The OCBA and UCI School of Law Present: Thurgood Marshall: A Salute to a Giant in Civil Rights Jurisprudence and Leadership
The Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) recently launched a new series of educational programs that will pay tribute to legal giants who have had an enormous impact on the United States justice system as well as on the nation as a whole. The inaugural installment of the series, co-sponsored by the University of California, Irvine School of Law and entitled “Thurgood Marshall: A Salute to a Giant in Civil Rights Jurisprudence and Leadership,” will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at the UC Irvine Education Building, Classroom 1111, in Irvine.

Saturday, November 3, 2012
UC Irvine Education Building, Irvine

Speakers:

Rebecca Brown
Newton Professor of Constitutional Law, USC Gould School of Law
Former Law Clerk of Justice Thurgood Marshall

Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean & Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Dimetria A. Jackson, Esq.
President, Orange County Bar Association
Montage Legal Group

Topic:
Justice Marshall inspired several generations of lawyers to pursue justice and perfect their ability to use the court system to achieve the goals of the U.S. Constitution. Come hear a vibrant discussion on the seminal contributions made by Justice Marshall and how his jurisprudence still quietly impacts the U.S. Supreme court today. 

The first African American Justice on the United States Supreme Court, Marshall was also the lead attorney on the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which resulted in the declaration of the “separate but equal” doctrine of public education established by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision to be unconstitutional. Prior to his tenure on the United States Superior Court, Marshall was appointed to the Second Court of Appeals by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and to Solicitor General by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965; President Johnson elevated Marshall to the Supreme Court Bench in 1967, where he sat until his retirement in 1991.

Register online or download the registration flyer.Return