Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2010-02-15

The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at 色虎视频鈥檚 Cumberland School of Law will host two special programs during February. The public is invited to the events free of charge.

A healthcare webinar at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, will explore the topic 鈥淲hy Colorblind Policies Will Not Eliminate Healthcare Disparities.鈥 The speaker will be University of Dayton law school professor Vernellia Randall, a specialist on topics that involve race, women and healthcare. The program will be in Brock Forum, located in Dwight Beeson Hall. The webinar is approved for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Jefferson County circuit judge Houston L. Brown will聽 present BLSA鈥檚 annual Thurgood Marshall Symposium Thursday, Feb. 25, at noon聽 in the moot courtroom of Robinson Hall law building. His topic will be 鈥淒iversity on the Bench.鈥 A graduate of Talladega College and Cumberland, Brown has served as a civil court judge since 2000. A reception will follow the symposium.

The聽 symposium is named to honor the first African-American to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lakeita Faye Rox, a third-year law student from Fort Wayne, Ind., is president of Cumberland鈥檚 BLSA. For information on the webinar or the symposium, contact Rox at (260) 348-3646.

 
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