Symposia
Each spring, the Journal hosts a symposium that advances the aims of both the Journal and the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, and that is both relevant and necessary to the larger Detroit community. Brief summaries of current and past symposia are posted below.
Michigan in Transition: The Restructuring of Governance Through Privatization and Corporatization | 2012
The Journal of Law in Society presented its 2012 symposium, "Michigan in Transition: The Restructuring of Governance Through Privatization and Corporatization," on Friday, March 23, 2012 at Wayne State University Law School's Spencer M. Patrich Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan.
The Morning Keynote was Congressman Hansen Clarke, 13th District of Michigan, and the Afternoon Keynote was Dr. Elliott Sclar, professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia University.
Watch the Journal's 2012 symposium in its entirety.
Press
John M. Zervos, Detroit in Transition: The Restructuring of Governance Through Privatization and Corporatization, Huffington Post (Feb. 21, 2012 04:58 PM); Press Release, Wayne Law's Journal of Law in Society's symposium explores Michigan in transition (Mar. 7, 2012); Peter J. Cavanaugh, Panel to Address Possible Privatization of DWSD, Digesting the Detroit Water Department Blog. (Mar. 8, 2012 11:09 AM); Michigan in Transition Topic of Symposium, Det. L. News, Mar. 12, 2012.
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Damon T. Hewitt, director of the Education Practice at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Jocelyn Benson, Associate Professor at Wayne Law; Jason Eggert, 2010-11 Editor-in-Chief; Julianna Rivera, 2010-11 Symposium Director |
Deconstructing the School-to-Prison Pipeline | 2011
The Journal of Law in Society presented its 2011 symposium, “Deconstructing the School-to-Prison Pipeline,” on Friday, March 25, 2011 in the Wayne State Law School’s Spencer M. Patrich Auditorium in Detroit. Damon T. Hewitt, director of the Education Practice at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, gave the morning keynote address. The symposium examined the phenomenon of the school-to-prison pipeline, which refers to the policies and practices that systematically push at-risk youth out of mainstream public schools and into the juvenile or criminal justice systems.
Listen to the Journal’s 2011 symposium.
Rebuilding the Post-Industrial City | 2010
On Friday, March 26, 2010, The Journal of Law in Society presented "Rebuilding the Post-Industrial City" at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. Saul Green, then Detroit Deputy Mayor, gave the keynote address. The symposium examined Detroit's decline and its national significance as a symbol of the recession. As national news media such as Time Magazine and The New York Times turned an eye toward to Detroit, calling Detroit "a bellwether for the nation" during the tough economic times, the Journal's 2010 symposium sought to provide solutions and examples of how to rise from post-industrial decay.