October 18: Hip-Hop and the Law

From Jay-Z rapping about overzealous cops in “99 Problems” to Kendrick Lamar rapping about black survival in the face of injustice in “Alright”—hip hop artists, sometimes called the “black CNN”—have both reported on the struggle for equality, and suggested how law and policy need to change. And some legal scholars have taken note. 

This panel features several of those scholars—all contributors to Fight the Power: Law and Policy Through Hip-Hop Songs—who will show that hip-hop has a lot to say about the law, and that more of us should listen.
Title:
Fordham Law School’s Center on Race, Law and Justice presents
Hip-Hop and the Law
Date/Time:
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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Speakers:

• Deborah N. Archer Associate Dean for Experiential Education and Clinical Programs; Professor of Clinical Law; Faculty Director of the Community Equity Lab, New York University School of Law
• Frank Rudy Cooper, William S. Boyd Professor of Law; Director, Program on Race, Gender & Policing, William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  
• Gregory S. Parks, Professor of Law, Wake Forest Law
• Catherine E. Smith, Professor of Law; Chauncey G. Wilson Memorial Research Chair, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
• Etienne C. Toussaint, Associate Professor of Law, University of South Carolina Law School
• Moderator: Prof. Bennett Capers, Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Professor of Law; Director, Center on Race, Law, and Justice
• Moderator: Afrika Owes '24, J.D. Candidate, Fordham Law School; Deborah A. Batts Scholar

By:
This program is presented in conjunction with the Fordham Black Law Students Association and the Latin American Law Students Association.
Credit:
CLE credit for this program is pending in accordance with the requirements of the New York State and New Jersey State Boards CLE Board for a maximum of 2.0 credits. In many other jurisdictions, you may be able to self-apply for credit.

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