The Re-Education of Barack Obama - Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

The Midwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference will be hosted by the Loyola Law School Chicago on April 19-21, 2013, and its theme is "The Re-education of Barack Obama."  After a divisive first term in office, the nation re-elected President Barack Obama despite a deep disaffect felt by both conservatives and progressives.  The Re-education of Barack Obama conference will seek to assess the policy victories and failures in the President's first term and will strive to provide progressive inspiration for second term policies and actions.  Professors and scholars of color from across the country will convene in Chicago and engage in this scholarly debate beginning on Friday, April 19th.

The program details are below:

MIDWESTERN PEOPLE OF COLOR LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE

MWPOC

“The Re-Education of Barack Obama”

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

25 East Pearson Street, Chicago, IL

April 18-21, 2013

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 18^th:

6:30-9:00 p.m.  Opening Reception, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Video, State Senator Barack Obama, 1999 Speech Delivered at Loyola University

Friday, April 19^th:

8-8:50 a.m.  Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:50-9:00 a.m.  Welcome, Neil Williams, MWPOC

9:00-10:30 a.m.  Plenary Panel:  National Security and International Relations Policies

10:40 – 12:10 p.m.  Plenary Panel:  The War on Drugs and the Prison Industrial Complex

12:30 p.m.  Lunch

2:00-3:30 p.m.  Plenary Panel:  Capital Markets and Financial Regulation

3:40-5:05 p.m.  Plenary Panel:  Immigration Reform

5:15 – 6:00 p.m.  Concurrent Works in Progress

6:30 p.m. Dinner:  John Hancock Building, Signature Room at the 95^th

Saturday, April 20^th:

8-9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00-10:30 a.m.  Plenary Panel:  Critical Supreme Court Cases

10:45 – 12:15 p.m.  Plenary Panel:  Effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) in

Eliminating Racial Health Disparities

12:30 p.m.  Lunch – Keynote Presentations, Ms. Janet Bell, Reflections on the Legacy of Derrick Bell; Professor Shavar Jeffries

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.  Concurrent Works in Progress

3:45 – 5:15 p.m.  Concurrent Works in Progress

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Concurrent Works in Progress

7:00 p.m.  Dinner: On Own

Sunday, April 21^st:

9-10:00 a.m.  Continental Breakfast

10:00-12 Noon  Roundtable:  Retrenchment:  Responding to the Law School Crisis

12 noon  MWPOC Business Meeting

1:00 p.m.  Adjourn