UA Law Speaker to Discuss Civil Rights Cold Case Files

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Paula C. Johnson, John J. Sparkman Visiting Chair in The University of Alabama School of Law, will present “Civil Rights Cold Case Files: A Discussion of the Cold Case Justice Initiative and the Emmett Till Bill” on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 5:45 p.m. in Lecture Hall A of the Child Development Center.

The lecture, a presentation of the UA Black Faculty and Staff Association, is free and open to the public.

This fall, Johnson, professor of law at Syracuse University, is teaching Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure: Pre-trial to Trial at the UA School of Law. At Syracuse, she teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Voting Rights, Professional Responsibility and a seminar on Women in the Criminal Justice System.