Law, Community, and Social Justice Conference

Diversity of Donors • Diversity of Spaces • Diversity of Art • Diversity of Perspective

Join artists, government officials, and academics for discussions on art, law, community, and social justice, as well as the scholarship of the late Professor Michael A. Olivas. Following the panel presentations, tour the artwork and named spaces at the
University of Houston John M. O'Quinn Law Building.

University of Houston Law Center
John M O'Quinn Law Building

4170 Martin Luther King Blvd
Houston, TX 77204-6060

Danny M. Sheena Courtroom; RM 102

Friday, Sept. 22, 2023
9:45 a.m. – 4 p.m. Central
In-Person and Virtual

Reception and tours of art and the building to follow

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Conference Program

Approved for 5 hours of Texas CLE Credit

Schedule

*Schedule and speakers are subject to change

9:45AM-10:00AM	Welcome
	Leonard M. Baynes Dean, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair, and Professor of Law
10:00AM-11:00AM	Panel 1: the Community and Social Justice
	Moderator: Jeronimo Cortina Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Director of Faculty Research Initiatives at Population Health University of Houston Panelists: State Sen. Royce West, Texas Senate District 23 State Rep. Armando Walle, Texas House District 140 State Rep. Jolanda Jones, Texas House District 14
11:00AM-11:15AM	Break
11:15AM-12:30PM	Panel 2: Art and Social Justice
	Moderator: Ryan Dennis, former Curator and Programs Director at Project Row House Panelists: Rick Lowe Professor of Interdisciplinary Practice Katherine G. McGovern College of the Arts University of Houston Kaneem Smith, Laborscape Adriana Corral, Latitudes Luis Alvarez Roure, Olivas/Reyes Portrait Vincent Valdez
12:30PM-1:00PM	Break
1:00PM-1:45PM	Lunch Luncheon Speaker: Art, the Community and Social Justice
	Carlotta Ramirez Museum Counsel Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1:45PM-2:00PM	Break
2:00PM-3:45PM	Panel 3: Celebration of the Scholarship and Career of William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law (Emeritus) Michael Olivas: Art, the Community, and Social Justice
	Moderator: Sandra Guerra Thompson, Newell H. Blakely Professor of Law Panelists: Norma Cantu Professor of Law and Education University of Texas Rachel Moran Professor of Law Texas A&M University Thomas A. Saenz President and General Counsel Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Cheryl Wade Dean Harold McNeice Professor of Law St. John’s University School of Law
4:00PM-6:00PM	Reception and Tours of art and spaces at John M. O’Quinn Law Building

Law, Community, and Social Justice Conference

Diversity of Donors • Diversity of Spaces • Diversity of Art • Diversity of Perspective

University of Houston Law Center John M O'Quinn Law Building

Schedule

University of Houston Law Center
John M O'Quinn Law Building