Bracewell & Giuliani issued the following announcement on Oct. 7
Harvard Law Professor David B. Wilkins will deliver the inaugural Bracewell LLP Distinguished Lecture in Racial and Social Justice on October 30. The lecture will be the keynote address at “Black Lawyers Matter: Strategies to Enhance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” a day-long virtual symposium co-hosted by the University of Houston Law Center and SMU Dedman School of Law.
Wilkins is the Lester Kissel Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he serves as vice dean for global initiatives on the legal profession and faculty director of the Center on the Legal Profession and the Center for Lawyers and the Professional Services Industry.
The Black Lawyers Matter conference will address the underrepresentation of Black lawyers in the legal profession by offering different perspectives on a range of topics, including:
- strategies to increase Black enrollment in law schools
- the role of historically Black law schools
- the LSAT, socioeconomics and U.S. News & World Report
- hiring for firm and corporation positions
- strategies to increase diversity in law faculty hiring, the judiciary and judicial clerkships
Additional information about the conference, including registration details, can be found on the UH Law Center website.
Original source can be found here.
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