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Equalizing Educational Opportunity in New Jersey:
A Conversation with Five Former Supreme
Court Justices about Abbott v. Burke
September 19, 2007
Program
8:30 A.M. – 9:15 A.M. Breakfast
9:15 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Welcome and Introductions
9:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Moderator Paul Tractenberg,
(Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor
and Alfred C. Clapp Distinguished Public Service Professor
of Law, Rutgers-Newark School of Law)
Panel:
Justice Deborah Poritz
Chief Justice New Jersey Supreme Court (ret.)
Justice James Coleman (ret.)
Justice Alan Handler (ret.)
Justice Daniel O’Hern (ret.)
Justice Gary Stein (ret.)
Followed by comments and questions from the audience
12:00 P.M. Adjournment
PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTE August 2007
Dear Friends,
Attached is an invitation to our first meeting of the academic year. Many organizations are joining us as co-sponsors, including the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the Institute on Education Law and Policy at the Rutgers-Newark School of Law. I strongly recommend that you read the attachment as soon as possible and reserve a seat promptly. For obvious reasons, the program is certain to attract a large audience.
Warmest Regards, Herb Green
“Join us for a unique program at a distinctive time. New Jersey judges and lawyers overwhelmingly selectedAbbott v. Burke as the most important state court decision of the 20th century. In recent months, Abbott, or at least the way in which it has been implemented, has come under increasingly sharp scrutiny. This fall andwinter, as New Jersey's legislative and executive branches seek to formulate and adopt a new school funding
law, Abbott and its judicial mandates will be at the heart of the debate. You have the special opportunity to listen in on a conversation among five former New Jersey Supreme Court
justices who participated actively in the Abbott decisions over a span of more than 20 years. Former ChiefJustice Deborah Poritz and former Associate Justices James Coleman, Alan Handler, Daniel O'Hern and Gary Stein will share their reflections and views in a panel discussion moderated by Paul Tractenberg, a long-timeRutgers School of Law-Newark professor and the founder of the Education Law Center, which has represented the urban student plaintiffs in Abbott. Questions and comments from the audience will be encouraged.”
Our Co-Sponsors are:
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey School Boards Association
New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association
New Jersey Association of School Administrators
Education Law Center
Association for Children of New Jersey
Excellent Education for Everyone (E3)
Our Children/Our Schools Coalition
New Jersey NAACP
Garden State Coalition of Schools
Date:
September 19, 2007
Time: 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Location: New Jersey State Bar Foundation
New Jersey Law Center, One Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
To register, please fax (732) 564-9099 or e-mail your complete registration information to rupei@rci.rutgers.edu
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