New Law Series: Achieving Fairness and Justice for All – The Work of the Committee for Equality and Justice

Schedule and Faculty

Thursday, September 27, 2012
12:00 – 2:05 p.m. (CENTRAL TIME)

New Law Series: Achieving Fairness and Justice for All – The Work of the Committee for Equality and Justice

The Minnesota Judicial Council created the Committee for Equality and Justice to advance the Judicial Branch’s efforts to eliminate bias in court operations that is based upon race, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, and any other status protected by law. In this presentation, members of the Committee for Equality and Justice will discuss the committee’s current efforts concerning race, gender, sexual orientation and disability and access issues. Presenters will also provide a brief history of the committee.

– Honorable Mary R. Vasaly; Hennepin County District Court
– Honorable Tanya M. Bransford; Hennepin County District Court
– Honorable Pamela G. Alexander; Council on Crime and Justice
– Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea; Minnesota Supreme Court
– Associate Justice Alan C. Page; Minnesota Supreme Court
– Phil Duran; Legal Director, Outfront Minnesota
– Pamela Hoopes; Minnesota Disability Law Center