This year’s CAPALF conference is geared toward exploring strategies that will help our community open the doors to leadership positions, such as deanships at law schools. We’ll also be looking at ways to advance our opportunities in the realm of academic scholarship.
10–10:30 am Check-in
10:30-12 pm Works in Progress
12–1:30 pm Lunch (provided)
Welcome
President and Dean Allen Easley
William Mitchell College of Law
Opening Doors: Race & Education
Professor Eboni Nelson
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Ms. Kazoua Kong-Thao
Vice-Chair, St. Paul Board of Education
Professor andré douglas pond cummings, West Virginia University College of Law
Dr. William D. Green
Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools
Professor Danielle Kie Hart (Moderator)
Southwestern University School of Law
1:30–1:45 pm Break
1:45–3:15 pm Works In Progress
3:15–3:30 pm Break
3:30–5 pm Opening Doors to Political Power
Professor Natsu Saito
Georgia State University College of Law
Professor Sumi Cho
DePaul University College of Law
Senator Satveer Chaudhary
Minnesota State Senate
Professor Daniel Tokaji
Ohio State University College of Law
Professor Brant Lee (Moderator)
The University of Akron School of Law
5–6 pm Reception
6–7:30 pm Public Square Lecture
“Covering,” Professor Kenji Yoshino
Yale Law School
8–9:30 pm
Dinner at
the Kikugawa (optional) $25 Registration is required.
10 pm
Desserts at Dean Allen Easley’s home
8:30–9 am Full Breakfast
9–10:30 pm Works in Progress
10:30–10:45 pm Break
10:45 am–12:15 pm Opening Doors Into the Dean’s Suite
Dean Allen Easley
William Mitchell College of Law
Dean Frank Wu
Wayne State University Law School
Vice Dean Ann Iijima
William Mitchell College of Law
Dean James M. Chen
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Professor Jayanth Krishnan (Moderator)
William Mitchell College of Law
12:15–1:30 pm Lunch (provided)
“The New Equal Protection”
Professor Kenji Yoshino
Yale Law School
1:30–1:45 pm Break
1:45–3:15 pm Works in Progress
3:15–3:30 pm Break
3:30–5 pm Opening Doors: Leadership in National Organizations
Dean Allen Easley
William Mitchell College of Law
Professor Tayyab Mahmud
John Marshall Law School
Professor Keith Aoki
University of Oregon School of Law
Professor Cynthia Lee (Moderator)
George Washington University
5:30–7 pm Dinner at William Mitchell
7 pm After dinner social at Professor Jayanth Krishnan’s Home
