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April 30, 2014

Nelson Participates in ABA’s Twelfth Annual Leon Jaworski Public Program

On Thursday, May 1,  Janai Nelson, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship, and Associate Director of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development will serve as an invited panelist at the 12th Annual Leon Jaworski Public Program. The program is one of many events and activities planned throughout the nation to focus attention on the Law Day 2014 theme, “American Democracy and the Rule of Law: Why Every Vote Matters.”  Professor Nelson will participate in a moderated panel program titled “The Vote: When Does Suffrage Become Universal?”,  from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, in D.C.  For a webcast of the event, see here.

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April 30, 2014

Baynes Named New Dean of University of Houston Law Center

Professor Leonard M. Baynes has been named Dean of the University of Houston Law Center.  Since 2002 Baynes has served St. John’s as an exceptional teacher and a nationally recognized communications law scholar, specializing in race and media issues.  As the inaugural Director of The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at St. John’s, he built the premier academic center for diversity initiatives in legal education and has worked tirelessly to open doors to an inclusive and diverse legal profession.  For more information about Len’s impressive legal career, see here and here.

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Leonard Baynes

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