Overview

The Stanford Law School Black Law Alumni Association launched on May 1, 2004 with three fundamental objectives:

• to support black law students' success;
• to catalyze a network of black alumni; and
• to engage black alumni with the law school.

Working together to promote these objectives through social events, student workshops, speaker series and other activities, the Black Law Alumni Association intends to play a vital role in the law school's 21st century evolution.

2007-2008 Events

• 1L Welcome Reception at the home of Marc Jones '82 (BA '79)
  Friday, September 7, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
  
  Come join BLSA and Bay Area alumni as we welcome the 1Ls.

• 1L Workshop
  Saturday, September 8, 2007 from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
  
  Join SLSBAA Co-Chairs Eugene Clark-Herrera and Leah Williams for breakfast while they give advice on study skills, test taking tactics, and job search strategies.

• Alumni and Students of Color Reception
  Friday, October 12, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
  
  This is a great opportunity for students and alumni to mingle at an informal reception during Alumni Weekend. This reception is co-sponsored with SLSAPAAA, SLSLAA, APILSA, BLSA, NALSA, and SLLSA.
  

Past Events

• 1L Welcome Reception at the home of Norm Spaulding ('92)
  Friday, September 22, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.
  Come join BLSA and Bay Area alumni as we welcome the 1Ls.
  

• 1L Workshop
Saturday, September, 23 2006 from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Join SLSBAA Co-Chairs Eugene Clark-Herrera and Leah Williams for breakfast while they give advice on study skills, test taking tactics, and job search strategies.

• Alumni and Students of Color Reception
  Friday, October 13, 2006
  This is a great opportunity for students and alumni to mingle at an informal reception during Alumni Weekend. This reception is co-sponsored with SLSAPAAA, SLSLAA, APILSA, BLSA, NALSA, and SLLSA.
  

• Soul Food Potluck at Leah Williams' ('00) Home
  Saturday, February 3, 2007
  Alumni and students are invited to share good food and great company at this annual favorite.
  

• Admit Weekend Dinner
  Friday, April 13, 2007
  Come meet the admits and share your Stanford experiences. This evening is co-sponsored with BLSA.
  

• SLSBAA and BLSA Reception Welcoming and Honoring 1L Students
  Hosted by Professor Norman Spaulding '97
  Thursday, October 13, 2005
  6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  RSVP to alumni.relations@law.stanford.edu

• Reception for Alumni and Students of Color
  (held during the law school's Alumni Weekend 2005)
  Friday, October 21, 2005
  3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
  Stanford Law School Manning Faculty Lounge

• Beyond Black Letter Law: Bridging Critical Disparities Confronting Contemporary Black America
  Saturday, February 19, 2005
  8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  Stanford Law School
  559 Nathan Abbott Way
  Stanford, California

Conference Agenda:

• 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Registration
• 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Panel I - Looking Back & Moving Forward: Commemorating The 1964 Civil Rights Act
  Co-sponsored by the SLS Civil Rights Conference
• 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Panel II - Forging Alliances Across Borders: Issues Confronting the Black Diaspora

Panelists (confirmed):

• Adrien Katherine Wing '82
• Bessie Dutton Murray, Professor, The University of Iowa College of Law (Iowa City, Iowa)K
• Chantal Thomas, Fordham University School of Law (New York, New York)
• Tanya Hernandez, Professor of Law and Justice, Frederick W. Hall Scholar, Rutgers School of Law Newark (Newark, New Jersey)

• 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: Wade Henderson
Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Co-sponsored by the SLS Civil Rights Conference

• 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Panel III - Confronting Corporate Politics: Balancing Private Sector Success with Public Sector Commitment

Panelists (confirmed):

• Barron F. Wallace, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP (Houston, Texas)
• Warrington Parker, III, Partner, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP (San Francisco, California)
• Tony West '92, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP (San Francisco, California)
• Patrick S. Thompson, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (San Francisco, California)

• 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Panel IV - Legally Black: Transforming Media Content to Reflect a New Black Agenda

Panelists (confirmed):

• Stephen Barnes, Partner, Barnes, Morris, Klein, Mark & Yorn (Los Angeles, California)
• Jacqueline Bobo, Professor and Chair, Women Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
• Christopher Hamilton, General Counsel Office, MTV Networks (New York, New York)
• Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

• 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Alumni Reception with Special Remarks by Dean Larry D. Kramer
• 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Dinner

Keynote Speaker: Barbara Arnwine, Esq.
Executive Director, The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

• Reception in Honor of Dean Larry Kramer
  Tuesday, December 7, 2004
  6:30 to 8:30p.m.
  Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
  The Orrick Building
  40 Howard Street
  San Francisco, CA

• Reception for Alumni and Students of Color
  (held during the law school's Alumni Weekend 2004)
  Friday, October 20, 2004
  3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
  Stanford Law School Manning Faculty Lounge

• Four Decades of African Americans Contributing to Stanford Law School
  SLSBAA Launch
  Saturday, May 1, 2004
  11:00 a.m. Reception
  12:00 p.m. luncheon
  Stanford Law School

Featuring:

• Sallyanne Payton '68
  William W. Cook Professor of Law, The University of Michigan Law School
• The Honorable LaDoris Cordell '74
  Vice Provost, Stanford University
• David Drummond '89
  Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel, Google, Inc.
• Carlos R. Watson, Jr. '95
  Founder, Achieva College Prep Centers

Steering Committee

Charles Crocket '92
ccrockett@ascendventures.net

Eugene Clark-Herrera '01
ech@orrick.com

Leah Williams '00
leah@strategiesllc.net