The 2007 NLADA Substantive Law Conference (San Jose, California, July 19th-21st) is less than a month away and we can hardly contain our excitement! There are a total of 10 sessions in the substantive area of Race Equity:

• Structural Racism: When Racism Doesn’t Have a Face;
• The Science of Racism: Moving Beyond the Intent Doctrine;
• The Assault on Diversity;
• Mapping, Data & Race: The Importance of Fact Based Advocacy;
• Promoting Race Equity in Land Use, Infrastructure and Government Services;
• Education Disparities in K-12 Public Schools;
• Introduction to the Law and Science of Environmental Justice;
• Community Based Lawyering: Returning to Legal Services’ Roots;
• Using Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law to Protect Clients’ Access to Public Benefits;
• Using Legal Strategies to Create Healthy Homes, Schools and Communities.

If the sessions perk your interest, wait till we tell you about some of the presenters:

• Eva Paterson, President of the Equal Justice Society;
• Professor John Powell, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity;
• Professor Jerry Kang, Co-Director of the UCLA Law School Critical Race Studies program;
• Lee Cokorinos, Executive Director of the Capacity Development Group and author of The Assault on Diversity: An Organized Challenge to Racial and Gender Justice (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003);
• Ann Joyner, Executive Director of the Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities ;
• Sarah Truehaft, Program Associate at Policylink;
• Dick Bauer, attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services;
• Reed Colfax, attorney at Relman & Dane;
• Demetria McCain, Director of Advocacy and Education at the Inclusive Communities Project;
• Mike Rawson, Co-Director of the Public Interest Law Project;
• Illene Jacobs, Director of Litigation at California Rural Legal Assistance;
• Tammi Wong, attorney at Legal Services Of Northern California;
• Deborah Escobedo, attorney at the Youth Law Center;
• Cynthia Rice, Director of Litigation at California Rural Legal Assistance and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation;
• Steve Fishbach, attorney at Rhode Island Legal Services;
• Zynobia Lai, attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services;
• Mona Tawatao, Regional Counsel at Legal Services Of Northern California;
• Jodie Berger, Regional Counsel at Legal Services Of Northern California.

Registration at the normal rate is open until July 6, 2007. Late registration is available after that date. We hope to see you there.