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Publications | Presentations | Professional Memberships
After law school, Kevin Hopkins joined the firm of Woodward, Hobson & Fulton in Louisville, Kentucky, where he practiced in the areas of tort law, corporate defense, and civil litigation. He has taught at Widener University School of Law (1991-1996) and has been a visiting professor at the John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia (2004), Rutgers University School of Law (2000), Seattle University School of Law (Summer 1999), East China University of Politics & Law, Shanghai, China (Summer 2002), and the State Intellectual Property Office, Beijing, China (Summer 2001).
Professor Hopkins received the Georgetown University Law Center's W.M. Keck Award in Legal Ethics for his essay, "Law Firms, Technology, and the Double-Billing Dilemma." His scholarship has been published in several law journals, including the Georgetown Law Journal, the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, the Boston College Third World Law Journal, and the New York University Review of Law & Social Change. He researches and writes in the areas of privacy law, legal ethics, and race.
In 2004, Professor Hopkins was appointed director of The John Marshall Law School Asian Alliance (the law school's foreign programs in China and Asia). He joined the faculty in 1996 and has received the Best Professor Award. He teaches Torts.
Full Curriculum Vitae
Publications
The Politics of Misconduct: Rethinking How We Regulate Lawyer-Politicians, 57 Rutgers L. Rev. 839 (2005) (Lead Article).
Forgive U.S Our Debts? Righting the Wrongs of Slavery, 89 Geo. L.J. 2531 (2001) (Reviewing Randall Robinson, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks (2000)) (cited in In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation, 375 F. Supp. 2d 721 (N.D. IL. 2005)).
Blood, Sweat, And Tears: Toward A New Paradigm For Protecting Donor Privacy, 7 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 141 (2000) (Lead Article), http://ssrn.com/abstract=243508.
Cultivating Our Emerging Voices: The Road to Scholarship, 20 B.C. Third World L.J. 77 (2000).
Back to Afrolantica: A Legacy of (Black) Perseverance?, 24 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 447 (1998) (reviewing Derrick Bell, Afrolantica Legacies (1998)).
Law Firms, Technology and the Double-Billing Dilemma, 12 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 93 (1998) (1998 Georgetown University Law Center's W.M. Keck Award on Legal Ethics).
A Gospel of Law, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1039 (1997) (reviewing Derrick Bell, Gospel Choirs: Psalms of Survival in an Alien Land Called Home (1996)).
Affaire John Brown, Requerant, Etats-Unis D'Amerique, Defenseur , 13th Concours International de Plaidoiries, Le Memorial de Caen (2002) (published speech presented at the 13th International Competition of Counsel's Speeches, Caen, France, Jan. 27th, 2002).
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Presentations
Panelist, "Reparations," National Black Law Students Association Mid-Year Conference, Chicago IL, Jan. 31, 2007.
Presenter, "At the Crossroads: Challenges to Diversity In U.S. Higher Education," Oxford Round Table, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, March 25-30, 2007.
Panelist, "Equality, Inclusion and Unconscious Discrimination," 2007 Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, April 13, 2007.
Co-Organizer and Moderator, "Chinese Law and Business: Law in China" Forum, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, Oct. 20, 2007.
Panelist, "Constitutionalism, Citizenship and Identity," Comparative Constitutionalism and Rights: Global Perspectives, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Dec. 10-13, 2005.
Panelist, "Beyond Tenure: Diversifying the Law School," 2005 Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Apr. 7-10, 2005.
Presenter, "Preventing and Solving Legal Problems Creatively," Second International Conference on Creative Problem Solving, California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA, March 4-6, 2004.
Panelist, "Reparations," Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference 2003 Annual Meeting: Race, Culture, Money & Power, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, Jan. 30-31, 2004.
Panelist, "Faculty Development Seminar," Sixth Annual Northeast Region People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Barbados, West Indies, June 13-15, 2002.
Speaker, Philosophy Born of Struggle 2001 Conference, Race, Reparations and Restoration, Brown University, Oct. 20, 2001.
Instructor, Quad-Regional FHIP/FHAP Conference (HUD), Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 8, 2001.
Panelist, "Teaching, Writing, Surviving, & Thriving in Law School," Fifth Annual Northeast Region People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, CUNY School of Law, Flushing, NY, Mar. 31, 2001.
Panelist, "Examples of the Evolution of Academic Assistance Programs and their Value to the Academy," LSAC Academic Assistance Training Workshop 2000, University of Missouri--Kansas City, June 16, 2000.
Professional Memberships
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Association of Law Schools
Legal Writing Institute
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