AALS Immigration Section programs (Washington, DC – January 2024)
[UPDATED 1/5/24]
These are the Immigration Section’s events at the upcoming AALS conference in Washington DC (Jan. 3-6). Locations included. We hope to see many of you there!
Thursday, Jan. 4 , 3-4pm: “Immigrants Defending Democracy and Resisting Dictatorship”
Panelists: Dina Haynes (New England Law), Jennifer Koh (Pepperdine), S. Priya Morley (UCLA), Huyen Pham (Texas A&M, moderator), Oren Sellstrom (Lawyers for Civil Rights)
Location: Marriott Liberty Salon O Level M4
Friday, Jan. 5, 12-1:40: New Voices in Immigration Law
Papers by Matthew Boaz (discussant Daniel Morales), Shane Ellison (discussant Jaya Ramji-Nogales), Valeria Gomez (discussant Shruti Rana), David Hausman (discussant Jenny-Brooke Condon), Jenny Kim (discussant Rose Cuison-Villazor), and Joel Sati (discussant Cori Alonso-Yoder). Email Carolina Nunez for more detail on procuring papers.
Location: Marriott Capitol Hill Level M3
Saturday, Jan. 6, 10-11:40: Teaching Critical Mobilization
Panelists: Sameer Ashar, Laila Hlass, Kathleen Kim
Location: Marriott Supreme Court Level M4
Addendum: Works-In-Progress
We are excited to see many of you at the annual AALS meeting in Washington D.C. If you are attending this year’s meeting, we would love to have you join us at the New Voices in Immigration Law session on Friday, January 5, from noon to 1:40 pm. During that session, we will break up into two concurrent WIP groups, each of which will discuss three papers:
Group 1:
Rescuing Noncitizen Veterans From the “Zone of Death,” by Jenny Kim.
The Toll Paid When Adjudicators Err: Reforming Appellate Review Standards for Refugees, by Shane Ellison
The Migration of Abolition Theory, by Matthew Boaz
Group 2:
When Jurisdiction Stripping Raises Factual Questions, by David Hausman
The New Dobbs Border for Immigrant Women, by Valeria Gomez
Privacy and the Impossibility of Borders, by Joel Sati
To RSVP for New Voices and to indicate your preference of papers to discuss, please fill out this Google Form. I plan to confirm which group you are assigned to (and circulate the related drafts) by December 11. In the meantime, best of luck with the upcoming end of semester!
AALS Immigration Section Executive Committee: Fatma Maroud, Ming H. Chen, Carolina Nunez, Michael Kagan, Kathleen Kim
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