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TUCKER LAW GROUP will be hosting an historic CLE at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Friday, October 26, 2018 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.  Participants will receive a total of 6 CLE credits, 5 Substantive and 1 Ethic.  The cost of the CLE will be $250.00, which will include a day full of panel discussions, continental breakfast, lunch and mid-day snack.   For information details regarding the CLE, read more

Tucker Law Group, LLC will be hosting this historic CLE
Date: Friday, October 26, 2018
Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Where: Pennsylvania Convention Center
CLE Credits: 5 Substantive, 1 Ethics ($250)

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/standing-on-the-shouldersthe-black-philadelphia-lawyer-tickets-48600050058

For program information: Standing on the Shoulders The Black Philadelphia Lawyer PROGRAM

This CLE is a historic first that will explore the audacity, achievements, contributions and challenges of Black lawyers in Philadelphia from 1847 to 2018. It will survey early pioneers in the profession; racial discrimination in bar admissions; practicing law in black and white firms; how race matters at various stages in the civil and criminal litigation process; the role of black lawyers in the struggle for civil rights; and contemporary challenges facing Black lawyers in an era of legal, political and social retrenchment. The program materials will include a comprehensive chronology, detailed bibliography, articles, rare photographs and historical documents that chronicle the 170-year odyssey of the Black Philadelphia Lawyer.

Learn about:

• George B. Vashon, the father of Black Pennsylvania lawyers, who had the audacity to apply for membership to the Allegheny County Bar in 1847, at a time when slavery was legal and there were 3,900,000 slaves in the United States. Nolan N. Atkinson, his great grandson will make a presentation on this pioneer.

• Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, one of the most accomplished lawyers and intellectuals, of any generation, gender or race, in the United States. The daughter and granddaughter of pioneering Black Philadelphia lawyers, she was the first Black woman to receive a Ph.D. in Economics, serve on the law review and graduate from the law school at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Alexander was the first Black woman to be admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, serve as assistant city solicitor and to serve on a national presidential commission. Judge Jacqueline F. Allen will review her many contributions and legacy in a session called “Sadie and Her Sisters.”

• Norris, Schmidt, Green, Harris, Higginbotham and Brown, an early Black firm that had some of the greatest legal minds, of any race, in the country. Members of that firm became federal and state court judges, successful practicing lawyers and prominent civic and political leaders. William H. Brown, III one of the early partners in the firm will be present to give some historical perspectives.

• Cecil B. Moore, the brilliant, often irreverent and combative trial lawyer and civil rights leader who helped to ignite the modern civil rights movement in Philadelphia that, among other advancements, led to the integration of Girard College. David C. Williams, the incoming president of the Barristers’ Association will lead a discussion entitled “Cecil Moore Was More Than an Avenue.”

Panelists:

Wadud Ahmad
Judge Jacqueline Allen
Robert Archie
Nolan Atkinson
Danielle Banks
William H. Brown, III
Michael Coard
Kristen Gibbons Feden
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Ronald Harper
Richard Harris
Alycia Horn
Bacardi L. Jackson
Judge Darnell C. Jones
Charisse R. Lillie
Kevin Mincey
Kenneth Murphy
Aaron Porter
Marcel Pratt
Amber Racine
Leigh Skipper
Denise J. Smyler
Jill Huntley Taylor, Ph.D.
David Williams