2018 Symposium: Race, Inequality, and Debt

March 16–17, 2018
UCI School of Law, Edu 1111

Friday, March 16

Time Event

8:30–8:45

Breakfast

8:45–9:00

Introductions: CLEAR Co-Directors Mario Barnes, Kaaryn Gustafson, Henry Weinstein

9:00–10:30

Panel 1: Race and Criminal Debt

Myesha Braden (Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law)

Joshua Page (University of Minnesota)

Noah Zatz (UCLA)

10:30–10:45

Break

10:45–11:45

Panel 2: The Role of the State in Fostering Racial Disparities in Debt

Bernadette Atuahene (Chicago-Kent)

Tonya Brito (University of Wisconsin)

11:45–12:00

Lunch Pickup

12:00–1:00

Welcome Remarks: Dean L. Song Richardson (UCI School of Law)

Luncheon Speaker: José A. Quiñonez (Mission Asset Fund)

1:00–2:45

Panel 3: Race, Banking, Consumer Debt, and Financial Markets

Andrea Freeman (University of Hawaii)

Kristin Johnson (Seton Hall University)

2:45–3:00

Break

3:00–4:30

Panel 4: Emerging Analyses of Race and Debt

Fenaba Addo (University of Wisconsin)

Veena Dubal (UC Hastings)

Louise Seamster (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

4:30–5:30

Reception

Saturday, March 17

DateEvent

8:30–9:00

Breakfast

9:00–10:30

Panel 5: Teaching, Writing, and Lawyering for Racial and Economic Justice

Ted Mermin (UC Berkeley)

Jonathan Markovitz (ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties)

Kaaryn Gustafson (UCI)

10:30–11:15

Speaker: Mehrsa Baradaran (University of Georgia)

11:15–12:30

Plenary Discussion:

How can we foster more research and policy work that gives attention to race, inequality, and debt?

How can we support and enrich each other’s work?

12:30

Adjournment