Upcoming Events

 
Flyer with photos of event speakers Professors Jessica Levin and Melissa Lee, and Professor Thalia González,Event Title:

Litigating Adultification Bias in Criminal Cases

Event Type:

Webinar

Time:

Friday, October 2, 2026 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST

Location:

Virtual

Event Description:

The Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law is co-sponsoring this webinar hosted by the Center for Racial and Economic Justice, UC Law San Francisco (CREJ).  The webinar will feature Professors Jessica Levin and Melissa Lee, Directors of the Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice, Seattle University School of Law and Professor Thalia González, Faculty Co-Director, CREJ.

 

Register for Litigating Adultification Bias in Criminal Cases

 

Past Events

  • From Tulsa to Capitol Hill: The Struggle for Racial Justice in Policing & Reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Descendants: On February 20, 2026, the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law held a lunch and learn panel discussion with members of the Terence Crutcher Foundation (TCF).
  • Still Rising 10 Years After Freddie Gray’s Death: On April 11, 2025, the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law and the Campaign for Justice Safety and Jobs held an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the police-involved death of Freddie Gray. 
  • Plundered, Baltimore Book Launch. On March 18, 2025, at 7 p.m. The Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law and Bernadette Atuahene, Duggan Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law, held a book launch event.
  • Expecting Inequity: Race, Class, and Reproductive Justice:  On November 14, 2024, the Gibson-Banks Center and the Law & Health Care Program at University of Maryland Carey law hosted Khiara M. Bridges, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law as a distinguished speaker in the 2024/25 Rothenberg Speaker Series.
  • Addressing Mass Incarceration in Maryland:  In September 2024, the Center hosted an anchor event featuring Natasha Dartigue, Maryland’s Public Defender, and Anthony Brown, Maryland’s Attorney General. You may view the video here.