Please join us on Thursday, March 11 (from Noon-3:30 p.m. EST) and Friday, March 12, 2021 (11 a.m. -4:30 p.m. EST).

Our online conference "Teaching Multicultural Lawyering: Development, Integration and Conversation" will originate at WMU-Cooley Law School. There is no charge to attend.

The conference will focus on teaching stand-alone courses in the topic, infusing multicultural lawyering throughout the curriculum, teaching multicultural instruction within professional identity programs, and developing learning outcomes for the topic. Some of the sessions will have break-out groups to facilitate small, in-depth discussions. There will be a keynote panel sharing the experiences of faculty who have been teaching these topics for many years, with an opportunity for discussion with them as well.

We look forward to welcoming distinguished panelists! The confirmed panelists include:

• Leonard M. Baynes, Dean and Professor, University of Houston Law Center
• Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law , Penn State Dickinson Law
• Janice Craft, Professor, University of Richmond School of Law
• Berta Hernández-Truyol, Professor, University of Florida, Levin College of Law
• Lucy Jewel, Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law
• Paula Johnson, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
• Arlene S. Kanter, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
• Catherine McCollum, Director, Teaching and Learning Center, WMU-Cooley Law School
• James McGrath, President and Dean, WMU-Cooley Law School
• Suzette Melendez, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
• Vernellia Randall, Professor Emerita, University of Dayton School of Law
• Dan Sheaffer, Professor, WMU-Cooley Law School
• Mary Szto, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law

While we understand there are many competing demands on your time, we encourage you to attend the full event if possible. This conference will bring together law professors who teach this subject in different ways. We would like to build on this shared knowledge to explore the possible ways we can teach these important issues to law students.

The conversations will be enriched and most effective if participants attend all presentations and activities that we have planned for these two afternoons.

That said, we know that everyone will not be able to attend all the sessions. We only ask that when you sign up for a small group session, you are reasonably sure you can attend that small group. You do not have to enroll in every small group opportunity.

Reserve your place now as space is limited. The deadline for registration is February 19, 2021.

Please contact us at mcl@cooley.edu with questions.

We hope you can join us!

Kim O’Leary

Professor, WMU-Cooley Law School

Mable Martin-Scott

Professor, WMU-Cooley Law School