Context and Consequences: The Hill-Thomas Hearings Twenty Years Later

WHAT:  Contextand Consequences: The Hill-Thomas Hearings Twenty Years Later  WHEN: Thursday,October 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m - 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Georgetown University Law Center
Hart Auditorium - McDonough Hall 600 New Jersey Avenue, NWWashington,D.C.  20001
SCHEDULE:
9:00- 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks WilliamTreanor, Dean, Georgetown University Law CenterEmmaColeman Jordan, Professor, Georgetown UniversityLaw CenterBeverly Guy-Sheftall,Professor, Spelman College
9:30- 10:30 a.m. Context: Race and Political Representation CharlesOgletree, Professor, Harvard Law School (Interviewer) Carole Simpson, Leaderin Residence, Emerson College; former Anchor, ABC News
10:45a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Consequences: The Burden of History in a Post-Race Era PaulButler, Professor, George WashingtonUniversity Law School AngelaJ. Davis, Professor, American UniversityWashington College of Law ElvinWyly, Professor, University of BritishColumbiaEmma Coleman Jordan, Professor,Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)
12:00- 12:45 p.m. History Repeating? Gender vs. Race in the 2008 DemocraticPrimary MarkAnthony Neal, Professor, Duke UniversityAmyRichards, Co-founder, Soapbox, Inc.Beverly Guy-Sheftall,Professor, Spelman College (Moderator)
2:15- 3:15 p.m. Context: Women, Leadership, and the Politics of Gender MichelMartin, Host, "Tell Me More," NPR (Interviewer) Sen. Barbara Mikulski(D-Md.), (Invited)
3:30- 4:45 p.m. Consequences: 21st Century Women Parity in Public Life andin the Workplace EvelynNakano Glenn, Professor, University ofCalifornia, BerkeleyDel.Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-DC), Professor,Georgetown University Law CenterVickiSchultz, Professor, Yale Law SchoolKim Taylor-Thompson, Professor,New York University School of Law (Moderator)
4:45- 5:00 p.m. Closing Anita Hill, Professor,Brandeis University; Of Counsel, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
NOTE: Thisconference marks the twentieth anniversary of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomashearings.  The participants willdiscuss issues of race, gender and authority in American society. Media interested inattending should email mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.Ifyou are not a member of the news media and would like to attend, pleasecomplete the registrationform.