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# 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

For access to an archived recording, please contact Law School Academic Affairs at (205) 348-7190 or Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Grace Lee at <glee@law.ua.edu>

Sponsored by the Alabama Law Review
February 27, 2015

Welcome &amp; Introduction

**Mark Brandon**, Dean and Thomas E. McMillan Professor of Law
**Paul Horwitz**, Gordon Rosen Professor of Law
**Johnny Wilhelm**, Alabama Law Review

Session I

**Jack Bass**, Author and Historian

Session II

**Professor Kareem Crayton**, University of North Carolina School of Law

Session III

**Professor Richard Hasen**, University of California – Irvine School of Law

Session IV

**Professor Franita Tolson**, The Florida State University College of Law

**Session V – Lunch and Keynote Speaker**

**Judge Myron Thompson**, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
*Moderator: Sam Schott, Alabama Law Review*

Session VI

**Professor Pamela Karlan**, Stanford Law School

Session VII

**Professor Samuel Issacharoff**, New York University School of Law

Session VIII

**Professor Guy-Uriel Charles**, Duke University College of Law