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Linguistics on Trial: Race, Language and the Law

A discussion with Dr. Sharese King


 Start Date - End Date

February 18, 2025

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM


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Linguistics on Trial:  Race, Language and the Law      
Presented By OC Superior Court, OCBA, Thurgood Marshall Bar Association & UCI, School of Law            
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2025
5:30 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M.
(REGISTRATION/MIXER 5:30 - 6:00 P.M. | PROGRAM 6 - 8:00 P.M.)
UCI LAW SCHOOL, DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, YOSEMITE BALLROOM, BLDG 8
Cost $30 - Providing 1.0 Implicit Bias CLE Credit and 1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit
Dinner Will Be Provided
 
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PROGRAM (Flyer Here)
Dr. Sharese King shares her research on the emerging problem of bias against non-standard English speakers, as distinguished from non English speakers. While it is universally accepted to enlist a foreign language translator when a court user does not speak English, the remedies of how to address non-standard English speakers in court are less clear. Bench officers, attorneys, jurors and court users are often unaware of the biases they harbor when hearing non-standard English, including biases assuming the speaker is less educated, and/or less credible. Dr. King will also discuss the use of African-American Vernacular English and its impact on the criminal trial against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin.     
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Sharese King is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. Her research examines "racializing" language practices and its implications within the judicial system in the United States. Dr. King has a coauthored editorial in The Los Angeles Times and has published in journals such as Language and Nature.
Discussion Facilitators:
Hon. Sheila Hanson Assistant Presiding Judge
Hon. Richard Y. Lee, Chair
Hon. Michele Bell
Hon. Bryan Clavecilla
Hon. Lee L. Gabriel
Hon. Juliet O. Macaulay
Hon. Karen L. Robinson
Hon. Carmen Snuggs-Spraggins
Hon. Yolanda Torres
Hon. Brian Waite
Rebekah F. Thomas, Esq.            
                       

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UCI School of Law
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Irvine, CA 92697

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