Summary: The Civil Rights Practice Group hosted this panel on "Who Benefits from Affirmative Action and Race and Gender Consciousness?" on Friday, November 16, 2012, during the 2012 National Lawyers Convention. -- Featuring: Hon. Martin "Marty" Castro, President and CEO, Castro Synergies, LLC, and Castro Rioja Enterprises, LLC; Chairman, Illinois Human Rights Commission and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Co-Founder, New Futuro, LLC; Hon. Gail Heriot, University of San Diego School of Law, and Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Prof. Theodore M. "Ted" Shaw, Columbia Law School; Mr. Stuart S. Taylor, Jr., Contributing Editor, National Journal; and Moderator: Hon. Carlos Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
