The Cardozo Law Review, the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, and the Cardozo Public Service Scholars Program, present a Symposium entitled, The Fair Housing Act After 50 Years.

The Symposium will bring together leading academics and practitioners and will serve as an opportunity to reflect on the origins of the Fair Housing Act, discuss the intersections between housing and other areas of civil society, and engage in forward thinking about the future of the Act. Julian Castro, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary under President Barack Obama, will deliver the Keynote Presentation.

CLE CREDIT AVAILABLE:

Panel 1: 1.5 credits, “Areas of Professional Practice”

Panel 2: 1.5 credits, “Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias”

Panel 3: 1.5 credits, “Areas of Professional Practice”

Panel 4: 1.5 credits, “Areas of Professional Practice”

Total credits available:

4.5 credits: “Areas of Professional Practice”

1.5 credits: “Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias”

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AGENDA

8:30 am - 9:00 am - Registration and Breakfast (Lobby)

9:00 am - 9:45 am - Keynote Presentation (Moot Court Room)

10:00 am - 10:15 am - Welcome & Introduction (Moot Court Room)

10:15 am - 11:45 am – Panel 1- Origins and Development of the FHA: A Look Back (Moot Court Room)

Moderated by Professor Stewart Sterk, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Panelists:

• Professor Craig Flournoy, University of Cincinnati
• Elizabeth K. Julian, Inclusive Communities Project
• Professor Jonathan Zasloff, UCLA School of Law

12:00pm - 1:30 pm – Panel 2- Close to Home: Affirmatively Furthering Inclusive Communities (Moot Court Room)

Moderated by Professor Rebekah Diller, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Panelists:

• Professor Vicki Been, NYU Furman Center and NYU School of Law
• Professor Paula Ann Franzese, Peter W. Rodino Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law School
• R. Tamar Hagler, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
• Professor Myron Orfield, University of Minnesota Law School

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm - Lunch (Lobby)

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm – Panel 3- Equal Access to Opportunity? The Relationship Between Housing and Education (Moot Court Room)

Moderated by Professor Michelle Adams, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Panelists:

• Anurima Bhargava, Anthem of Us
• Professor Rachel Godsil, Rutgers Law School
• Dennis D. Parker, ACLU, Racial Justice Program
• Philip Tegeler, Poverty & Race Research Action Council

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm – Panel 4- The Future of Fair Housing: A Look Forward (Moot Court Room)

Moderated by Professor Michael Pollack, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Panelists:

• Professor Ingrid Gould Ellen, NYU Wagner School and Furman Center
• Megan Haberle, Poverty & Race Research Action Council
• Professor Olatunde Johnson, Columbia Law School
• Professor Justin Steil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Professor David D. Troutt, Professor of Law, Director Rutgers CLiME, Rutgers Law School-Newark

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Reception to honor the Panelists and Moderators (Lobby)

Panelist and Moderator biographies are available at: https://bit.ly/2GcohAR.