2023 Mitchell Hamline Law Review Symposium
The Mitchell Hamline Law Review in coordination with the Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law highlighted and explored Furtive Blackness & The Afterlives of Slavery as part of the spring symposium. Links to the recordings are below. Also, read on for details regarding recommended readings and works of authors mentioned during the panels, and how to stay connected to the work of the below organizations.
Recordings
Panel 1: 9:45-11 a.m. CDT Local Governance, Local Change and National Impacts
- Jamael Lundy, Intergovernmental Affairs Director for County Attorney Mary Moriarty
- Lyndsey Olson, City Attorney, City of Saint Paul
- Mikeya Griffin, Executive Director, Rondo Community Land Trust
- Representative Ruth Richardson, DFL, 52B
- Justin Terrell, Executive Director, Minnesota Justice Research Center
Moderated by Gillian Mwangi, President of the Black Law Students Association
Presidential Roundtable: 1:30-3:15 p.m. CDT Furtive Blackness & The Afterlives of Slavery
- Jamilah Jefferson Jones, Earl B. Shurtz Research Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, University of Kansas School of Law
- Angela Rose Myers, Scholar-Organizer and Former President, Minneapolis NAACP
- Frank Leon Roberts (Ph.D.),Assistant Professor of English & Black Studies, Amherst College
- Michele Alexandre, Dean and Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Etienne Toussaint, Assistant Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law
- Shirley E. Thompson (Ph.D.), Associate Professor & Associate Chair and African and African Diaspora Studies and Associate Professor of American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Moderated by Dr. T. Anansi Wilson, JD/Ph.D
2022 Mitchell Hamline Law Review Symposium
The 2022 Law Review Symposium highlighted and explored the deep fissures in our criminal justice system and featured discussions with lawyers and community leaders who are making change through their representation, advocacy, and leadership. For additional information about the panels, panelists, and Anthony Ray Hinton, as well as additional reading material and resources related to these topics, check out the Mitchell Hamline Lib Guide accompanying the Symposium.
Panel 1: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives
Panel 2: Wrongful Convictions
Panel 3: Restorative Justice in Practice
Panel 4: Juvenile Justice – Diversion
Keynote Speaker Anthony Ray Hinton
2021 Mitchell Hamline Law Review Symposium
The 2021 Law Review Symposium focused on creating trauma-informed professionals who not only understand various types of trauma but who also know how to manage their own mental health.
Barbara (Bob-e) Simpson Epps – Race-based Trauma
Dr. Dorothy Simpson Taylor – Veteran’s/First Responder Trauma
Myrna McCallum – Generational Trauma
- The Trauma-Informed Lawyer Podcast hosted by Myrna McCallum Brought to you in partnership with the Canadian Bar Association, this podcast hosted by Myrna McCallum is an educational resource on trauma-informed lawyering.