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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Office of University Communications
CONTACT
Kerry-Ann Hamilton
Media Relations Manager
k_hamilton@howard.edu
202.238.2332
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to deliver Keynote at the School of Law’s
7th Annual James M. Nabrit Jr. Lecture Series
Followed by a lecture by The Honorable Bernette J. Johnson
Courtesy of the EPA
WASHINGTON (Feb. 16, 2010) – Administrator Lisa P. Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency will deliver a lecture titled “Expanding the Conversation on Environmentalism and Working for Environmental Justice,” for the seventh annual
James M. Nabrit Jr. Lecture Series at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb.18 at the School of Law, Moot Court Room, 2900 Van Ness
Street, N.W.
At noon, The Honorable Bernette J. Johnson, associate justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, will explore “The Life and Legacy of a Civil Rights Lawyer: The Legendary Alexander Pierre Tureaud Sr.”
The James M. Nabrit Jr. Lecture Series, presented in collaboration with the School of Law, and the international law firm
K&L Gates LLP, honors the legacy of James M. Nabrit Jr., who taught the first formal civil rights course at an American law school. He was a leading civil rights lawyer, actively participating in many civil rights cases in the 1940s and 1950s. Nabrit was one of the lead attorneys on the D.C. case of Bolling v. Sharpe, which was made a companion case of Brown v. Board of Education.
A Mardi Gras reception and the unveiling of the portrait of A.P. Tureaud will follow Administrator Jackson's lecture.
Note to the Media
If you are interested in covering this event please email Kerry-Ann Hamilton at k_hamilton@howard.edu.
Howard University is one of 48 U.S. private, Doctoral/Research-Extensive universities and comprises 12 schools and colleges. Founded in 1867, students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. Since 1998, the University has produced two Rhodes Scholars, two Truman Scholars, a Marshall Scholar, 21 Fullbright Scholars and nine Pickering Fellows. Howard also produces more on campus African American Ph.D.s than any other university in the world. For more information on Howard University, call 202-238-2330, or visit the University’s Website at www.howard.edu
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Grace Salvant, media relations intern, contributed to this release.
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