October 9: The Legal and Writing Adventures of Susie Ruth Powell

Susie Ruth Powell ('73), the Law School’s 2020 Centennial Medal winner and co-author of the Emmy-award-winning HBO documentary, “The Loving Story,” will discuss her career in poverty law and the important cases she litigated. Professor Powell was co-author of the Emmy award-winning documentary, “The Loving Story,” and a story developer for the documentary "The Rape of Recy Taylor.” She will be this year’s recipient of The Centennial Medal Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a CWRU Law graduate.
Title:
The Legal and Writing Adventures of Susie Ruth Powell
Webinar Date+Time:
Friday, October 9, 2020
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Eastern Time
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Speaker:
Susie Ruth Powell is a retired legal aid attorney and assistant professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law. She received her Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University in 1973 in the first wave of women law students and was one of two black women to graduate in that class. Some career highlights include suing the United States on behalf of poor people living in substandard federal housing in the case Garden Valley Tenants Association v. James Lynn and The United States of America, practicing poverty law in North Carolina by grappling with issues of housing, domestic violence, food stamps, child care and tort defenses, and teaching contracts, trial practice and legal writing at North Carolina Central University School of Law and teaching at the legal clinic at NCCU. Powell has an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Bennett College for Women, an Honorary Doctor of Laws from North Carolina Central University, and served as a writer on the Emmy Award-winning documentary, “The Loving Story,” which earned Historians' top prize, among a number of prizes. She also worked on the story development for “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” her second documentary film.
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:
Ohio: 1 hour of online CLE credit, pending approval
Other Jurisdictions: You may be able to self-apply to your credit-granting authority
Cost:
Free and open to the public.

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