Yale Critical Race Theory Conference

Students at Yale Law School will be host a conference entitled “Critical Race Theory: From the Academy to the Community” on February 8-9, 2013. 

Confirmed conference participants include Kimberlé Crenshaw, UCLA/Columbia; Devon Carbado, UCLA; Lani Guinier, Harvard; Cheryl Harris, UCLA; Charles Lawrence, Hawaii/Georgetown; Gary Peller, Georgetown; Gerald Torres,Texas; and Tanya Hernandez, Fordham.

The conference will examine the ways in which critical race theory can be applied to scholarly work, legal practice, social justice advocacy and community based movements.

The event will continue a tradition of such gatherings at Yale Law School, which hosted a highly successful 2009 conference that explored the insights of critical race theory as applied to immigration law.

Click here for further information about the conference.

KJ