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The impact of the media on the presidential elections, the Supreme Court, Latino political
involvement and other topics relating to the 2016 presidential election were discussed in
February 2016 at a symposium co-hosted by the University of Houston Law Center and the
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS).
“Super Tuesday: Analyzing the 2016 Presidential Election” was held in the Banquet Ballroom
at the Student Center two days before the Republican debate on the UH campus — the final
debate before Super Tuesday.
The symposium was moderated by Law Center Associate Dean Marcilynn A. Burke. Dean
EMBRACING DIVERSITY Leonard M. Baynes participated in the first panel, “Presidential Politics & Policy.” He was
Breaking barriers and using cultural joined by Associate Political Science Professor Brandon Rottinghaus and Assistant Political
differences as strength paved the way for Science Professor Elizabeth Simas.
Houston and Atlanta to become cities with Law Center Professor Seth Chandler, Assistant Professor D. Theodore Rave, Interim
international interests, filmmaker Andrea CLASS Dean Steven G. Craig and Assistant Economics Professor Vikram Maheshri spoke
Young said in February 2016 while visiting in the second panel, “Supreme Court & Economic Implications of Presidential Elections.”
the University of Houston Law Center. A The symposium concluded with “Presidential Elections & Latino Politics in the U.S.,”
discussion comparing the rise of Atlanta featuring CLASS Professor Richard Murray and Law Center Adjunct Professor Ignacio
and Houston followed the screening of “The Pinto-Leon. They were joined by associate political science professors Jason Casellas
Making of Modern Atlanta.” The screening and Jerónimo Cortina.
was in celebration of Black History Month.
Young, the documentary’s executive producer,
is a professor of practice at the Andrew
Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia
State University and Scholar in Residence at
Morehouse College.
“With Atlanta and Houston being very diverse,
sometimes you have to re-affirm the things
that you did that were right,” Young said. “We
have to continue to work at understanding
each other. We have to realize that embracing
diversity is a critical part of our success. It
has made for the growth and prosperity of
communities. We have to keep getting better
at it until we don’t have the inequality that we
still see.”
Young is the daughter of Andrew Young, a
former mayor of Atlanta, congressman and
ambassador to the United Nations. “It means SONDOCK JURISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
a lot to me to tell this story, because I grew The University of Houston Law Center
up with it,” Andrea Young said. “I had the launched its Ruby Kless Sondock Jurist-in-
opportunity to interview people whom I knew Residence program in late January 2016 with
for many years and really learn the depth of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
the leadership they had given to Atlanta and Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann as the
the depth of the contributions they made.” inaugural participant.
Young said part of that leadership came from As a tribute to UHLC alumna and Texas Legal
attorneys and the legal community. Legend Judge Ruby Kless Sondock ’62, the
“Lawyers and people in our profession program brings judges to campus to speak on topics regarding legal ethics. Other speakers
have made an invaluable and incalculable included U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Texas Lee H. Rosenthal and
contribution to the progression that we’ve U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Texas George C. Hanks, Jr.
made in civil rights,” Young said. “Without Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey V. Brown spoke on technology and the law during the
lawyers, we wouldn’t have had the legal second year of the program in October.
framework for change.”

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