Seventy-six years ago, the Mendez family and other Mexican American families in Southern California took on segregated schools and set the stage for the US Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
On March 23, a re-enactment of Mendez will be presented in Manhattan and virtually
To commemorate the decision from a Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals, the Latino Judges’ Association is sponsoring a reenactment of the case with the help of students, faculty and administrators at Columbia Law School and St. John's Law School. The event, which is open to the public and comes with CLE credit for attorneys, will be held March 23rd at the Southern District of New York in Manhattan and virtually.
Details: https://hsnyc.formstack.com/forms/20230323_mendez_v_westminster_reenactment_registration
Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-02/MendezFinal.pdf
