The 2008-2009 Symposium: Perspectives on Obama, Race, and the Law Thursday, October 16, 2008 4p.m. - 8p.m. with dinner to follow Rutgers School of Law – Newark Center for Law and Justice 123 Washington Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Panel 1: What Are the Racial Impacts of Election Law and Policy? Frank Askin, Law Professor, Rutgers School of Law – Newark Bernard W. Bell, Law Professor, Rutgers School of Law – Newark Donita Judge, Staff Attorney, Advancement Project Glenn E. Martin, Vice President of Development and Public Affairs, Fortune Society, Inc. Deroy Murdock, Media Fellow, Hoover Ins. on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford Univ. Moderator: Carlos Gonzalez, Law Professor, Rutgers School of Law – Newark Panel 2: Would the Election of Barack Obama to the Presidency Signal the Beginning of a Post-Racial Age in Legal Policy? Horace Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Civil Rights Union Elizabeth Hull, Professor and Chair Department of Political Science, Rutgers-Newark Craig L. Jackson, Law Professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Janai S. Nelson, Law Professor, St. John's University School of Law Reginald C. Oh, Law Professor, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law David D. Troutt, Law Professor, Rutgers School of Law – Newark Moderator: Brandon L. Paradise, Law Professor, Rutgers School of Law – Newark   The 2007-2008 Symposium:   Equal Protection or Just “Separate but Equal?”: The Future of School Integration Following Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1   Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.   Rutgers School of Law – Newark Center for Law and Justice 123 Washington Street Newark, New Jersey 07102   Panel 1: Examining the Opinions: Professor Angelo Ancheta, Santa Clara School of Law, CA Professor Leslie Yalof Garfield, Pace Law School, White Plains, NY Moderator: Damon Hewitt, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund   Panel 2: Personal Perspectives: A Word from the Litigants Paul J. Beard, Counsel, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA Julio C. Gomez, Attorney, Westfield, NJ Professor Cedric Powell, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and parent, Louisville, KY Moderator: Professor Twila L. Perry, Rutgers School of Law-Newark, and Judge Alexander P. Waugh, Sr. Scholar   Panel 3: Local Implications: A Look at New Jersey Schools Patricia Bombelyn, Attorney, Bombelyn & Perez, New Brunswick, NJ Derrell Bradford, Director, Excellent Education for Everyone Professor Paul Tractenberg, Rutgers School of Law - Newark, and Director of the Institute for Education Law and Policy Moderator: Glenn D. Magpantay, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund