20th Annual Wiley A. Branton Symposium

Howard Law Journal

Capital Punishment: The Future of Legislation and Litigation

Howard University School of Law, Damon J. Keith Moot Court Room

About This EventEach year, Howard University School of Law and the Howard Law Journal pay tribute to the life and legacy of our former Dean and civil rights activist, the late Wiley A. Branton. We are excited to announce the topic for our 20th Annual Wiley A. Branton Symposium: “Capital Punishment.” Through three panels and a keynote address, the Symposium will explore how capital punishment reinforces racialized hierarchies that abridge the civil rights of people of color. We hope to instigate a thought-provoking dialogue where legal scholars can discuss the effect of current capital punishment policies and the future of capital punishment reform in legislation and litigation. This year’s Symposium is sponsored by Sidley Austin LLP and Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP. Click the link to learn more about Mr. Wiley A. Branton: https://law.howard.edu/wiley-brantonhoward-law-journal-symposium. P﻿lease direct any questions to: HLJExecutiveSolicitations@gmail.com.

Agenda

Welcome Remarks

Akin Adepoju | Attorney Advisor, Defender Services Office of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Amir Ali | Executive Director, MacArthur Justice Center; Robin Maher | Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center; Ruth Friedman | Director, Federal Capital Habeas Project

Panel 1: Moving the Needle: State and Federal Courts Then and Now

Peggy Cooper Davis | John S. R. Shad Professor of Lawyering and Ethics, NYU School of Law; Michael Meltsner | Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law; Diann Rust-Tierney | Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Panel 2: Beyond Binary Oppositions: The Academic Debates in Capital Punishment

Branton Award Presentation

Branton Video

Lunch Break

United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission

Keynote Address

Stephen B. Bright | Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School; Visiting Professor Georgetown Law; Joel L. Castón | Ward 7 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, Fellow Justice Policy; Vincent M. Southerland | Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, NYU Law; Ngozi Ndulue | Special Advisor on Race and Wrongful Conviction, Innocence Project

Panel 3: State Legislatures, Criminal Justice Reform, and Tools for the Future

Closing Remarks

Allyn Johnson (piano), Romier Mendez (bass), Carroll CV Dashiell III (drums) 
Location: Dunbarton Chapel, Howard University School of Law

Post-Symposium Concert

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