Removing the Monuments: A Legal Perspective
All:
The Black Law Student Association invites all to the panel, “Removing the Monuments: A Legal Perspective,” this Tuesday, October 3, 11:30-1pm in Wade Auditorium.
This event is intended to help inform the public about the real legal issues surrounding the confederate monument debate, with a focus on the local issues pertaining to the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue in the Memphis Medical District and the statue of former Confederacy President, Jefferson Davis, located in the public park next to the University of Memphis School of Law. The law school hopes to begin a dialogue with the public to help create informed perspectives about this oftentimes controversial and heated issue.
Panelists include:
- Lee Harris – Memphis Law Professor and Tennessee State Senator
- Bruce McMullen – City of Memphis Attorney, Chief Legal Officer for the City of Memphis
- Tami Sawyer – Director, Diversity & Cultural Competence with Teach For America Memphis and a writer, speaker, social justice activist and education advocate
- Alan Wade – City of Memphis City Council Attorney
- Moderator – Daniel Kiel, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Memphis
The panel will be a “brown-bag” lunch event, with some light refreshments offered for attendees. Please feel free to widely distribute this email and attached flyer.
We appreciate Dean Letsou and the Law School, as program co-host, for supporting this event during these often trying times when such discussions can be difficult. We also appreciate the support of Professors Harris and Kiel for their participation in the program, and courage as well.
Hope to see you there!
Professor Frank
