UNIV 101 | Jerry W. Blackwell: Race, Policing, and Activism
Professors H. Timothy Lovelace, Duke Law's John Hope Franklin Research Scholar and Professor of Law, and Trina Jones, Duke Law's Jerome M. Culp Distinguished Professor of Law, and Director of the Center on Law, Race, and Politics, have a discussion with Jerry W. Blackwell. Blackwell is a founding partner and chairman of Blackwell Burke P.A. in Minneapolis, and member of the special prosecutor team that successfully tried and convicted Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. This event is the first in the "UNIV101 Presents" speaker series, and is open to students, faculty, staff, and non-Duke affiliated community members.
Sponsored by the Duke Council on Race & Ethnicity (DCORE) and Duke Law's Center on Law, Race, and Politics.