St. John’s School of Law Conference: Border Patrols: The Legal, Racial, Social and Economic Implications of United States Immigration Policy

St. John’s School of Law will be hosting a conference on “Border Patrols: The Legal, Racial, Social and Economic Implications of United States Immigration Policy.”  This symposium provides a multi-disciplinary exploration of immigration issues that is thoughtful, intellectually rigorous, and provocative.

Hosts:   

    Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

    The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development

Co-Sponsors

    St. John’s School of Law Education Law Society

    St. John’s University Committee for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Date:           Friday, March 16, 2012 Time 8 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

Location:     St. John’s School of Law 8000 Utopia Parkway Queens, NY 11439

The speakers include, among others, Anna W. Shavers (University of Nebraska School of Law), Ira Mehlman (Federation for American Immigration Reform), Katherine L. Vaughns (University of Maryland), César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández (Capital University Law School), Michelle R. Slack (University of Oregon School of Law), Huyen Pham (Texas Wesleyan University School of Law), Liliana C. Yanez (CUNY School of Law), Maureen Sweeney (University of Maryland), Michael Olivas (University of Houston Law Center), Rosemary Salomone (St. John’s School of Law), Mark Noferi (Brooklyn Law School), Scott Titshaw (Mercer University School of Law), Leonard M. Baynes (St. John’s School of Law), Nora V. Demleitner (Hofstra Law School), Nicholas Espiritu (MALDEF), Michele Waslin (Immigration Policy Center), and Angelo Pappareli (Seyfarth Shaw).

KJ