Jurist Summer 2007.qxd - Howard University School of Law

BARRY SCHECKC. CLYDE FERGUSON LECTURER“I do believe that within our lifetimes, inthe next 10, 15, or 20 years, we will end capitalpunishment in the United States,” saidBarry Scheck, co-director of the InnocenceProject. Scheck spoke at the law school lastfall about the state of capital punishmentand about the work of the InnocenceProject. His speech “Innocence, Race, andthe Death Penalty,” can be found in itsentirety in the Howard Law Journal, Volume50, Issue 2, and on the law school Web site.CHOKWE LUMUMBA CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON LECTURERChokwe Lumumba delivered the annualCharles Hamilton Houston lecture inFebruary. Lumumba, chair of the NewAfrikan People's Organization (N.A.P.O.),is also the co-founder of the MississippiDisaster Relief Coalition (MS-DRC). Theorganization assisted in the distribution oftons of material and aid to HurricaneKatrina survivors. Lumumba organizedthe December 2005 From Outrage to ActionConference in Jackson, Mississippi, whichwas attended by nearly 600 HurricaneKatrina survivors and supporters.Lumumba’s lecture was fittingly titled“21st Century New Afrikan (Black)Lawyers: Serving Our People in theTradition of Charles Hamilton Houston.”Dean Schmoke and SBA President RizwanQureshi presented 3L Student Kara Beverlywith an academic achievement award for herwork with the SBA and the Charles HamiltonHouston Moot Court Team.THE JURIST 5