Pursuing Excellence: Diversity In Higher Education
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
This conference brings together leading academics, educators, institutional leaders, and policy makers to examine how diversity in institutions of higher education affects and is inspired by students, faculty, and leaders. The conference will highlight a number of critically important topics including facilitating educational access for undocumented students, challenges to developing and nurturing a diverse educational environment, the importance of training students in professional programs (including medicine and law) to serve diverse populations, and attacks on affirmative action ranging from Prop 209 to the current U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas.
BRYANT GARTH
RUTH BADER GINSBURG LECTURER
Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, former Dean Southwestern Law School, former Dean Indiana University-Bloomington School of Law
February 5, 2016, 9:00am – 5:00pm
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
TONI ATKINS
Speaker of the California Assembly
SUSAN BISOM-RAPP
Professor of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
MARISOL CLARK-IBÁÑEZ
Professor of Sociology
Cal State University San Marcos
YOULONDA COPELAND-MORGAN
Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management
UCLA
MEERA E. DEO
Professor of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
ADRIAN GONZALES
Interim Superintendent/President
and Vice President of Student Services
Palomar Community College
VALLERA JOHNSON
Administrative Law Judge
CATHERINE LUCEY
Professor and Vice Dean for Education
UCSF School of Medicine
MARY ANN MASON
Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center
on Health, Economic, and Family Security
UC Berkeley
LINDA TRINH VO
Professor of Asian American Studies
UC Irvine
SHIRLEY WEBER
California Assemblywoman, Chair of Assembly Committees on Higher Education and Campus Climate, Former President San Diego Unified School District
SUSAN WESTERBERG PRAGER
Dean, Southwestern Law School
Former Dean, UCLA School of Law
Former Executive Director and CEO of AALS
For additional information and registration visit TJSL.EDU/CONFERENCES/WLC/2016
