Immigration Law Symposium
Persistent Puzzles in Immigration Law
February 17-18, 2011
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Our labor markets rely heavily on unauthorized workers, yet the law affords these workers only modest workplace protections. Restrictionists condemn sanctuary cities while praising Arizona's S.B. 1070.
Immigrants' rights advocates argue that localities should be allowed to opt out of Secure Communities while battling local anti-immigrant ordinances on preemption grounds. Immigration enforcement efforts are promoted as necessary to restore the rule of law, yet ongoing enforcement efforts sometimes unfold with apparent disregard for due process rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
What are the sources of these impossible choices and contradictory impulses? Can the law be used to alleviate these tensions, or must we look beyond law’s boundaries? Is political compromise the only answer, or will one agenda emerge to the exclusion of others? Is change destined to be incremental or are there opportunities for sweeping overhaul? These are just some of the questions this symposium hopes to answer.
MCLE credit will be offered by UC Irvine School of Law, an approved State Bar of California MCLE provider.
Co-sponsored by UC Irvine's Center in Law, Society, and Culture and Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy
To register: Click here to register online
Featured Speakers
Christina Burnett
Columbia
Susan Bibler Coutin
UC Irvine
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Stanford
Ingrid Eagly
UCLA
Catherine Fisk
UC Irvine
Shannon Gleeson
UC Santa Cruz
Jennifer Gordon
Fordham
Pratheepan Gulasekaram
Santa Clara
Ernesto Hernández
Chapman
Bill Hing
USF
Julianne Hing
Colorlines
Kevin Johnson
UC Davis
Kathleen Kim
Loyola
Jennifer Koh
Western State
Stephen Lee
UC Irvine
Teresa Miller
SUNY Buffalo
Hiroshi Motomura
UCLA
John S.W. Park
UC Santa Barbara
Peter Schuck
Yale
Juliet Stumpf
Lewis & Clark
Rose Cuison Villazor
Hofstra
Leti Volpp
Berkeley
Michael Wishnie
Yale
Symposium Schedule
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Noon – 2:00 p.m.: Registration (Box lunch will be available for pick-up)
12:30 p.m.: Welcome remarks
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.: Managing Immigrants Through Criminal Law
- Teresa Miller (SUNY Buffalo)
- Peter Schuck (Yale)
- Jennifer Chacón (UC Irvine) – Moderator
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.: Break
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Race and Immigration Law
- Kevin Johnson (UC Davis)
- Ernesto Hernandez (Chapman)
- Rose Villazor (Hofstra)
- John Park (UCSB) – Moderator
Friday, February 18, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Registration
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.: Claims to Membership
- Hiroshi Motomura (UCLA)
- Christina Burnett (Columbia)
- Leti Volpp (UC Berkeley)
- Susan Coutin (UC Irvine) – Moderator
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.: Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Immigrants and Work
- Kathleen Kim (Loyola)
- Juliet Stumpf (Lewis & Clark)
- Jennifer Gordon (Fordham)
- Catherine Fisk (UC Irvine) – Moderator
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (Box lunch available for pickup)
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.: Immigration's Institutional Values
- Pratheepan Gulasekaram (Santa Clara)
- Michael Wishnie (Yale)
- Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (Stanford)
- Stephen Lee (UC Irvine) – Moderator
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.: Break
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Claims-Making and Advocacy
- Bill Hing (USF) & Julianne Hing (Colorlines reporter)
- Shannon Gleeson (UC Santa Cruz)
- Ingrid Eagly (UCLA)
- Jennifer Koh (Western State) – Moderator