Associate Dean Lawson - Keynote Speaker at 2016 Legal Scholarship Conference

We are pleased to announce that Associate Dean Tamara Lawson will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming 2016 Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (SESWPOCC) being held in Orlando, Florida from February 25-28, 2016.

This year, the conference theme is: Power and Authority in Promoting Justice for All.

The conference's goal is to provide scholars, students, practitioners and community leaders with the ideal setting to ignite stimulating dialogue and potential solutions to such topics as cultural competence in the justice system, the future of black males in America, and racism in the 21st century.

Associate Dean Lawson  teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and a seminar on Race and the Law. In connection with her research on the Trayvon Martin case, Professor Lawson has made media appearances and was selected as the Reporter for the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Stand Your Ground Laws. She has written extensively on diverse criminal law topics, in addition to the Stand Your Ground law.