Conference on Immigrant Detainees
Nationally renowned immigration experts, judges, practitioners, academics, and former detainees will speak at the all-day conference, “Immigrant Detainees: Alone, Unrepresented & Imprisoned,” to be held at Rutgers School of Law–Newark on Friday, March 23, 2012. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez will deliver the keynote address.
The conference is a joint effort by the Rutgers–Newark, Seton Hall, Cardozo, and New York University law schools. Panel sessions include:
Immigration Incarceration (a look at the realities of immigration detention)
Mandatory Detention: Impact, Alternatives & Paths to Reform
Access to Justice for Detainees in Immigration Proceedings
A Call to Action: Promoting Pro Bono Representation in Immigration Proceedings.
Confirmed speakers include:
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez
Hon. Michael A. Chagares, Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Alice Clapman, University of Baltimore School of Law
Alina Das, NYU Law School
Betsy Ginsberg, Cardozo Law School
Amy Gottlieb, American Friends Service Committee
Anju Gupta, Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Warren Joseph, Families for Freedom
Hon. Robert A. Katzmann, Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Lynn M. Kelly, NY City Bar Justice Center
Lawrence S. Lustberg, Gibbons PC
Lauren Major and Semuteh Freeman, NYU Law Immigrant Rights Clinic
Lori A. Nessel, Seton Hall Law School
Judy Rabinovitz, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
Ravi Ragbir, Families for Freedom
Silky Shah, Detention Watch Network
Annie Sovcik, Human Rights First
Catherine Weiss, Lowenstein Sandler LLC
Seth Freed Wessler, Investigative Reporter, Colorlines.com
Amelia Wilson, American Friends Service Committee
The conference is free and open to the public; however pre-registration is required.
The conference is co-sponsored by Lowenstein Sandler PC, Gibbons PC, Rutgers Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes, Rutgers–Newark Center for Migration and the Global City, Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic, Rutgers Immigrant Rights Collective, Rutgers Human Rights Forum, Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice, NYU School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, American Friends Service Committee, and Human Rights First.
KJ