Lewis & Clark Law: New Landscapes in Legalization: An Interdisciplinary Exploration

2011 Fall Immigration Forum Date: Friday, October 28, 2011 Time: 2:45 pm

Lewis & Clark Law School

The future of the more than 10 million noncitizens living in the United States outside the law has influenced presidential elections, driven federal and state policy, and mesmerized the media. On October 28, 2011, the Law School will host both a public forum and a scholarly workshop with leading migration scholars from a rich diversity of fields — law, political science, geography, history, ethnic studies and sociology — to map the underpinnings and future trajectory of the legalization of immigrants outside the law. The forum will explore the legalization themes in Professor Hiroshi Motomura’s forthcoming book, Immigration Outside the Law.

Professor Motomura is the Susan Westerberg Prager Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, a leading scholar and teacher of immigration and citizenship law, and the author of Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States. The event will culminate with a panel featuring the interdisciplinary scholars as they bring to bear their current research and perspectives on the intractable issue of legalization.

KJ