NBPLC 2018 The Successful Black Law Student Experience***

Title: The Successful Black Law Student Experience: Tips and Strategies on How to Not Only Survive But Thrive in the Challenging Law School Environment (Where Race Still Matters)

Date and Time: Friday, November 9, 2018 | 7:45 P.M. – 8:45 P.M.

Location: Askwith Lecture Hall/Auditorium, Longfellow Hall, First Floor, Harvard University Graduate School of Education

Description: During this panel, Black law students from a diversity of law schools across the country will discuss their academic and social experiences while in law school. They will also speak honestly about the additional challenges faced by Black law students and explain their thoughts on how to cope and succeed in law school as a Black student both inside and outside of the law school classroom.

FEATURED PANELISTS:

Tyiarah Adewakun, Third-Year Law Student, Rutgers Law School, Northeast Director of Pre-Law Affairs, National Black Law Students Association (Newark, New Jersey)

Willie Bodrick, Second-Year Law Student, Northeastern University School of Law (Boston, Massachusetts)

Adrielle Conner, Second-Year Law Student, Vanderbilt University Law School (Nashville, Tennessee)

Andrea “Dre” Dargin, Second-Year Law Student, Evening Division, The George Washington University Law School, Mid-Atlantic Regional Chair, National Black Law Students Association (Washington, DC)

Eric Harvey, Second-Year Law Student, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (New York, New York)

Bria May, Second-Year Law Student, University of Colorado Law School (Boulder, Colorado)

Charles E. Polk III, Third-Year Law Student, Marquette University Law School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

MODERATOR:

Brandon Cahee, National Chair, National Black Law Students Association, Fourth-Year Evening Law Student, University of Baltimore School of Law (Baltimore, Maryland)

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