Indiana Law Review Symposium April 3-4, 2008
The Fair Housing Act After 40 Years: Continuing the Mission to Eliminate Housing Discrimination and Segregation
Agenda Friday, April 4, 2008 (Tentative)
| 8:00 – 8:25 | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:25 – 8:30 | Welcome and Introductory Comments
Elizabeth Ellis |
| 8:30 – 8:40 | Opening Remarks and Recognition of Distinguished Guests
Dean Gary R. Roberts |
| 8:40 – 9:00 | Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Professor Monroe H. Little, Jr. |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Morning Panel Discussion #1
Topic: Exploration of Certain Tangible Actions Serving to Perpetuate Housing Discrimination and Segregation
Margery Austin Turner: Limits on Housing and Neighborhood Choice: Discrimination and Segregation in U.S. Housing Markets
Professor Jeannine Bell: Bias-motivated Violence and its Prosecution Under the Fair Housing Act |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break and Refreshments |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Morning Speaker – Professor john a. powell
Topic: Tracking the Fair Housing Act from Conception to Implementation and the Need for Amendments to Address Structural and Implicit Bias Impediments that Obstruct Fair Housing |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Break and Refreshments |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Morning Panel Discussion #2
Topic: The Current Role of Litigation in Securing the Full Enjoyment of the Rights Guaranteed by the Fair Housing Act
Michael Allen, Esq.: Disability Discrimination Litigation
John P. Relman, Esq.: Lending Discrimination Litigation
Professor Robert G. Schwemm: Cox, Halprin, and Discriminatory Municipal Services Under the Fair Housing Act |
| 12:30 – 1:20 | Lunch/Presentation – Professor Florence Wagman Roisman
Topic: Fair and Open Housing in this Human Rights Era |
| 1:20 – 2:50 | Afternoon Panel Discussion
Topic: Fair Housing Act: Where Do We Go in the Next 40 Years?
Professor James A. Kushner: Urban Neighborhood Regeneration and the Phases of Community Evolution After World War II in America
Professor James E. Rosenbaum (Co-author Professor Stefanie DeLuca): Does Changing Neighborhoods Change Lives? The Chicago Gautreaux Housing Program and More Recent Mobility Programs
Elizabeth K. Julian, Esq.: Collaborative Efforts of FHA and Community Development Movements |
| 2:50 – 3:00 | Break and Refreshments |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Afternoon Speaker – Theodore M. Shaw, Esq.
Topic: Post-Affirmative Action America – A Vision for the Future |
| 4:00 – 4:15 | Closing Remarks |
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Wynne Courtroom, Inlow Hall, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
For additional information regarding this event please contact:
Elizabeth Ellis, Symposium Editor, ilrevent@iupui.edu
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