The Vanderbilt Black Law Students Association is hosting a panel discussion on “Profiling, Policy and Police Conduct in a Post 9/11 Society” on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. in Flynn Auditorium.
The panelists will address issues of profiling, governmental search and seizure and the changing landscape of U.S. anti-terrorism laws. Panelists are Reginald Shuford, senior counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union; David Singleton, executive director of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center; and Christopher Slobogin, director of Vanderbilt Law School‘s criminal justice program.
The event, which begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception outside the auditorium, is free and open to the public.
Slobogin, the Milton Underwood Professor of Law, is an expert in criminal procedure, mental health law and evidence law. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 articles, books and chapters on these topics and is one of the 20 most cited criminal law and procedure law professors in the country.
Singleton has been with the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, a non-profit seeking to reform Ohio‘s justice system, since 2002. He also teaches a seminar on constitutional issues in criminal justice at Northern Kentucky University College of Law.
Before becoming senior counsel at the ACLU, Shuford led the racial profiling litigation efforts of the ACLU Foundation. Shuford writes and speaks regularly on the issue of racial profiling and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows.
The Black Law Students Association seeks to promote the importance of diversity education among its members and the community at large. The panel discussion is part of the Law School‘s Hyatt Lecture Series.
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