85 Park Place N.E., Atlanta, GA

On February 7, 2025, the center will host its State of the South Conference, the sixth in a series of annual conferences focusing on different access to justice issues in the Southeastern United States.   

The conference this year will focus on restorative justice efforts in the South and interdisciplinary approaches to reparative remedies. We will discuss ways in which Southern communities are addressing historical harms and remediating those harms in a variety of contexts. Each panel will highlight the ways in which the broader legal community can support and promote meaningful restorative justice.

Register here.

For more information, contact lawa2j@gsu.edu.

Agenda

February 6, 2025

3:30-5 p.m. - How to Have the Inequity Discussion

  • Tamara Serwer Caldas, At-Large Board Member, Law Firm Antiracism Alliance and Pro Bono Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 

  • Julian Hill, Assistant Professor of Law, Community Development & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, Georgia State College of Law 

  • Rohit Malhotra, Founder & Executive Director, Center for Civic Innovation 

5-7 p.m. - Reception

 

Friday, February 7 

8:30-9 a.m. - Breakfast/Registration

9-9:15 a.m. - Opening
Interim Dean Courtney Anderson

9:15-10:30 a.m. State and Local Remedies

  • Moderator: Professor Tanya Washington, Georgia State University College of Law

  • Gregory Doctor, CEO, The Descendants of Rosewood, Inc.

  • Elon Osby, Buckhead Heritage and Fulton County Reparations Task Force

  • Dr. Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies, Morehouse College and Chair, Fulton County Reparations Task Force

10:30-10:45 a.m. - Networking Break

10:45-Noon - Property Reparations

  • Moderator: Emily Early

  • Jo Banner, Co-Founder & Co-Director, The Descendants Project

  • Dr. Joy Banner, Co-Founder & Co-Director, The Descendants Project

  • Jamie Rush, Senior Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center

  • Randy Quarterman, Co-Founder, The Quarterman & Keller Foundation / The Reparations Project

  • Sarah Eisner, Co-Founder, The Quarterman & Keller Foundation / The Reparations Project

12:15-1:30 p.m. - Lunch and Keynote Speaker: The Monument Workshop

  • Melynda Price, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender

  • Zachary Bray, James and Mary Lassiter Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law

1:30-1:45 p.m. - Networking Break

1:45-3 p.m. - Community Development and Wealth Generation

  • Mark Dorosin, Associate Professor of Law, Economic Justice Clinic, FAMU

  • Abiodun Henderson, Executive Director, The Come Up Project & Gangstas to Growers

  • Julian Hill, Assistant Professor of Law, Community Development & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, Georgia State College of Law

  • Dr. Malcolm Muhammad, VP of Data & Research, Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) and Clinical Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Georgia State University

3:15-3:30 p.m. - Networking Break

3:30-4:45 p.m. - Restorative Criminal Justice

  • Moderator: Professor Cortney Lollar, Faculty Director, Center for Access to Justice

  • Jacquel Clemons, Director, Interrupting Violence in Youth and Young Adults Project (IVYY) at Grady

  • Moki Macías, Executive Director, Atlanta Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD)

  • Aparna Polavarapu, Executive Director & Founder, South Carolina Restorative Justice Foundation and Associate Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law

4:45-5 p.m. - Closing
Professor Cortney Lollar, Faculty Director, Center for Access to Justice

 

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