The Legal Landscape Under the Obama Administration

Join the Harvard Club of Miami, Harvard Black Alumni Society of South Florida, and Harvard Law School Alumni Association of South Florida for an evening with Professor Charles J. Ogletree.




The Harvard Club of Miami,

Harvard Black Alumni Society of South Florida,
and
Harvard Law School Alumni Association of South Florida

are pleased to invite you to an evening with

Professor Charles J. Ogletree
Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and
Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice,
 Harvard Law School

"The Legal Landscape Under the Obama Administration"



Tuesday, February 9, 2010
7:00-8:00 PM: Registration and Networking:  (Cocktails/Cash Bar)
Presentation and Q&A:  8:00-9:00 p.m.


at
Blade Restaurant
Fontainbleau Hotel
4441 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Click here for directions

There is no cost to attend this event.  This event is open to Harvard Alumni and their guests.

Valet Parking available at the discounted rate of $10
Metered parking adjacent to hotel


You must register for this event no later than Friday, February 5, 2010 via our website at hcmiami.clubs.harvard.edu.   If you have any questions, please contact Gabriela Sanchez, Club Administrator at admin@harvardmiami.org or (305) 819-8383.


 

 


Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
Charles Ogletree, the Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, and Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, is a prominent legal theorist who has made an international reputation by taking a hard look at complex issues of law and by working to secure the rights guaranteed by the Constitution for everyone equally under the law. The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice (http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org), named in honor of the visionary lawyer who spearheaded the litigation in Brown v. Board of Education, opened in September 2005, and focuses on a variety of issues relating to race and justice, and will sponsor research, hold conferences, and provide policy analysis.

Professor Ogletree will be coming out with a new book in June 2010, entitled The Presumption of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. His most recent book, edited with Professor Austin Sarat of Amherst College, The Road to Abolition: The Future of Capital Punishment in the United States, was published by NYU Press in November of 2009. Also edited with Austin Sarat, When Law Fails: Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice and From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America were published by NYU Press in January of 2009 and May of 2006 respectively. His historical memoir, All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education (http://www.alldeliberatespeed.com), was published by W.W. Norton & Company in April 2004. Professor Ogletree also co-authored Beyond the Rodney King Story: An Investigation of Police Conduct in Minority Communities (Northeastern University Press 1995).

Professor Ogletree is a native of Merced, California, where he attended public schools. Professor Ogletree earned an M.A. and B.A. (with distinction) in Political Science from Stanford University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

In 2009 Professor Ogletree was awarded the prestigious ABA Spirit of Excellence Award in recognition of his many contributions to the legal profession. In 2008, the National Law Journal named Professor Ogletree one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America. Every year since 2006, Professor Ogletree has been named by Ebony Magazine as one of the 100+ Most Influential Black Americans. He was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the National Black Law Students Association, where he served as National President from 1977-1978. Professor Ogletree also received the first ever Rosa Parks Civil Rights Award given by the City of Boston, the Hugo A. Bedau Award given by the Massachusetts Anti-Death Penalty Coalition, and Morehouse College’s Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize. He has also received honorary doctorates from several universities and colleges including Cambridge College, Wilberforce University, the University of Miami, the New England School of Law, Lincoln College, Tougaloo College, Mount Holyoke College, and Amherst College.

Professor Ogletree has been married to his fellow Stanford graduate, Pamela Barnes, since 1975. They are the proud parents of two children, Charles Ogletree III and Rashida Ogletree, and grandparents to three granddaughters, Marquelle, Nia Mae, and Jamila Ogletree. The Ogletrees live in Cambridge and are members of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church.