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Schedule and Panels

Friday, March 25, 2011

Welcome and Introduction
5:30 p.m. | Rotunda, Second Floor

Keynote Address: Beth F. Coye, Commander USN (Ret.)
5:45 p.m. | Rotunda, Second Floor
Retired Navy Commander Beth Coye is one of the brave veterans who left the military after 21 years of service and then spoke out about the cruel and discriminatory impact of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy on the lives of men and women who valiantly served their country in the military. Commander Coye is an emerita board member of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and its Military Advisory Council. She co-authored and published "My Navy Too," which is related to issues of minorities in the military, in 1998. She also is helped organize the Military Outreach Committee's "We Are Family Too," the stories of more than 40 service members that was privately distributed to members of Congress to inform them on the real impact of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Here is a link to that extraordinary publication, which is now available to the public: www.scribd.com/doc/44560448/We-Are-Family-Too-Letters-to-the-Pentagon-From-LGBT-Military-Voices.

Reception
6:30 p.m.

The evening will come to a close at 7:15 p.m. to allow everyone to leave for dinner. Dinner is not included as part of the retreat; however, a number of USF law students will serve as escorts for interested folks who would like to get to know fellow attendees while eating at one of the many terrific San Francisco restaurants within walking distance of USF.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. | Rotunda, First Floor

Welcome by Dean Jeffrey S. Brand and Trina Grillo Background
9:00 a.m. | Rotunda, First Floor

Panel I:  How International Human Rights Law is being used in the United States to Protect Human Rights
9:30–10:45 a.m. | Room 100/101

  • Moderator: Hazel Weiser, Executive Director, Society of American Law Teachers
  • Marjorie Cohn, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Past President of the National Lawyers Guild
  • Connie de la Vega, Professor and Academic Director of International Programs, USF School of Law
  • Kyra Nicole Millich, Interim Director, Juvenile Life Without Parole Project, USF School of Law

Break
10:45–11 a.m.

Concurrent Panel IIA: The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and the U.S.
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Room 100
This panel will explore the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its impact on the world’s children; why the U.S. has failed to ratify the CRC and whether it should be ratified; and, if so, how ratification can be achieved and how this would affect child advocacy at the local/state federal levels.

  • Moderator: Patty Fitzsimmons, Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic, USF School of Law
  • Benedetta Faedi Duramy, Professor, Golden Gate University, former researcher for Child Protection Unit of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti
  • Kyra Nicole Millich, Interim Director, Juvenile Life Without Parole Project, USF School of Law
  • Julie K. Waterstone, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Children’s Rights Clinic, Southwestern Law School
  • USF Law Student/Organization Coordinator: Journal of Law and Global Justice (Andrea Goddard)

Concurrent Panel IIB:  American War Crimes
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Room 101
What is the accountability of U.S. officials and military members for the commission of war crimes? In a post 9/11 world, what is the proper method for holding individuals within the United States accountable? Have the policies and practices of the United States amounted to war crimes? This panel will tie in to University of San Francisco Law Review’s spring written symposium.

  • Moderator: Peter Honigsberg, Professor, USF School of Law
  • K. Alexa Koenig, Fellow, UC Berkeley Human Rights Center
  • Stuart Streichler, Faculty Associate, University of Washington, School of Law Center for Human Rights
  • David Brennan, Professor in Residence, UC San Diego School of Law
  • USF Law Student /Organization Coordinator: Law Review (Emily Corrigan)

Lunch and Mingling/Networking
12:15–1:30 p.m. | Student Lounge

Concurrent Panel IIIA:  The Battlefield for Immigration Reform
1:30–2:45 p.m. | Room 100

  • Moderator: Yolanda Peneda '10, USF School of Law
  • Raquel Aldana, Pacific McGeorge, Director of Pacific McGeorge Inter-American Program, co-President of SALT
  • Signe Dortch, Clinical Professor, University of Washington School of Law
  • Bill Ong Hing, Professor, USF School of Law
  • Julia I. Vazquez, Immigration Law Fellow, Southwestern

Concurrent Panel IIIB:  The Economic Downturn: Impact on the Working Classes and the Marginalized, and the Role of Lawyers
1:30–2:45 p.m. | Room 101

  • Moderator: Michele E. Storms, Assistant Dean for Public Service & Executive Director William H. Gates Public Service Law Program, University of Washington School of Law
  • Angelo Ancheta, Professor and Director of the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center, Santa Clara School of Law
  • Marc-Tizoc Gonzalez, Staff Attorney, Alameda County Homeless Action Center (Oakland, CA)
  • Tayyab Mahmud, Professor and Director, Center for Global Justice, Seattle University School of Law

Break
2:45–3 p.m.

Concurrent Session IVA:  Immigration Pro Bono Training Session
3–4:15 p.m. | Room 102

  • Coordinated by Robert Uy, Staff Attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

Concurrent Panel IVB:  Indigenous Rights
3–4:15 p.m. | Room 101

  • Moderator: John Adler, Professor, USF School of Law
  • Mark McMillan, Staff Attorney, IPLB Program, University of Arizona College of Law
  • Melissa Tatum, Research Professor of Law and Associate Director, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona, College of Law
  • Ron Whitener, Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Tribal Court Criminal Defense Clinic, University of Washington
  • USF Law Student/Group Coordinator: Lauren Winkler

Panel V:  Forging the Path, Funding the Vision – How to Support Your Plan
4:30–5:45 p.m. | Room 100/101

  • Moderator: Bryan Hinkle, Director of the Office of Career Planning, USF School of Law
  • Emily Arnold Fernandez, Executive Director, Asylum Access
  • Heather Jarvis, Student Loan Ranger, formerly Senior Program Manager, Equal Justice Works
  • Shirley Hochhausen, Director, USF School of Law Predatory Lending Clinic, West Coast Director of Equal Justice Works
  • James C. Sturdevant, Principal, The Sturdevant Law Firm
  • USF Law Student/Group Coordinator: USF Law Social Justice/LRAP Committee Student Representatives - Dana Isaac, Liat Blum, Caitlin May

Closing Reception
5:45–7 p.m. | Rotunda