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By Lanita Withers Goins, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-3890
Posted 10-1-09
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The third branch of the U.S. government – the judiciary – will be the focus of an Oct. 5 panel discussion hosted by UNCG’s African American Studies Program.
The panel will feature several local judges discussing various law cases relating to gender. The conversation will be moderated by Thomas Johnson, a Greensboro attorney and UNCG alumnus.
The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Alumni House’s Virginia Dare Room, is free and open to the public.
The judiciary has been in the limelight this summer, with the appointment of the first Latina to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. In Guilford County, a number of women of color have recently become judges, said Dr. Tara T. Green, director of the African American Studies Program.
The panel is a way to give students and the community a way to hear judges and lawyers in a non-intimidating setting, Green said.
“I hope that our students who aspire to become lawyers and judges will learn more about careers in law from people who are engaged in the practice of law,” she added. “Often times most people only see lawyers and judges on television.”
For more information, contact the African American Studies Program at (336) 334-5507 or visit www uncg.edu/afs.