The Association of Black Lawyers of Westchester County and Pace Law School
 Host Reenactment of Brown v. Board of Education

White Plains, NY, March 10, 2004 - In recognition of the 50^th anniversary of 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Association of Black Lawyers of Westchester County and Pace Law School will host an all day program featuring a reenactment of the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court by prominent local attorneys along with a students’ presentation focusing on today’s challenges in public school education.

The three-part program will consist of (1) an introductory phase reviewing the historical context and the events occurring before and after the Brown case; (2) a reenactment of the oral arguments made before the Supreme Court; and (3) a presentation by area high school and college students on the impact of the Brown decision.

The reenactment court will consist of an eight-member panel of federal, state, and local judges. The local high schools participating in the program are Gorton, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Peekskill, and Woodlands. In addition, students from Purchase College, State University of New York will participate in the presentation.

The program will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2004, from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Pace Law School, Moot Court Room, 78 North Broadway, White Plains, New York. The event is free to attend and open to the media.

Lawyers:
The five attorneys presenting oral arguments for the litigants are:

• Randolph Scott McLaughlin, Esq.
  
  
• Hugh Campbell, Esq.
  
  
• Kenneth Bunting, Esq.
  
  
• Carolyn Minter, Esq.
  
  
• Nichelle Johnson, Esq.

• Hon. Barrington Parker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  
  
• Hon. George Yanthis, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York.
  
  
• Hon. George Bundy Smith, Court of Appeals, State of New York
  
  
• Hon. Juanita Bing Newton, Administrative Judge, New York City Criminal Court
  
  
• Hon. Bruce Tolbert, New York State Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District.
  
  
• Hon. Sam Walker, Westchester County Court.
  
  
• Hon. Kathie Davidson, Westchester County Family Court
  
  
• Hon. Barbara Leak, City Court, White Plains, New York.

The program is cosponsored and supported by Office of Court Administration, Ninth Judicial District, Purchase College, State University of New York, and underwritten by Fidelity National Title Insurance Company.

The Association of Black Lawyers of Westchester County was formed on 1973. The organization’s objectives include improving the integrity and standards of professionalism in the legal community; improving public confidence in the judicial system and the administration of justice; promoting and encouraging independence, diversity and inclusion in the judiciary and in the court system; and upholding the promise of equality, fairness, and justice for all the under law regardless of race, color, sex, creed, or national origin. The organization’s membership consists of attorneys residing or working in Westchester County and New York City, judges, public officials, academia, and law students. The organization cherishes the contributions and struggles by African-American lawyers for equality in America and their dismantling of racial segregation in education 50 years ago in Brown v. Board of Education.

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a suburban campus in White Plains, N.Y., 20 miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the J.D. program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in Environmental Law and an LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, NY and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, NY. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu