The Interplay of Race, Gender, Class, Crime and Justice

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April 26, 2014, 9:00 a.m.
University of California, Irvine School of Law, EDU 1111

National scholars from various disciplines will convene to participate in conversations organized around the following panel topics:

  • Unequal Burdens of the Collateral Consequences of Incarceration (a panel proposed and moderated by UCI Law students)
  • Critical Analyses of Crime, Punishment, and Intersectional Identities
  • Interdisciplinary Explorations of Identity, Crime, and Punishment

Papers from this symposium are published in the UC Irvine Law Review, VOLUME 5: ISSUE NO. 4.

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Sponsored by the Center on Law, Equality and Race (CLEAR) at the
UC Irvine School of Law.

Lunchtime Keynote Speaker

Professor Kaaryn S. Gustafson
University of Connecticut School of Law
Discussing her recent book, Cheating Welfare: Public Assistance and the Criminalization of Poverty

Currently Confirmed Panelists and Moderators

Andrea Armstrong
Loyola University, New Orleans College of Law

G. Jack Chin
UC Davis School of Law

Cynthia Lee
George Washington University Law School

Mona Lynch
UC Irvine School of Social Ecology

Jonathan Markovitz
UC Irvine School of Law

Eric Miller
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

Priscilla Ocen
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

Michael Pinard
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Camille Gear Rich
USC Gould School of Law

L. Song Richardson
The University of Iowa College of Law

Lahny Silva
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Naomi Sugie
Princeton University

Bryan Sykes
DePaul University

Sherod Thaxton
UCLA School of Law

Nicole Van Cleve
Temple University

Schedule

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction by Mario Barnes

10:00 a.m. Panel 1: Unequal Burdens of the Collateral Consequences of Incarceration

  • Student Moderator: Jonathan Markovitz
  • G. Jack Chin (UC Davis)
  • Michael Pinard (Maryland)
  • Lahny Silva (Indiana)
  • Naomi Sugie (Princeton)

12:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Kaaryn Gustafson discussing her book, Cheating Welfare: Public Assistance and the Criminalization of Poverty

1:30 p.m. Panel 2: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Identity, Crime & Punishment

  • Moderator: Sherod Thaxton (UCLA)
  • Mona Lynch (UCI)
  • L. Song Richardson (Iowa)
  • Bryan Sykes (DePaul)
  • Nicole Van Cleve (Temple)

3:30 p.m. Panel 3: Critical Analyses of Crime, Punishment, and Intersectional Identities

  • Moderator: Moderator: Eric Miller (Loyola L.A.)
  • Andrea Armstrong (Loyola N.O.)
  • Cynthia Lee (G.W.)
  • Priscilla Ocen (Loyola L.A.)
  • Camille Gear Rich (USC)

5:00 p.m. Reception and Gustafson Book Signing