Opening Remarks

Dean Robert Schapiro\u27s remarks honoring Marjorie Girth at the annual Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Banquet. Dean Schapiro highlighted Emory\u27s bankruptcy program, the Twelfth Annual Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium held in February, and Marjorie Girth\u27s leadership and achievements in bankruptcy law

Welcome

To mark the occasion of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Ninth Annual Symposium, Dean Robert Schapiro gave a rousing welcome to the audience and highlighted the Stern v. Marshall case that is being presented in one the symposium panels

Opening Remarks

Dean Robert Schapiro\u27s remarks honoring Keith Shapiro at the annual Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Banquet. Dean Schapiro highlighted Emory\u27s bankruptcy program, the 30th anniversary of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, and Keith Shapiro\u27s dedication to Emory Law School and role as Alumni Advisor for the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal

Opening Remarks

Dean Robert Schapiro\u27s remarks honoring Grant Newton at the annual Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Banquet. Dean Schapiro highlighted Emory\u27s bankruptcy program, the Thirteenth Annual Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium held in February, and Grant Newton\u27s leadership and achievements in bankruptcy law

Introduction: Racism Without Racists

This Symposium on Systemic Racism offers a timely review and analysis of an urgent and persistent problem plaguing the United States. Many of the narratives we offer about the history and trajectory of law and society emphasize progress with respect to racism and the struggle for equality. We note the milestones of racial progress: the Thirteenth Amendment’s abolition of slavery in 1865; the 1868 adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment with its command of “equal protection”; the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education declaring state-sponsored racial segregation unconstitutional; the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, banning discrimination in employment, hotels, restaurants, and other places of public accommodation; the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, designed to eliminate multiple barriers to voting. Each of these legal triumphs reflected extraordinary efforts to advance equality and merits celebration