The 22nd Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (MAPOC) took place one week after President Barack Obama concluded his second term. Scholars, policy-makers, lawyers, activists, and law students gathered at GW Law to examine and assess shifts in law and policy, at all levels of government, over the past eight years. Professor Spencer A. Overton was this year’s keynote speaker.
The MAPOC Conference is a significant annual event for American law schools, spurring critical contributions to intellectual thought, national public debate, and the development of the law. Moreover, the conference provides vital opportunities to share ideas for scholarly projects, present works-in-progress, mentor junior law faculty members, and discuss critical and timely topics, while providing time for informal engagement and fellowship.
In addition, law professors from around the United States and across the Atlantic addressed topics of interest ranging from Black Lives Matter and other civil rights issues to Brexit and the implications of election 2016. Dean Blake D. Morant and Alfreda Robinson, Associate Dean for Trial Advocacy, also participated in the two day event.