Western Michigan University Cooley Law School will present “Juneteenth: Promises Made, Promises Delayed, Promises Kept?” online Tuesday, June 15, from noon to 1:30 p.m. via WebEx.
The online program will feature keynote speaker Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Cynthia Stephens. WMU-Cooley Professor Joseline Hardrick will present a historical overview of Juneteenth. WMU-Cooley President and Dean James McGrath will make the introductions. There will also be a question and answer period.
Prior to her appointment to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 2008, Stephens served as a general jurisdiction trial judge for 23 years. Before joining the bench, she served as vice-chair of the Wayne County Charter Commission, associate general counsel to the Michigan Senate, Regional Director for the National Conference of Black Lawyers-Atlanta office, and consultant to the National League of Cities Veterans Discharge Upgrade Project. She has been active in bar work including 16 years as a commissioner of the State Bar of Michigan, chairing its Justice Initiatives Committee, Communications Committee and Children’s Task Force. Stephens is former chair of the Association of Black Judges of Michigan and a former member of the Executive Board of the National Bar Association and its Judicial Council.
Hardrick joined WMU-Cooley in July 2019. She most recently served as a federal judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, in Tampa, Florida. She is the founder and president of Diversity Access Pipeline. Inc. (DAP), doing business as Journey to Esquire® which runs a Scholarship & Leadership Program, Podcast, and Blog. The Tampa attorney recently received The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division 2019 Diversity Award for her work with DAP.
To register for the online program, visit www.cooley.edu/events.
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