Black Legal Futurism Conference Day 2
Black Legal Futurism is related to Afrofuturism, which can be defined as a cultural aesthetic and philosophy aimed at imagining the future through the lens of people from the African diaspora. We use the term Black Legal Futurism rather than Afrofuturism because we want participants to make concrete, “outside the box” political, economic, and legal policy proposals. Taking a Black Legal Futurist view will have three important implications.
First, the conference will feature perspectives seeking the well-being of peoples of African descent in the United States of America.
Second, the conference will highlight concrete proposals for how to create positive political, economic, and legal outcomes for peoples of African descent.
Third, the conference will be oriented toward the future, which could include a five, twenty-five, or fifty-year horizon.
This conference will consist of four Roundtable discussions
- What is Black Legal Futurism?
- Arts & Culture
- Policing
- Economic Community Development
Approved for 6 Nevada MCLE credits
Schedule & Speakers (subject to change)
Saturday, April 6
8:45 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: West Las Vegas Library Theater
951 West Lake Mead Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89106
Featuring an exhibit from Storming Caesar's Palace - made possible by UNLV University Libraries
8:45 AM - Welcome
Justin Iverson - Research Librarian & Assistant Professor, Wiener-Rogers Law Library at William S. Boyd School of Law
Claytee White - Director, Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries
9:00 AM - Policing
Daryl Atkinson - Co-Director and Co-Founder Forward Justice
Monica Bell - Yale Law
Frank Rudy Cooper - William S. Boyd School of Law Director, Program on Race, Gender & Policing
Robert Futrell - UNLV Professor of Sociology
Leisa Moseley-Sayles - Nevada State Director, Fines & Fees Justics Center
India Thusi - Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law
Leslie Turner - Co-founder and Co-director Mass Liberation Project, Nevada
Moderator - Addie Rolnick - San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Professor of Law - Associate Director, Program on Race, Gender & Policing
10:45 AM - Presentation by ACLU of Nevada Director Athar Haseebullah
11:00 AM - Community Development
Senator Dallas Harris - Nevada Senator for the 11th District
Lynnise Pantin - New York University School of Law
Veryl Pow - Golden Gate University School of Law
Kathi Thomas - The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority
Moderator: Patience Crowder - William S. Boyd School of Law Professor of Law - Director, Economic Justice Clinic and Small Business Clinic
12:45 PM - Economic Justice and Small Business Clinic Westside Circle with Professor Patience Crowder
A conversation among Westside community members about how Boyd Law's new Economic Justice and Small Business Clinic can help support community economic development efforts