Silenced Justice?
Friday, November 4, 2016
Kennedy Hall, Room 237
1 to 7 p.m.
Presented by the Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Diversity and Social Justice Forum
Co-sponsored by Fowler School of Law and the Office of the President of Chapman University
Chapman University is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider and certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit in the amount of 4 units of MCLE credit (including 1 unit of elimination of bias credit)
Symposium Schedule
Check-in and Registration (12:30 - 1 p.m.)
Panel I: Refugees and the Politics of Seeking Asylum (1 - 2:15 p.m.)
Moderator: Marisa Cianciarulo - Professor of Law, Fowler School of Law; Director of the Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Protection Clinic
Panelists:
- Luis Fernando Gomez - Immigration Specialist, LGBT Center
- Victor Phan- VOICE Asylum Seeker settled in Orange County
- Julie Marzouk - Assistant Clinical Professor, Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Protection Clinic, Fowler School of Law
Panel II: Changes in the Voting Rights Act & Voter ID Laws (2:30 - 3:45 p.m.)
Moderator: Kimberly La Salle - President-Elect of the Thurgood Marshall Bar Association
Panelists:
- Amira Hasenbush - Jim Kepner Law and Policy Fellow at Williams Institute
- Dr. John C. Eastman - Professor of Law, Fowler School of Law; Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
- Dr. Jean Schroedel - Professor, Department of Politics and Policy, Claremont Graduate University
Panel III: Transgender Rights and the Legal Hurdles to Equal Protection (4 - 5:15 p.m.)
*1 MCLE - Elimination of Bias credit
Moderator: Dr. Kris De Pedro - Assistant Professor, Chapman University
Panelists:
- Dannie Cesena - Transgender Services Coordinator, LGBT Center
- Tony Viramontes - Director of Prevention Services, LGBT Center
- Stephen Hicklin - Transgender Law Specialist/Lawyer, LGBT Center
- Daniel B. Weddle - Clinical Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Dinner (5:15 - 6 p.m.)
Keynote Presentation: Paulette Brown, Immediate Past American Bar Association President (5:45 - 7 p.m.)
Inquiries may be addressed to the Submissions Coordinators at dsjforum@gmail.com.
