The Koskoff Symposium, Featuring " The Life and Legacy of Thurgood Marshall-Friday, November 17, 2017

Free Registration: The Public is Invited http://alumni.quinnipiac.edu/s/1656/gid2/index.aspx… Friday, November 17, 2017

Quinnipiac Law will mark the 50th anniversary of Justice Marshall’s swearing in as a Supreme Court Justice and also celebrate the October 2017 release of “Marshall,” a feature length film about him.

The symposium will examine Marshall’s early career as a civil rights lawyer, his path breaking work at the NAACP, and his decisions on the US Supreme Court. We will also give some attention to “Marshall the Man” and weave his personal/interior life into the analysis. David Wilkins will begin the symposium with an overview of the role African-American lawyers played in the early days of the civil rights movement. Michael Koskoff, a prominent Connecticut lawyer who is also one of the screen writers of the new film, will be with us for the entire day. We will gather historians, civil rights activists, former law clerks, and friends to recall, analyze, and honor the work of Thurgood Marshall.

Time: 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Place: The Ceremonial Courtroom | Quinnipiac University School of Law

8:15 a.m.: Registration; Continental Breakfast in Lobby

9 a.m.: Welcome

Black Lawyers in the Early Years of the Civil Rights Movement
David Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Director, Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School

Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
Juan Williams, Journalist

Marshall’s Lawyering Years
Marilyn Ford, Professor of Law, Quinnipiac -- Moderator

Larry Gibson, Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law; Howard Glickstein, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, Touro Law Center; Bernard Lafayette, Chairman of the Board, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Inc.; Daniel Sharfstein, Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Co-director, George Barrett Social Justice Program, Vanderbilt Law School; and Kenneth G. Standard, counsel in the employment, labor and workforce management practice and general counsel emeritus at Epstein Becker Green.

Marshall on the Court
Martin Margulies, Professor of Law Emeritus, Quinnipiac -- Moderator

Hon. Victor A. Bolden, United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut; Susan Low Bloch, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; Daniel Richman, Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Lunch for All Registered Participants

Thank you for registering for the Koskoff Symposium 17. We're near capacity in the courtroom and will be simulcasting in a classroom if need be for overflow.

The event is complimentary, but please register by November 10. For more information, please call Nellie Scoble, 203-582-3200.