Annual Antiracist Development Institute Convening 2024

This convening will be a three-day collaborative, hands-on, and love-centered event bringing colleagues from across the country, from inside and outside of the legal profession together to learn, teach, implement, and celebrate. It will be a time of networking, sharing, and growing together to create an antiracist legal academy, legal profession, and country. We look forward to sharing time and space with you!

This year’s keynote address will be given by Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., New York Times Bestselling Author and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University. Read more about Dr. Glaude here.

Read about last year’s inaugural convening and the keynote address from Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights at Howard University School of Law, Sherrilyn Ifill here.

We are organizing this Convening into three cohorts:

Admissions and Financial Aid — Programming will be geared towards higher education admissions and financial aid professionals who are looking toward establishing antiracist policies and practices within their organizations.

Teaching and Learning — Programming will speak directly to those engaged in the teaching profession. The information shared will help educators learn more about establishing antiracism as a classroom culture. Administrators may also find that information shared in this cohort may be utilized in professional development offerings.

Leadership and Community — Participants from outside the legal academy and/or higher education may find this cohort most appealing. Programming will be geared toward leaders at every level as well as community members looking to implement antiracist principles into their organizations.

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Early Check-in

3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Dickinson Law Foyer

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Welcome to the Second Annual Antiracist Development Institute Convening

9:30 to 9:55 a.m.
Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium

• Danielle M. Conway — Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law; Executive Director, Antiracist Development Institute
• Dermot Groome — Professor of Law and Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Penn State Dickinson Law; Associate Director of the Antiracist Development Institute
• TaWanda Hunter Stallworth — Program Manager, Antiracist Development Institute
• Serena Hermitt — Education Program Coordinator, Antiracist Development Institute

Break

9:55 to 10:00 a.m.
Ridge Commons

Conveners who are attending the Design Thinking sessions should meet in the Commons to walk over to Allison Hall.

Lunch from Southside Deli

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Ridge Commons

Screening of Becoming Black Lawyers and Q&A with Filmmaker

1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Room 120

Admissions and Financial Aid Cohort

• Evangeline M. Mitchell, Esq., Ed.M. — Filmmaker; Founder and CEO of HBCU Pre-Law LLC
• Jay L. Austin — Executive Director RISE Alliance, LSAC

Screening of Pardon Me and Q&A with Director

1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium

Leadership and Community Cohort

• Shuja Moore — Producer/Director
• Brandon Flood — Former Secretary, PA Board of Pardons
• Kurt Danysh — Executive Director, Tomorrow's Neighbors
• Jamesha Caldwell, J.D. 2025 — Penn State Dickinson Law

Screening of Class of Her Own and Q&A with Filmmaker

1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Room 106

Teaching and Learning Cohort

• Boaz Dvir — Filmmaker; Donald P. Bellisario Career Advancement Professor, Associate Professor, Penn State University; Director of the Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative
• Dermot Groome — Professor of Law and Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Penn State Dickinson Law; Associate Director, ADI

Optional Trip to Battlefields at Gettysburg, PA

4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Pre-registration required and boxed dinner provided

• In partnership with Scott Hancock, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Gettysburg College, conveners will be shuttled to and given a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield through the lens of antiracism.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Breakfast

8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Ridge Commons

A Conversation with Anu Gupta and Dean Danielle Conway

9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium

• Anu Gupta — Founder, BE MORE with Anu
• Danielle M. Conway — Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law; Executive Director, ADI

Break

10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Leadership and Community Cohort should board the shuttle on South Street to travel to the Historical Society that will leave at 10:30 a.m. sharp.

Travel to the Cumberland County Historical Society

10:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Offsite

Leadership and Community Cohort

Transportation is provided to and from Historical Society and Dickinson Law.

Building an Antiracist Law School, Legal Academy, and Legal Profession UC Press Book Series Glossary Workshop

10:30 to 11:25 a.m.
Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium

Teaching and Learning Cohort

• Doron Samuel-Siegel — Professor of Law, Legal Practice, University of Richmond School of Law
• Marc-Tizoc González — Professor of Law, The University of New Mexico School of Law

Getting Back to Basics: Reframing Competencies from the Pathway to the Classroom

10:30 to 11:25 a.m.
Room 106

Admissions and Financial Aid Cohort

• Van Ann Bui — Senior Advisor to Office of Admissions and Private Sector Career Advisor, Yale Law School
• Erika Hill — Director of Admissions, Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University College of Law
• Yolanda Ingram — Director, Access to Law School Education Programs, Penn Carey Law, University of Pennsylvania
• Valerie James — Senior Assistant Dean for Admissions, Financial Aid and Diversity Initiatives, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
• Kelsey Risman — Director of Program Evaluation, AccessLex Institute

Voter Access and Engagement

11:00 to 11:45 a.m.
Cumberland County Historical Society

• Shaakirrah R. Sanders — Professor of Law, Lewis H. Vovakis Distinguished Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean for Antiracism and Critical Pedagogy, Penn State Dickinson Law
• Sean Shultz — Mayor of Carlisle
• G. Griffith “Griff” Lindsay III ’79 — Penn State Dickinson Law

Break

11:25 to 11:35 a.m.

Teaching and Learning Cohort
Admissions and Financial Aid Cohort

Applied Design Thinking in the Context of 303(c)

11:35 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room 114

Teaching and Learning Cohort

• Carleen Carey — Founder, Akoma Leadership Consulting
• Tomar Pierson-Brown — Assistant Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Keeshea Turner Roberts — Assistant Professor, Widener University Delaware Law

SFFA and Federal Elections: The Impact on Admissions and Financial Aid Policies

11:35 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room 116

Admissions and Financial Aid Cohort

• Dr. Logan A. Johnson — Policy Associate, Policy and Center for Legal Educations Excellence AccessLex
• Matthew Kerns — Associate Dean of Admissions, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
• Carla Pratt — Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Chair in Civil Right, Race and Justice, University of Oklahoma College of Law
• Rebecca Schreiber — Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Penn State Dickinson Law

Lunch from the Grazery

11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Cumberland County Historical Society

Leadership and Community Cohort

Community Conversation with the Cumberland County Historical Society

12:15 to 1:00 p.m.
Cumberland County Historical Society

Leadership and Community Cohort

Cara Curtis — Interim Director/Archives and Library Director, Cumberland County Historical Society

Lunch from Chef Corrie

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Ridge Commons

Teaching and Learning Cohort
Admissions and Financial Aid Cohort

Travel back to Dickinson Law with trip past Lincoln Cemetery

1:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Leadership and Community Cohort

Transportation is provided to and from Historical Society and Dickinson Law.

Penn State University POD Working Groups Presentations and Discussions

1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium

• Moderated by Nicole Dyszlewski — Assistant Dean of Academic Innovation, Roger Williams University School of Law

Second Annual Convening Banquet Cocktail Hour

5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Allenberry Playhouse

Second Annual Convening Banquet

6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Allenberry Playhouse

• Keynote Address from Visiting Scholar Dr. Mele Tupou Vaitohi — Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington

Friday, October 18, 2024

Breakfast

8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Ridge Commons

Race and Equal Protection of the Laws (REPL) Course

9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium

• Convening Keynote Address by Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. — New York Times Bestselling Author and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University

Break

10:15 to 10:30 a.m.

History and Purpose of the REPL Class

10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Room 112

• Dermot Groome — Professor of Law and Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Penn State Dickinson Law; Associate Director of the ADI

Moderated Discussion with Dr. Glaude

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Room 112

• Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. — New York Times Bestselling Author and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University
• Danielle M. Conway — Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law; Executive Director, ADI

Lunch from B&L Caribbean

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Ridge Commons

The following authors will be available at tables to discuss their works:

• Raymond H. Brescia, Lawyer Nation
• Nicole Dyszlewski, Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Beyond the First Year
• Anu Gupta, Breaking Bias