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Reception, featuring Dorothy Brown

Ellen M. Jakovic, Janel A. George, and Dorothy Brown

After welcome remarks from DC Bar President Ellen Jakovic and introductions from CRSJ Council member and GULC Professor Janel George, we hear from Professor Dorothy Brown, author of 'The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—and How We Can Fix It,' as she discusses the way the tax code has been used to create wealth disparities in America.

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This event was a part of CRSJ’s hybrid Economic Justice Summit — held on March 30-31, 2023 — the Section held its Economic Justice Summit at the Georgetown University Law Center. Continuing with CRSJ’s 22-23 Bar Year theme of economic justice, this two-day Summit convened lawyers, activists, policymakers, and key stakeholders to formulate policy solutions to our country’s most critical economic disparities and devise strategies to implement such policy solutions.

Day 1

Day 2

Thank You to our Partners

Summit Supporters: Truist, Georgetown University Law Center, DC Bar, American Tax Policy Institute, ABA Section of Taxation, Hip Hop Caucus, Francine J. Lipman & James E. Williamson, Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming

Summit Co-Sponsors: ABA Business Law Section, ABA Center for Public Interest Law, ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, ABA Criminal Justice Section, ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, ABA Young Lawyers Division