Western Michigan University Cooley Law School will present its Annual Law Review Symposium online Thursday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. via Webex.
The symposium will feature affirmative action in this year’s speaking virtual event. Experts will discuss the current and future consequences of the recent Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard. Panelists will include Professor Michael C.H. McDaniel, Professor Juan F. Perea, and attorney Elina Robinson.
McDaniel joined the WMU-Cooley Law School full-time faculty as a professor in the Constitutional Law Department in 2010 and developed an LL.M. program in Homeland and National Security Law. Before joining WMU-Cooley full-time, McDaniel served as the deputy assistant secretary for Homeland Defense Strategy, Prevention and Mission Assurance. He was also appointed by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as her Homeland Security adviser while simultaneously serving as the assistant adjutant general for Homeland Security, Michigan National Guard. During his time in the military, he served as the State Judge Advocate as a member of the Michigan National Guard for over 27 years, and he was promoted to Brigadier General in 2007. McDaniel has written extensively on a number of Constitutional issues.
Perea joined Loyola University Chicago’s full-time law faculty in 2011. Prior to joining Loyola, he taught at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Harvard Law School, Boston College Law School, and the University of Colorado School of Law. Perea has written extensively on racial inequality, the legal history of race relations in the United States, and the civil rights of Latinos. His articles have appeared in Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, and many others.
After graduating from WMU-Cooley, Robison has spent her career providing assistance to County residents who believe they have been discriminated against because of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. She is an investigator and mediator specialist, certified circuit civil mediator, certified federal equal employment opportunity investigator & Counselor, and on the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.
To register, visit www.cooley.edu/events.
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