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NEPOC Legal Scholarship Conference 2008
Education and the Economy: The Real Lives of People of Color
Boston University School of Law
September 12-14, 2008

http://www.bu.edu/law/nepoc/

It’s time to register and make your travel plans for NEPOC 2008!  It is going to be a terrific conference for so many reasons.  Download a detailed brochure and program schedule. 

• Featuring Professor Sheryll Cashin, the author of The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family as the 2008 Kellis E. Parker Keynote Speaker.

• Presenting 4 exciting panels with an amazing line up of panelists including Regina Austin, Cheryl Wade, Conrad Johnson, Robin Lenhardt, Peggie Smith, Maurice Dyson, Leonard Baynes, Lia Epperson, Kathleen Engel, Cassandra Jones Harvard, Rosemary Salomone, and many others.

• Supporting an outstanding 27 works in progress from both junior and senior scholars.  This is a record for NEPOC!

• Hosting the SALT Board quarterly meeting (Sunday morning) and looking forward to seeing many of the board members at the conference.

• Including mentoring sessions led by Hope Lewis, Tayyab Mahmud, and Alfred Yen, Sudha Setty and Akilah Folami.

Register Early  To give you an incentive to register early, we have set the early bird registration fee at a very reasonable $125 (the regular fee is $175).  This fee covers three days of programming, breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (SALT meeting), lunch and coffee service on Friday and Saturday and a light reception on Saturday evening.  The deadline for this discount is August 21st.

All the conference events will take place at Boston University School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. 

The conference registration form is available at the conference webpage at
http://www.bu.edu/law/nepoc/. 

There’s A Choice of Hotels  The conference has set aside limited blocks of guestrooms at three different hotels.  All the blocks will expire on August 21st.  The hotels vary in their prices, neighborhoods and distances / convenience to the law school.  Below are instructions on how to book a room and short descriptions of the hotels.  For more detailed hotel info, you should visit the hotels’ webpages.

SALT Suite will be in this hotel: Doubletree Guest Suites Boston, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134
• (617) 783-0090
• $229 per night per room
• This is an all-suite hotel.
• This hotel is located the furthest from the law school but there will be limited shuttle service (once in the morning Fri/Sat/Sun, once in the evening Fri/Sat) directly to the law school.
• The hotel also does regular shuttle runs to other designated stops throughout Boston for its guests.
• Also the hotel has one of Boston’s premier jazz clubs, Scullers Jazz Club.

• How to Book a Room:  Book online at a specially designated group web page at http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/BOSSBDT-BSL-20080908/index.jhtml
• Website:  http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/BOSSBDT-Doubletree-Guest-Suites-Boston-Massachusetts/index.do

The Holiday Inn Brookline-Boston, 1200 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 277-1200
• $199 per night per room
• The T-line that takes you to law school is located right outside the hotel.  Only 1 mile away from Boston University & Fenway Park.
• It is located in a charming residential neighborhood with tree-lined streets and brownstones.

• How to Book a Room:  Call the hotel directly at the phone number above and mention the Boston University School of Law group block.

• Website:  http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/bklma;jsessionid=R22CO5W1APCYACTGWAJCJBQKM0YBUIY4?_requestid=339939

Hilton Boston Back Bay, 40 Dalton Street, Boston, MA 02115
• (617) 236-1100
• $249 per night per room
• It is located in the heart of Boston near many of the city’s attractions, shopping areas and restaurants.
• You can get to the law school via the T-line but you must walk for approximately two minutes to get to the station from the hotel.

How to Book a Room:  Book online at a specially designated group web page at http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/BOSBHHH-BUS-20080908/index.jhtml

Website:  http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BOSBHHH-Hilton-Boston-Back-Bay-Massachusetts/index.do

Need Help with Flight Arrangements, Car Rentals, etc?  Please contact the conference travel agent, Carroll Travel & Cruise Center.  Ask for the Corporate Department and use the group name “NEPOC”.   They are only handling transportation matters and not the hotels.  To book a hotel room, please see the instructions above.

Carroll Travel & Cruise Center
Toll-free phone number: 1-888-446-5580
Local phone number:  1-413-846-4400
Fax number:   1-413-734-5006

Or visit the conference website: