On May 17th, the Judicial Council held a symposium at the Sacramento Convention Center on the fiftieth anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed racial segregation in schools. The panel discussions at the symposium, entitled “Brown v. Board of Education: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” looked at the role of lawyers in the historic decision, analyzed the decision’s impact on contemporary America, and considered the future legacy of the decision. Third District Court of Appeal Justice George Nicholson, McGeorge Professor Clark Kelso, and Sacramento County Bar Association public programs coordinator Vince Miles gave a multimedia presentation about the decision. California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George and National Public Radio and Fox News Correspondent Juan Williams were the luncheon speakers for the symposium. After the symposium, attendees were invited to a reception sponsored by the SCBA.

SCBA President Joan Stone, Deputy State Controller Windie Scott, Administrative Director of the Courts William Vickery, State Bar President Anthony Capozzi, and Candace D. Cooper, presiding justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Eight, at the reception sponsored by the bar association.