THE HONORABLE
2015 HONORABLE
Clifford Scott Green
Clifford Scott Green
1923~2007
LECTURE
Judge Green was described as
“an inspiration, a mentor, a
teacher, a role model, and a
friend to innumerable minority
and non-minority law clerks,
interns and students.” Clifford
Scott Green grew up in Philadelphia in a poor but close and
supportive family. He fulfilled
their aspirations for him by
being the first in the family to
finish high school, then college
and law school. As a law student
he distinguished himself with
honors for the highest grades in
constitutional law and conflicts
of laws, and as an associate
editor of the law review. In
1952, Judge Green joined the
first African-American law
firm in Pennsylvania, which
later became Norris, Schmidt,
Green, Harris, Higginbotham
and Brown.
Judge Green received numerous awards for his community
service, integrity and professional excellence, including the
first Judge William Hastie Award from the NAACP Legal
Defense Fund in 1985. In 2002, he was awarded the Spirit
of Excellence Award from the American Bar Association
Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. He was
appointed judge of the County Court of Philadelphia in 1964,
and President Richard M. Nixon named him to the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in
1971, where he assumed senior status in 1988.
During 36 years on the federal bench, Judge Green
presided over a number of notable cases, and was regarded
as one of the most popular judges in the district. Green
was a long-time adjunct professor at the law school,
teaching evidence, criminal law and criminal procedure.
In the early 1970s, he was instrumental in creating the
Temple-LEAP mock trial competition for high school
students. He was a founding member of the law school
board of visitors and a member of the university’s board of
trustees and, in 1997, he was awarded an honorary doctor
of laws degree by the university.
“The Undocumented
and the
DACA-mented:
Immigration,
Higher Education,
and DREAMs Deferred”
PRESENTED BY
Professor
Michael A. Olivas
EDUCATION AND IMMIGRATION
LAW EXPERT
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015
“The Undocumented and the DACA-mented:
Immigration, Higher Education, and DREAMs Deferred”
Michael A. Olivas
William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law,
and Director of the Institute for Higher Education Law
and Governance at University of Houston Law Center
Professor Olivas, who teaches courses in the areas of education law and
immigration law and policy, was named “Outstanding Immigration Professor of
the Year” by the national Immigration Professors Blog Group in 2010. He is the
author or co-author of fifteen books concerning aspects of access to higher
education. Olivas’ most recent book, Suing Alma Mater, explores higher education
and the U.S. Supreme Court and was the 2014 winner of the Steven S. Goldberg
Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law given annually by the
Education Law Association. In 2012, NYU Press published No Undocumented
Child Left Behind. Olivas’ forthcoming book with NYU Press is titled Perchance
to DREAM, A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act.
In 2011, Professor Olivas was President of the Association of American Law
Schools. He has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute and
the National Academy of Education, the only person to be selected to both honor
academies. He was general counsel to the American Association of University
Professors from 1994 to 1998, and currently serves on its litigation committee
and its legal defense fund. He has chaired the AALS section on education law
three times, and has twice chaired the section on immigration law.
Professor Olivas also has a legal consulting practice in which he represents faculty,
staff, institutional, and state clients, serves as an expert witness in federal and state
courts (including the U.S. Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeals, and federal
district courts), and joins as a member of litigation teams in educational, finance,
and immigration matters. He also lectures on entertainment law subjects to lawyers
and trade groups and has a regular radio show on the Albuquerque, NM, National
Public Radio station KANW, “The Law of Rock and Roll,” where he reviews legal
developments in music and entertainment law.
Professor Olivas earned a B.A. from Pontifical College Josephinum; an M.A. and
Ph.D. from Ohio State University; and a J.D. from Georgetown University.
THE HONORABLE CLIFFORD SCOTT
GREEN LECTURESHIP was established in
2003 at Temple University Beasley School of
Law to recognize this distinguished member
of the Class of 1951. The lectureship honors
Judge Green and acknowledges the influence
he had on the legal community.
THE CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN CHAIR
IN LAW was established to further honor
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015
12 NOON
Duane Morris, LLP Moot
Courtroom, Klein Hall
Temple University
Beasley School of Law
1719 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
COMPLIMENTARY PARKING
in the Liacouras Parking
Garage on 15th Street between
Montgomery Avenue and
Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
call 215.204.9000
Judge Green in 2009. Robert J. Reinstein is
the current holder of the Clifford Scott Green
Chair in Law.
PREVIOUS PRESENTERS OF THE
ANNUAL HONORABLE CLIFFORD SCOTT
GREEN LECTURE
William M. Carter Jr., 2013
The Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, 2012
William T. Coleman Jr., 2011
The Honorable Ann Claire Williams, 2011
Phoebe A. Haddon, 2010
Robert J. Reinstein, Clifford Scott Green
Chair in Law, 2009
Evelyn B. Higginbotham, 2008
The Honorable Theodore A. McKee, 2007
The Honorable Louis H. Pollak, 2006
The Honorable Damon J. Keith, 2005
The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones, 2004
Drew S. Days III, 2003