kimberlè Crenshaw was selected as a 2008 Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellow. She is one of four academics in the country, chosen from a pool of more than 80 applicants, to receive the honor this year. The prestigious fellowship program was created in 2004 by Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., chairman and CEO of Fletcher Asset Management, on the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The fellowships, which come with a $50,000 stipend, are awarded to individuals and institutions who are working to improve race relations in America. The fellowship program is administered by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Professor Crenshaw will complete a writing project entitled "Shattering the Colorblind Ruse: Recapturing the Legacy of Brown," which will analyze how today's notion of 'colorblindness' undermines the ability to address ongoing patterns of racial inequality.
Addie Rolnick ('04) selected for the Inaugural CRS Law Teaching Fellowship
June 2008 - The Critical Race Studies Program at UCLA School of Law proudly announces the selection of Addie Rolnick, ('04) for the CRS Law Teaching Fellowship. The CRS Program launched a two-year fellowship for alumni of the UCLA School of Law interested in law teaching. The alumni fellowship complements the CRS program's future law professors track within the CRS Specialization and both aim to nurture the next generation of legal scholars committed to excellent scholarship and racial justice. The Inaugural CRS Fellow will focus her research during the Fellowship on strategies to bridge Indian law and Critical Race Theory.
EJS Selects Claudia Pena ('08) as the 2008-09 Constance Baker Motley Fellow
May 2008 - The Equal Justice Society has selected a third consecutive member of the CRS family for its prestigious post-graduation fellowship. Claudia Pena ('08), will succeed Sara Jackson ('07) and Nicholas Espiritu ('04) as the Constance Baker Motley Fellow, a testament to the commitment and preparation of students who actively participate in the coursework, extracurricular activities, and community of CRS at UCLA.
Carmina Ocampo ('08) selected for Skadden Fellowship - 2008-10
April 2008 - CRS graduate, Carmina Ocampo ('08), will spend the next two years at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, after being selected as a Skadden Fellow from more than 150 applicants nationwide. Carmina's proposal to work with APALC incorporates her training within the CRS Specialization and reflects her own commitment to race-conscious public interest lawyering. The Fellowship is among the most highly selective for American law graduates.
CRS' Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative Cited as a Model Collaboration
April 2008 - The UCLA Center for Community Partnerships, which funded the CRS Program's Prisioner Re-Entry Intiative, has declared the project a "model collaboration." UCLA Law students who have been part of the CRS' Program's Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative have developed a new student-run legal clinic to address the legal needs of former prisoners. The clinic is part of the on-going partnership between CRS and A New Way of Life, a community-based re-entry program in South Los Angeles, dedicated to removing barriers to community reintegration faced by former prisoners. The next clinic dates have been set for Friday afternoon, September 19th, 2008 and October 3rd, 2008. You can prepare and register now to volunteer at the Re-entry Legal Clinic.
300 People Attend the 2nd Annual CRS Symposium
March 2008 - Moderated by faculty members of the CRS Program at UCLA, "Race, Sexuality & the Law: Abercrombie, Imus & Beyond," featured interdisciplinary academic panels exploring the role of law, culture, media and communities in shaping representations of race, gender and sexual orientation. Sponsored in conjunction with the Williams Institute, the nation's leading think tank on sexual orientation law and policy, the symposium drew more than 300 attendees. You can "attend" the CRS Symposium virtually each year and watch recordings of past symposia online.
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