The Latino Judges Association Proudly Presents
Thursday, March 23, 2023 • 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
This program focuses on the seminal decision,
Mendez v. Westminster School District of Orange County, 161 F2d 774 (1947), the first successful federal school desegregation decision in the nation. The program, which includes a reenactment of the District and Circuit Court cases by three of our judges and law students from Columbia and St. John’s Law Schools, will highlight the issues raised in this case and how said issues were resolved by the Federal judges at the time. The program also includes remarks from Sylvia Mendez, the then 8-year-old named plaintiff in the case.
Sylvia Mendez Video
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Re-enacting Mendez v. Westminster Podcast
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Podcast Transcript
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Program Agenda
Reenactment Script
Reenactment Playbill
Program Materials
CLE Affirmation
Evaluation Form
This program is sponsored by the following organizations: Latino Judges Association, Inc., Historical Society of the New York Courts, Columbia University School of Law, St. John’s University School of Law, Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission, Judicial Friends Association, Asian American Judges Association of New York, and New York State Judicial Institute.
