Redlining Case Re-Enactment Presented at Cooley Law School

During the reenactment of the U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Milliken v. Bradley, Abraham Singer, partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP, advocated on behalf of the 53 suburban school districts and selected state officials. The reenactment was part of the program, “From Redlining to White Flight: The History of Housing Segregation and the Importance of Regionalism” presented by the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion at Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills campus.

Former 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Nathaniel Jones, who argued Milliken v. Bradley as General Counsel for the NAACP, provided an insider's view of the case from his upcoming autobiography to the high school students and members of the general public who attended the program “From Redlining to White Flight: The History of Housing Segregation and the Importance of Regionalism” presented by the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion at Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills campus on October 29, 2010.  Judge Jones currently serves as Senior Counsel and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Blank Rome LLP.

On Friday, Oct. 29, approximately 100 high school students attended “From Redlining to White Flight: The History of Housing Segregation and the Importance of Regionalism,” a program that featured a reenactment of the United States Supreme Court oral argument in Milliken v. Bradley, a case that held against integrating schools in metro Detroit through busing of Detroit residents to suburban schools and vice versa.  The event washeld at Cooley Law School’s Auburn Hills campus. Cooley Law School partnered with the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion to present the program.  Students from Clarenceville, Detroit Central, Ferndale, Pontiac International Tech Academy, Lakeview High, Pontiac and South Lake High attended the event.

(Front row) Pepper Hamilton LLP Partner Abraham Singer, Cooley Law School Professor Dan Ray, District Court Judge Joseph Oster, U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood, Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, Retired 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James Ryan, U.S. District Judge David Lawson, and Former 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Nathaniel Jones gather with Cooley Law School students who helped with the program, “From Redlining to White Flight: The History of Housing Segregation and the Importance of Regionalism,” that was held at Cooley’s Auburn Hills campus on Friday, Oct. 29. Photographs by Mike Shuster.