Join the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission for their annual Juneteenth Symposium, Reviving Reconstruction: America’s Unfulfilled Promise. This dynamic, one-day program will bring together leading voices in law, policy, and advocacy to examine how historical resistance to racial equity continues to shape our legal system today and to explore pathways forward.

Featuring leading attorneys, scholars, and civil rights voices, the symposium will examine topics including equal protection, voting rights, criminal justice, diversity, institutional accountability, and the ongoing, unfinished work of Reconstruction. 2.5 CLE credits are available through this event.

Featured Participants Include:

Professor Anthony Paul Farley • Debo P. Adegbile, Esq. • Professor Vincent Southerland • Tahanie Aboushi, Esq. • Melissa Andrieux, Esq. • Professor Bernard K. Freamon • Professor Paula Johnson • Ronald Taylor, M.S.Ed., Ed.M

Register by June 5, 2026, by clicking here.

For more information, contact fhwilliams@nycourts.gov