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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 – 8:25Registration and Coffee
8:25 – 8:30Welcome and Introductory Comments
Elizabeth Ellis
8:30 – 8:40Opening Remarks and Recognition of Distinguished Guests
Dean Gary R. Roberts
8:40 – 9:00Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Professor Monroe H. Little, Jr.
9:00 – 10:00Morning 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 – 10:15Break and Refreshments
    10:15 – 10:45Morning 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 – 11:00Break and Refreshments
    11:00 – 12:30Morning 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 – 1:20Lunch/Presentation – Professor Florence Wagman Roisman
    Topic: Fair and Open Housing in this Human Rights Era
    1:20 – 2:50Afternoon 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 – 3:00Break and Refreshments
    3:00 – 4:00Afternoon Speaker – Theodore M. Shaw, Esq.
    Topic: Post-Affirmative Action America – A Vision for the Future
    4:00 – 4:15Closing 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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