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September 21, 1996

Race and the Law

Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree moderated this panel discussion on race and the law among judges, law professors and attorneys. They exam… read more

Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree moderated this panel discussion on race and the law among judges, law professors and attorneys. They examined a wide range of issues, including the racial injustice within the U.S. justice system and the need for political as well as judicial solutions to it, and whether African-American judges and lawyers can be objective due to their unique experiences of discrimination. close

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Eleanor D. Acheson Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice->Policy Development and Research
William Bauer Chief Judge U.S. Court of Appeals->Seventh Circuit

Derrick Bell Professor (Former) Harvard Law School
Jim Burns U.S. Attorney U.S. District Court->Northern District of Chicago
Lani Guinier Professor University of Pennsylvania->Law School
Terry Hatter Judge U.S. District Court->Central District of California
Elaine R. Jones President and General Counsel NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor Harvard Law School
Matthew Perry Jr. Judge U.S. District Court->South Carolina
Randolph Stone Professor University of Chicago Law School
Anne Thompson Judge U.S. District Court->New Jersey
Andrea Zopp Assistant State Attorney Cook County, IL

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Program ID:: 77633-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Forum
Location:: Chicago, Illinois, United States
First Aired:: Jan 03, 1997 | 10:58am EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Jan 18, 1997 | 1:54am EST | C-SPAN 2

Airing Details

Jan 03, 1997 | 10:58am EST | C-SPAN 2
Jan 04, 1997 | 2:26am EST | C-SPAN 2
Jan 17, 1997 | 10:15am EST | C-SPAN 2
Jan 18, 1997 | 1:54am EST | C-SPAN 2

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