Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Forum: Civil Rights and the Chicago Police Department

Date: Jan 21, 2016 to Jan 21, 2016
Timing: 5pm to 7pm

Civil Rights and CPD
Program Information
Join us on Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 5-7pm for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Forum: Civil Rights and the Chicago Police Department. In this forum, experts will discuss recent developments and current cases that have polarized the City; the fallout at the Chicago Police Department, City Hall and in Springfield; and the call for reform.

Program speakers include:

Daniel Coyne, Clinical Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Martin Gould, Romanucci & Blandin, LLC
David A. Harris, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Jeanette Samuels, Samuels & Associates, Ltd.
Karen Sheley, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Matt Topic, Loevy & Loevy

This lecture is approved for two-hours of IL MCLE Professional responsibility/diversity credit.

The Office of Institutional Advancement and the Young Alumni Council presents this lecture in partnership with Office of the Dean, Office of Diversity, Inclusion, Multiculturalism & Professional Development, Office of Continuing Legal Education, Student Bar Association, Black Law Students Association, Asian Pacific Law Students Association, Hispanic Latino Law Students Association, South Asian Law Students Association, the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society.

For more information and to register, click here.