How Black Bar Associations & Black Lawyers Changed America: A Conversation with Legends - Region IX

This is the NBA Region IX Black History Month Program on 2/23/2023 moderated by Terrance J. Evans. The program is entitled: “How Black Bar Associations and Black Lawyers Changed America: A Conversation with Legends.” This program features several of the highest profile Black lawyers and judges in the United States. Here is the original registration link for this free virtual program: https://tinyurl.com/3uzuf8vt The featured speakers are listed below: Judge Demetrius Shelton Administrative Law Judge II, Department of Social Services, State of California Past President, National Bar Association, Charles Houston Bar Association and the California Association of Black Lawyers Randy K. Jones Member, Mintz Past President, National Bar Association, Past President, Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association Judge Yvette Roland Hearing Judge, Los Angeles, the State Bar Court of California Past President, Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles Former Partner, Duane Morris LLP Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit John E. Sweeney Civil Rights Attorney Shumika T. R. Sookdeo, Esq. President, California Association of Black Lawyers Moderated by: Terrance J. Evans Partner at Duane Morris LLP, Director, Region IX, National Bar Association Co-Chair and Co-Founder, CLA Racial Justice Committee #TerranceEvans #BeardedBlackLawyer #BeardedBlackMan #BlackHistory #blackexcellence #BlackLawyersMatter #RegionIX #NationalBarAssociation #BlackJudges