A tentative schedule for an upcoming symposium....

Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society

Symposium

Law, Gender & Citizenship:

Contemporary Issues for American Indians and American Immigrants

 

March 5, 2010

Pyle Center  •  702 Langdon Street  •  University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tentative Schedule; Subject to Change

4 hours CLE applied for; $60 in advance; $75 at the door  •  Online Registration Available Soon

 

8:30-8:45         Welcome

                     Hon. Amanda Rockman (Ho-Chunk)

                     Trial Court of the Ho-Chunk Nation

8:45-9:00         Introduction

                     Dan Lewerenz (Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska)

                     Symposium Editor, Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society

9:00-9:50         The Indian Child Welfare Act and Same-Sex Couples: Whose Law Governs When a State Allows Adoption by Same-Sex Couples and a Tribe’s Does Not, and Vice Versa?

                     Steve Sanders

                     Associate, Mayer Brown LLP; 2010 Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Law School

9:50-10:00         Break

10:00-10:50         Federal Reservations: Sexual Violence Against Native American Women and the Denial of Reproductive Healthcare Services

                  Rebecca Hart

                  Legal Fellow, Center for Reproductive Rights

10:50-11:40         Shared Experiences, Divergent Outcomes: American Indian and Undocumented Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence 

                     Jacqueline Hand and David Koelsch

                     Professor and Assistant Professor, University of Detroit Mercy Law School

11:40-12:30         Lunch

12:30-1:15         Keynote Address

                     Diane Humetewa (Hopi)

                     Of Counsel, Squire Sanders; former U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona

1:15-2:05         287(g) and Women: The Family Values of Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law

                     Ajmel A. Quereshi

                     Skadden Fellow and Director, ACLU of Maryland Immigrants Rights Project

2:05-2:15         Break

2:15-3:05         Gender, Migration and Law: Unexpected Effects on the Most Vulnerable Immigrants

                     Carla L. Reyes

                     Public Interest Fellow, Volunteer Advocates for Immigrant Justice

3:05-3:15         Closing Remarks

                     Kate Frigo

                     Deputy Symposium Editor, Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society

 

For more information, contact Symposium Editor Dan Lewerenz at WJLGS.Symposium@gmail.com