Racial Profiling Under the Color of Law

Robert Dujarric Announcement
Location
Japan
Subject Fields
Law and Legal History, Race Studies, Social History / Studies, African American History / Studies

The Beasley School of Law and Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University, Japan Campus

Present a Lecture Series:

New World Law & Order: Profile, Protest, and Social Justice

Recent political protests worldwide highlight the seemingly endless struggle between government interests in preventing crime, maintaining public order and protecting national security balanced against negatively impacting individual civil liberties and minority communities. This series of symposia will address the current state of race relations and policing within the broader context of the criminal justice system. The goal is to foster an open dialogue on how law enforcement serves and protects communities, the tension between minority communities and local police, and the public’s response to social injustices particularly against minorities through political protest movements. Promoting interdisciplinary and international perspectives, this series should provoke and encourage constructive discussion on these critical societal issues.

Symposia:

  •     February 23: Racial Profiling Under the Color of Law
  •     March 13: Muslim Surveillance in the Name of National Security
  •     April 5: #vivalarevolucíon: New Millennium Political Protests
     

Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m for each lecture. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Temple University Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 1F Parliament Lounge (Access)
Capacity: 120 (first come, first serve basis)
Cost: Free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Details: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/law/events/2017/0223.html
Registration: Click to register.
 

Information for the first lecture is presented below.

Symposia 1: Racial Profiling Under the Color of Law


Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Venue: Temple University Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 1F Parliament Lounge (Access)
Admission: Free. Open to public.
Capacity: 120 (registration required)
Registration: Click to register.

 

Overview:

Is racial profiling an effective law enforcement tool, an unequivocal infringement on civil liberties, or something in between? Law enforcement has wide latitude in determining how to seek out, deter, and stop crime. One of the more controversial tools in the enforcement community is the use of race as a key factor for who to stop and question about the lawfulness of his or her conduct. Laws such as Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Act or New York’s Stop and Frisk policy have at their core racial profiling for crime prevention. They are constantly under challenge by civil rights group for their disparate impact on communities of color. In today’s politically-charged climate, where fatal shootings of both suspects and police have ignited civic demonstrations, mobilized civil liberties groups, and engaged government oversight agencies, the question remains: are profiling practices effective or do they criminalize race - sometimes fatally - under the appearance of keeping the peace? Panelists will address the provocative question of race-based policing, weighing its effectiveness against concerns for public safety and individual rights.

 
Speakers:

Catherine L. Pugh, Attorney
Adjunct Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law, Japan Campus

Catherine Pugh specializes in criminal defense law, with an emphasis on civil rights and police misconduct litigation. Upon law school graduation, she was one of only ten Honors Hires for the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Ms. Pugh worked in the Special Litigation Section, specializing in “pattern and practice” investigations and litigation for: abuse under the color of law; violations of constitutional rights of the institutionalized; and, abuse of juveniles in confinement. Ms. Pugh received the Scriba Regis Award from the California Western School of Law, and was nominated for The American Society of Legal Writers Scribes Award, for her Comment, “What Do You Get When You Add Megan Williams to Matthew Sheppard and Victim Offender Mediation? A Hate Crime Law Prosecutors Will Actually Want to Use.” Before arriving in Japan, Ms. Pugh was a Trial Attorney for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.

 

F. Frederic Fouad, Attorney
Adjunct Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law, Japan Campus

F. Frederic (Ric) Fouad's law practice spans 25 years and combines Japan-focused commercial matters with extensive pro bono work. Ric began his career at Jones Day. He has also served in-house at Taisei Corporation (Tokyo, Japan), Lexington Corporation (Tokyo, Japan and Memphis, TN), and Spartus Capital Management (New York, NY). He was a 2009-2010 Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, and he presently serves on the advisory boards of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College and the International Honors Program of World Learning, in Brattleboro, VT. Ric also heads Protect The Hersheys' Children, Inc., a child welfare advocacy group.

 

Jane Taylor, New Zealand Attorney

 

Moderator:

Kyle Cleveland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of ICAS
Temple University, Japan Campus

Kyle Cleveland is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), and the Associate Director of TUJ's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, for which he was the founding director. Through ICAS he co-organizes lecture series, the internship program, and produces special symposia on Japanese youth politics and popular culture. As the university's faculty director of study abroad and honors programming, he has developed academic curricula for study abroad and international honors programs. His teaching and research interests are in political sociology, ethnicity, globalization and Japanese cultural studies; he is currently working on a project on the political implications of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

 

 

 

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