Association of American Law Schools
2001 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, January 3, 2001 - Saturday, January 6, 2001
San Francisco, California
Saturday, January 6, 2001
10:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Continental Ballroom 6
Hilton San Francisco and Towers
Ballroom Level


AALS Taskforce on Racial Diversity
David L. Chambers, The University of Michigan, Co-Chair
Elizabeth Hayes Patterson, Georgetown University, Co-Chair

Sustaining Diversity after Hopwood and Proposition 209: Lessons for All of Us

Moderator:

Elizabeth Hayes Patterson, Georgetown University

Speakers:
Eric Schnapper, University of Washington
Stephen M. Shewmaker, General Counsel, University of Georgia Office of Legal Affairs, Athens, Georgia
Gerald Torres, The University of Texas
C. Keith Wingate, University of California, Hastings


The Hopwood decision and anti-affirmative action initiatives in California and Washington State have greatly impacted on law school admissions processes in the affected geographic areas and beyond. Those committed to maintaining and increasing the prescence of minority students in law schools find themselves challenged to devise methods of addressing the initial decrease in minority enrollment in their schools. The panelists will discuss some of the lessons they have learend, while acknowledging the continued challenges ahead.

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