Drug War Madness: Policies, Boarders, and Corruption
Friday, January 29
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Chapman University School of Law
Kennedy Hall, Rm. 237 A-B
Approved for California MCLE credit by the California Bar
Symposium Schedule:
Introductory Remarks: Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project and Timothy Canova, Chapman University School of Law
Panel I: Current U.S. Drug Policy and Alternative Paradigms
Moderator: Hon. James Rogan, Orange County Superior Court Judge
- Hector Berrellez, former DEA Agent and Terrorism Expert
- Hon. Jim Gray, former Orange County Superior Court Judge
- Asa Hutchinson, former Director of DEA and Under Secretary for Homeland Security
- Alex Kreit, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Keynote Speaker
Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security under former President George W. Bush
Panel II: Cross Border Flows: Drugs, People & Trade
Moderator: Ernesto Hernandez, Chapman University School of Law
- Jennifer Chacon, University of California, Irvine School of Law
- Ruben Garcia, California Western School of Law
- Kevin Johnson, University of California, Davis School of Law
Panel III: Narcoterrorism, Organized Crime, and Political Corruption
Moderator: Dr. Nubar Hovsepian, Chapman University
- Steven Casteel, Senior VP for International Business Development at GardaWorld
- Michael Cutler, former INS Senior Special Agent
- Edward McQuat, Senior Trial Attorney at the Blanch Law Firm
For more detailed descriptions, please read our brochure (.pdf)