Temple Addresses National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) Conference in NY.

 Donald Temple at last Saturday's panel during the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL)conference in New York City.

On Saturday October 11, 2009 Attorney Temple moderated and presented remarks on the subject: The Role of the Black Lawyer in the 21st Century.  The other panelists were Attorney John Brittain and Professor Margaret Burnham. 

 Temple spoke about civil rights in the last 25 years and the challenges confronting the Bar in the next 25 years through Year 2034.  He underscored the need to change the way that we think and approach empowerment issues and emphasized new approaches and strategies. Temple also underscored principles that he developed in the Empowerment Through Law and Justice Agenda ("ETLJA"), which the National Bar Association passed as a resolution.