WLC

Friday, March 31, 2023 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Room 229 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Conference Reception (2nd Floor) Thomas Jefferson School of Law 701 B St. Suite 110 San Diego, CA 92101 Parking is available in 701 B Street for a fee. The entrance to the garage is on 7th Avenue between B and C Streets. Parking is also available for a fee in nearby parking lots.

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This conference brought together leading experts and practitioners to discuss hate crimes, with a special focus on hate cries against women and vulnerable communities.

Distinguished Professor Sherene H. Razack, Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women's Studies, UCLA, will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. Her keynote address, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Hate Crimes or Racial Terror?, will explore hate and its legal form, “hate crime,” as an explanatory concept, including how they may play a role in both highlighting racial and colonial motivations and also obscuring structural origins of violence against indigenous women. Professor Razack continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2003.

Other speakers include: Dorothy Alther, California Indian Legal Services; Matthew Brown, Anti-Defamation League; Estela De Los Rios, CSA San Diego County; Abigail Dillon, San Diego District Attorney’s Office; Kim Fountain, The San Diego LGBT Community Center; Brother Yusef Miller, North County Equity and Justice Coalition; Ashanti Smith, Office of the Primary Public Defender of San Diego; Alicia Williams, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California.

 

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SCHEDULE

12:30 – 12:40	Welcoming Remarks Sandra Rierson, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
12:40 – 1:40	Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture Sherene H. Razack, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor, Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies, UCLA Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Hate Crimes or Racial Terror? Introduction: Linda M. Keller, Dean and Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
1:40 – 2:50	The Reality of Prosecuting Hate Crimes: State, Federal, and Tribal Issues Abigail Dillon, Deputy District Attorney and Lead Hate Crimes Prosecutor, San Diego District Attorney’s Office Alicia Williams, Assistant U.S. Attorney and Hate Crimes Coordinator, Southern District of California Dorothy Alther, Legal Director for California Indian Legal Services, Escondido Moderator: Bryan Wildenthal, Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
2:50 – 3:00	Break
3:00 – 4:15	The Impact of Hate Crimes on Vulnerable Communities: Part I Estela De Los Rios, Executive Director of CSA San Diego County Abigail Dillon, Deputy District Attorney and Lead Hate Crimes Prosecutor, San Diego District Attorney’s Office Ashanti Smith, Office of the Primary Public Defender of San Diego Moderator: Melissa Johnson, President, San Diego County Bar Association
4:15 – 5:30	The Impact of Hate Crimes on Vulnerable Communities: Part II Matthew Brown, Anti-Defamation League Kim Fountain, The San Diego LGBT Community Center Yusef Miller, North County Equity and Justice Coalition Moderator: Shannon Finley, President, Lawyers Club of San Diego
5:30 – 6:30	Reception

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REGISTRATION

Please note: Advance registration required. Fees are non-refundable and include the reception.

• FREE All students with valid photo ID
• FREE Thomas Jefferson School of Law Faculty and Staff
• FREE Prospective Students
• $30 Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni (with or without MCLE credit)
• $30 Lawyers Club Members (with or without MCLE credit)
• $30 San Diego County Bar Association Members (with or without MCLE credit)
• $30 Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $40 General public (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $45 All others (seeking MCLE credit)

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MCLE PENDING

1.0 MCLE Elimination of Bias Credit Pending

 

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If you have any questions, please contact Professor Sandra Rierson at srierson@tjsl.edu or Dean Linda Keller at lkeller@tjsl.edu.

Friday, February 1, 2019 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Thomas Jefferson School of Law 701 B St. Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92101   Upon arrival, take the elevator to the second floor. Registration is in the Student Lounge. The conference will be held in room 229.   Parking is available in 701 B Street for a fee. The entrance to the garage is on 7th Avenue between B and C Streets. Parking is also available for a fee in nearby parking lots, including a lot on B Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 19 th  Annual Women and the Law Conference, The Way Forward: Gender, LGBTQIA Rights, and Religious Liberties, will be held on Friday, February 1, 2019 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. This conference brings together leading experts and practitioners to discuss critical federal and state legislative, executive, and judicial developments affecting women, the LGBTQIA community, and people concerned about religious liberties.  At a time when public discourse about these issues seems irreconcilably polarized, this event will focus on means to resolve these opposing views.

Former EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. Before her appointment, Commissioner Feldblum was a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center.  Feldblum continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2003.

Other speakers include:  Alan Brownstein, Emeritus Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law; Julie Greenberg, Emeritus Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Pamuela Halliwell, therapist at the San Diego LGBT Community Center; Shannon Minter, Legal Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights; Jocelyn Samuels, Executive Director at the Williams Center UCLA School of Law; Maimon Schwarzchild, Law Professor at the University of San Diego School of Law; and Mattheus Stephens, Founding Partner of the Progressive Law Group.

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SCHEDULE

12:30 – 12:45	Welcoming Remarks
	Linda Keller, Interim Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
12:45 – 2:15	Connecting the Dots: Learning from the Transgender and Intersex Communities about Challenging Gender Discrimination
	Julie Greenberg, Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Pamuela Halliwell, The San Diego LGBT Community Center Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights Mattheus Stephens, Founding Partner, Progressive Law Group MODERATOR: Danna J. Cotman, President, ARC IP Law, PC; President, Lawyers Club of San Diego
2:15 – 2:30	BREAK
2:30 – 3:15	Seventeenth Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture
	The Honorable Chai Feldblum, former U.S. EEOC Commissioner Religious Liberty and LGBTQIA Rights: Finding the Balance INTRODUCTION: Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
3:15 – 4:45	Balancing LGBTQIA Rights and Religious Liberties – Commentary on the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture
	Alan Brownstein, Professor Emeritus, UC Davis School of Law Jocelyn Samuels, Executive Director, The Williams Center, UCLA School of Law Maimon Schwarzschild, Professor, University of San Diego Law School MODERATOR: Paula S. Rosenstein, Judge California Superior Court
4:45 – 5:00	Closing Remarks
	Julie Greenberg, Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
5:00 – 6:00	RECEPTION AND DEDICATION OF THE MARYBETH HERALD CLASSROOM

 

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REGISTRATION

Please note: Advanced registration required. Fees are non-refundable and include the reception.

• FREE   All students with valid photo ID
• FREE   Thomas Jefferson School of Law Faculty and Staff
• FREE   Prospective Students
• $30     Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni (with or without MCLE credit)
• $30     Lawyers Club Members (with or without MCLE credit)
• $30     Tom Homann LGBT Law Association Members(with or without MCLE credit)
• $30     Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $40     General public (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $45     All others (seeking MCLE credit)

Register Now

 

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SPONSORSHIP/ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

Requirements: Must submit camera-ready artwork. Color, JPG or PDF format, 300ppi image resolution recommended. File size must be under 10MB.

• $400  Full page ad - 8.5"w x 11"h
• $200  Half page ad - 8.5"w x 5.5"h
• $100  Quarter page ad - 4.25"w x 5.5"h

 

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MCLE AVAILABLE

3.75 hours MCLE Credit

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE) by the State Bar of California.

 

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If you have any questions, please contact Susan Bisom-Rapp at susanb@tjsl.edu.

Friday, February 3, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Thomas Jefferson School of Law 1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 17^th Annual Women and the Law Conference, Pursuing Inclusion: Diversity in the Workplace, will be held on Friday, February 3, 2017 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

This conference brings together leading experts and practitioners to examine the challenges to and strategies for achieving workplace diversity and inclusion. At a time of polarized public discourse on matters involving race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation and identity, disability, age, and socio-economic status, this event will highlight a number of critically important topics, including: developing cultural competency; the strengths and weaknesses in employment and civil rights law; identifying and overcoming unconscious bias; how strategic efforts can inform public policy; and how other countries confront diversity at a time when work is changing rapidly.

Professor Leticia Saucedo, Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. A cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and member of the American Law Institute, Saucedo was previously Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Visiting Professor at Duke University School of Law, and a staff attorney at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.  She is an expert in employment, labor, and immigration law. Saucedo continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson in 2003.

Other speakers include:  Mario Barnes, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, UC Irvine; Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Chapter; Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Julie Greenberg, Professor Emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Anne Koenig, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of San Diego; Rebecca Lee, Associate Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Doreen Mattingly, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University; Miranda McGowan, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law; Patti Perez, Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins; Camille Gear Rich, Associate Provost and Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Southern California; Malcolm Sargeant, Professor of Labour Law, Middlesex University Business School, London; Susan Tiefenbrun, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

The event is co-sponsored by Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Center for Law and Social Justice and Center for Global Legal Studies. 

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SCHEDULE

8:00 - 9:00     Check In

9:00 - 9:30     Welcome & Introductory Remarks

• Thomas Guernsey, Dean and President, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Rebecca Lee, Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

9:30 - 11:00    Accounting for Biases and Developing Solutions

• Anne Koenig, Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego
  Descriptive and Prescriptive Gender Stereotypes and the Double Bind
• Miranda McGowan, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
  The Partnership Problem and the Paradox of Parenthood
• Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Chapter
  Protecting Religious Accommodation Rights in the Workplace
• Patti Perez, Shareholder, Olgetree Deakins
  The Design and Execution of Effective Diversity and Inclusion Programs
• Moderator: Kaimi Wenger, Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

11:00 - 11:15   Break

11:15 - 12:45   The Past as Prologue – Workplace Diversity After the Election

• Doreen Mattingly, Associate Professor and Chair, Women’s Studies, San Diego State University
  March Fong and Yvonne Brathwaite: The Diverse Roots of Feminist Lawmaking in California
• Camille Gear Rich, Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Southern California
  Marginal Whiteness Revisited: White Working Class Identity and Workplace Politics
• Julie Greenberg, Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  Considering the Gains for LGBT Rights in Light of the Election
• Rebecca Lee, Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  Furthering Workplace Diversity After Fisher I & II
• Moderator: Mara Elliott, San Diego City Attorney

12:45 - 2:15    Lunch

2:15 - 3:15     Fifteenth Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture 
                       Protecting the Dependent Worker in a Free Society

• Leticia Saucedo, Professor of Law, UC Davis; former Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; former Visiting Professor at Duke University School of Law; former research scholar with the Chief Justice Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity at U.C. Berkeley; and former staff attorney at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

3:15 - 4:45     Alternative Frameworks for Understanding

• Mario Barnes, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, UC Irvine 
  A Hair Out of Place: Culture, Biology and Judicial Misunderstandings of Identity in the Workplace

• Susan Bisom-Rapp. Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  Malcolm Sargeant, Professor of Labour Law, Middlesex University Business School, London, UK
  Modeling and Applying Theory to the Case of Working Women’s Lifetime Disadvantage

• Susan Tiefenbrun, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law 
  Employment Law in China and Its Impact on Women Working
• Moderator: Orly Lobel, Don Weckstein Professor of Labor and Employment Law, University of San Diego

4:45 - 5:00     Closing

5:00 - 6:00     Reception

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REGISTRATION

Please note: Advanced registration required. Fees are non-refundable and include the Reception. Registration deadline: Friday, January 27. The main conference classroom is at capacity. An adjacent classroom will be set up for overflow with a live simulcast of the conference throughout the day.

• FREE   All students with valid photo ID, Thomas Jefferson School of Law faculty, Thomas Jefferson School of Law staff
• $30     Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni (with or without MCLE credit)
• $30     Lawyers Club Members and Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $40     General public (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $45     All others (seeking MCLE credit)

REGISTRATION CLOSED

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MCLE AVAILABLE

5.5 hours Elimination of Bias MCLE Credit

MCLE Materials

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE) by the State Bar of California.

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If you have any questions, please contact Lillian Blackburn at lblackburn@tjsl.edu.

Friday, February 9, 2018 9:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.   Thomas Jefferson School of Law 1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 18^th Annual Women and the Law Conference, Her Place at the Bargaining Table: Gender, Negotiation and “Risky” Decision-Making, will be held on Friday, February 9, 2018 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

This conference brings together leading experts and practitioners to focus exclusively on issues related to gender and the law to address the issue of women at the bargaining table. How does gender affect the way we approach and manage negotiations in a variety of settings?

Explorations into the enduring wage gap between men and women prompt us to examine this important topic. Despite advances, women on average continue to earn roughly 80 cents for each male dollar earned. In 1960, women earned approximately 64 cents for each male dollar and experts estimate that the gap will likely not close for at least another 40 years...longer for Latina or African American women. What accounts for this gap? Is it explicit sexism, implicit bias, male and female divergent life choices? 

Negotiation experts maintain that women’s antipathy to negotiation and risk-taking provides a partial explanation. This year’s topic explores women and decision-making, with particular attention paid to the art and science of bargaining for advantage. 

Professor Linda C. Babcock will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. Babcock continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson in 2003.

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SCHEDULE

8:30 - 9:30     Check In and Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 9:45     Welcome & Introductory Remarks

• Joan Bullock, Dean and President, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Ellen Waldman, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

9:45 - 11:00    Her Place at the Bargaining Table: The View from the Academy

• Beth Chung, Professor of Management, San Diego State University
• Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, George Washington University  
• Thalma Lobel, Professor of Psychology, Tel Aviv University
• Claire Wright, Visiting Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  Moderator: Susan Bisom-Rapp, Associate Dean and Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

11:00 - 11:15   Break

11:15 - 12:30   Her Place at the Bargaining Table - The View from the Legal Profession

• Nadia P. Bermudez, Shareholder, Klinedinst
• Meryl Maneker, Partner, Wilson Turner Kosmo
• Heather Riley, Partner, Allen Matkins
• Susan Swan, Owner, Swan Employment Law 
  Moderator: Ellen Waldman, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

12:30 - 2:00    Lunch Break

2:00 - 3:00     16th Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture
                       Barriers to Women's Advancement: Negotiation and Allocation
                       of Time in the Workplace

• Linda C. Babcock, James M. Walton Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University

3:00 - 4:00     Her Place at the Bargaining Table: The View from the Neutrals

• Lucie Barron, Founder and President, ADR Services
• Hon. Christine Goldsmith (Ret.), Mediator and Arbitrator, Judicate West
• Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez (Ret.), Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS
• Hon. Nancy Wieben Stock (Ret.), Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS
  Moderator: Marquetta Stewart Brown, Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

4:00 - 4:15     Closing Remarks

• Ellen Waldman, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

4:15 - 5:00     Reception

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REGISTRATION

Please note: Advanced registration required. Fees are non-refundable and include the reception.

• FREE   All students with valid photo ID
• FREE   Thomas Jefferson School of Law Faculty and Staff
• FREE   Prospective Students
• $30     Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni (with or without MCLE credit)
• $30     Lawyers Club Members
• $30     Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $40     General public (not seeking MCLE credit)
• $45     All others (seeking MCLE credit)

Online Registration has closed, day of registration will be available at the event.

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MCLE AVAILABLE

4 hours MCLE Credit

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE) by the State Bar of California.

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SPONSORS

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If you have any questions, please contact Vi Sary at vsary@tjsl.edu.

Friday, February 5, 2016 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Thomas Jefferson School of Law 1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 Rooms 323 & 325

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The 16th Annual Women and the Law Conference, Pursuing Excellence: Diversity in Higher Education, brings together leading academics, educators, institutional leaders, and policy makers to examine how diversity in institutions of higher education affects and is inspired by students, faculty, and leaders. View biographies of the featured speakers here.

The conference will highlight a number of critically important topics including facilitating educational access for undocumented students, challenges to developing and nurturing a diverse educational environment, the importance of training students in professional programs (including medicine and law) to serve diverse populations, and attacks on affirmative action ranging from Prop 209 to the current U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas.

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RUTH BADER GINSBURG LECTURE

Bryant Garth, Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, former Dean at Southwestern Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Director of the American Bar Foundation, will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. He continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson in 2003.

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SCHEDULE

8:00 - 9:00     Registration

9:00 - 9:30     Welcome & Introductory Remarks

• Thomas Guernsey, Dean, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Susan Tiefenbrun, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Meera E. Deo, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Susan Bisom-Rapp, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

9:30 - 11:00    Facilitating Student Diversity

• Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Professor of Sociology, Cal State University San Marcos The Educational Journeys of Undocumented Latino Students: Promising Practices and Challenges
• Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management, UCLA The Way Forward: Increasing Access Post Proposition 209
• Rodney Fong, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law Priming the Pipeline to Law School
• Catherine Lucey, Professor and Vice Dean for Education, UCSF School of Medicine Diversity as a Strategic Imperative for Schools of Medicine
• Moderator: Maurice Dyson, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

11:00 - 11:15   Break

11:15 - 12:45   Recruiting & Retaining Diverse Faculty

• Meera E. Deo, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law The Ugly Truth about Legal Academia
• Mary Ann Mason, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center on Health, Economic, and Family Security, UC Berkeley Pregnancy Discrimination in STEM and other Academic Disciplines
• Linda Trinh Vo, Professor of Asian American Studies, UC Irvine Reconfiguring the Academy: Women of Color Faculty and The Politics of Inclusion
• Shirley Weber, California Assemblywoman, Chair of the Assembly Select Committees on Higher Education and Campus Climate, former President of the San Diego Unified School District and Professor at SDSU Legislative Update on Faculty Diversity
• Moderator: Laura Padilla, Professor of Law, California Western School of Law

12:45 - 2:15    Lunch

2:15 - 3:15     Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture

• Bryant Garth, Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, former Dean at Southwestern Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Director of the American Bar Foundation Diversity, Power, and Hierarchy in Legal Careers: An Empirical and Sociological Perspective

3:15 - 4:45     Leadership Roundtable

• Toni Atkins, Speaker of the California Assembly
• Adrian Gonzales, Interim Superintendent/President and Vice President of Student Services, Palomar Community College
• Vallera Johnson, Administrative Law Judge
• Susan Westerberg Prager, Dean, Southwestern Law School, former Dean at UCLA School of Law and Executive Director/CEO of AALS
• Moderator: Julie Greenberg, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

4:45 - 5:00     Closing

5:00 - 6:00     Reception

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REGISTRATION

Please note: Registration fees include the Reception and are non-refundable

• FREE   All students with photo ID, TJSL faculty, TJSL staff
• $30     TJSL Alumni (with or without MLCE credit)
• $30     Lawyers Club Members and Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years not seeking MCLE credit
• $40     General public (Not seeking MCLE credit)
• $45     All others (Seeking MLCE credit)

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SPONSORSHIP/ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

Requirements: Must submit camera-ready artwork. Color, JPG or PDF format, 300ppi image resolution recommended. File size must be under 10MB.

• $400  Full page ad - 8.5"w x 11"h
• $200  Half page ad - 8.5"w x 5.5"h
• $100  Quarter page ad - 4.25"w x 5.5"h

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MCLE AVAILABLE

5.5 hours Elimination of Bias MCLE Credit

MCLE Materials

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE) by the State Bar of California.

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If you have any questions, please contact Ferne Redford at fredford@tjsl.edu.

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law presents the 14th Annual Women and the Law Conference

WOMEN AND THE MILITARY

Friday, February 21, 2014 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Reception to follow

Room 325

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

1155 Island Ave.

San Diego, CA 92101

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2014 WLC Program | 2014 WLC History

MCLE Credit Available

The 2014 Women and the Law Conference gathers together a slate of luminaries in military leadership to explore the unique forces shaping women’s access to power in the U.S. military. The conference focuses on a number of issues, including whether new statistics on sexual assault in the military warrant legislative changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and explores the topic of women serving in elite combat units. The conference will be of interest not just to those with a military connection, but to anyone who seeks to gain insight on leadership and success from some of the nation’s most powerful lawyers in uniform.

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SPEAKERS

2014 Keynote Speaker

Vice Admiral Nanette M. DeRenzi

Judge Advocate General, United States Navy

Vice Admiral DeRenzi is the first woman to serve as Judge Advocate General. She is the highest-ranking lawyer in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

2014 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer

Captain Stacy A. Pedrozo

Commanding Officer, Naval Justice School

Captain Pedrozo serves as Commanding Officer of the Naval Justice School, which trains every lawyer in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

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SCHEDULE

8:30 - 9:00              Check-in

9:00 - 9:15              Welcome

9:15 - 9:45              Gretchen Means, Sexual Assault and Complex Litigation Highly Qualified Expert

                                for the United States Marine Corps LSSS-West

                                The Comparative Anatomy of Military Sexual Assault Prosecution

9:45 - 10:30            Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer: Captain Stacy A. Pedrozo, JAGC, US Navy,

                                Commanding Officer of the Naval Justice School

                                Sea Change: Women in the 21st Century U.S. Military

10:30 - 10:45          Break

10:45 - 12:15          Panel Discussion: Do Recent Statistics on Sexual Assault in the Military Warrant

                                Further Changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

The morning panel will explore the political and legislative dimensions of recent highly-publicized statistics on sexual assault in the military, including whether changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice are likely to be effective in combating these crimes. The panel will discuss the rights of accused service members and the implications of the potential removal of the discretion of the military convening authority in courts martial, and will discuss factors unique to the prosecution of sexual assault cases under the military justice system.

     Moderator: Colonel Jane L. Siegel, USMC (Ret.)      Panelists: Gretchen Means                      Brigadier General David M. Brahms, USMC (Ret.)                      Kathleen Gilberd                      Major Melanie Mann, USMC     12:15 - 1:30            Lunch break

1:45 - 3:00              Keynote Speaker: Vice Admiral Nanette M. DeRenzi, JAGC, US Navy,

                               Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy

3:00 - 3:15              Break

3:15 - 4:15              Panel Discussion: Women’s Service in Elite Combat Forces

The afternoon panel will explore the feasibility of women integrating into the elite forces of the U.S. military. A panel consisting of both active and former active-duty service members will discuss issues such as equipment and standards along with lessons learned when the military has previously integrated underrepresented service members into various communities.

     Moderator: Jennifer E. McCollough      Panelists: Rear Admiral Patrick E. McGrath, US Navy (Ret.)                      Kristen Kavanaugh                     Lieutenant Commander Renee May, USNR 

                    Rear Admiral Garry J. Bonelli, US Navy (Ret.)

4:15                         Dean's Wrap-Up

4:30                         Reception (8th Floor)

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REGISTRATION

• FREE for all registered students with photo ID, TJSL faculty and TJSL staff

• $25 for active duty and retired military personnel, TJSL alumni, and Lawyers Club members

• $35 for general public

Registration is CLOSED

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MCLE AVAILABLE

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE) by the State Bar of California.

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Note: Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The best seating choices will be available for those attending the entire conference. Seats cannot be reserved for individual sessions with purses, book bags, etc. Once a session begins, any people-less seats will be made available to others in need of seating. If the room reaches capacity, a nearby overflow room with a live broadcast of the conference will be available. Registration is now closed.

Parking Information: The Padres Parkade is offering a $6 flat rate for parking from 11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.  Guests must let the parking attendant know they are with the law school in order to get the special flat rate.

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433 10th Avenue (10th Avenue & J Street) San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 230-0003

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law will host its 13th annual Women and the Law Conference on Friday, February 8, bringing together prestigious jurists and distinguished academics to discuss this year’s theme, “HER HONOR:  Women in the Judiciary.”  Join us to celebrate women judges as we examine the importance of their role. The conference will reflect on the challenges and achievements of women judges and their effect on their legal systems and will look prospectively at the part women judges will play in developing stronger legal regimes.

Honored guest U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will bring her perspectives as a female member of the nation’s highest court during a Q & A session in the late afternoon. After her 2003 visit to Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Justice Ginsburg graciously created the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture Series, which has become the keynote presentation of this annual conference that focuses exclusively on issues related to gender and the law.

The 2013 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer is Susan Williams, the Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. A former clerk of Justice Ginsburg, Professor Williams is the author of Truth, Autonomy, and Speech: Feminist Theory and the First Amendment (NYU Press 2004). She has also written numerous articles on constitutional law and feminist legal theory. She is currently advising constitutional reforms around the world, promoting a global perspective on women’s equality. She will speak about the global impact that women in the judiciary can make on this process.

Former France Supreme Court Justice and French Cabinet Minister for European Union Affairs Noëlle Lenoir and former Brazil Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos Ayres Britto will be among the participants on the noon panel focusing on Global Perspectives related to women in the judiciary. Following that, another panel, featuring Justice Laurie Zelon of the California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, several academic scholars and San Diego Superior Court Judge (retired) Lillian Lim as moderator, will address domestic issues.

The conference will take place at Thomas Jefferson School of Law's new campus at 1155 Island Avenue in Downtown San Diego's East Village. Registered attendees will be provided with lunch, and the conference will be followed by a reception at which attendees may meet some of the speakers.

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Schedule

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.      Check In for Registered Guests and Boxed Lunches Distributed

12:00 – 12:15 p.m.      Welcoming Remarks, Intro and History

Rudolph C. Hasl, Dean and President, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Julie Cromer-Young, Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Susan Bisom-Rapp, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

12:15 – 1:45 p.m.     Global Perspectives

Moderator: Bryan Wildenthal, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Noëlle Lenoir, Former French Supreme Court Justice and French Cabinet Minister for European Union Affairs

Carlos Ayres Britto, Brazil Supreme Court Chief Justice (Ret.)

Leslie Kuan-Hsi Wang, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School

Nienke Grossman, Assistant Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law

1:45 – 2:00 p.m.     Break

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.     Domestic Perspectives

Moderator: Lillian Lim, San Diego Superior Court Judge (Ret.)

Sally Kenney, Newcomb College Endowed Chair, Professor of Political Science, Executive Director, Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University

Justice Laurie Zelon, California Court of Appeals, 2nd District

Carla D. Pratt, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State Dickinson School of Law, Associate Justice of the Standing Rock Sioux Supreme Court

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.     Break

3:45 – 4:30 p.m.     Keynote Address

Moderator: Julie Greenberg, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Susan Williams, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, the Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.     Break

4:45 – 6:00 p.m.     Q & A with United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Moderator: Susan Tiefenbrun, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Participants:

Jennifer McCollough, Student, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Rebecca Lee, Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Kenneth Vandevelde, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.     Closing Remarks and Reception

Meera E. Deo, Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Reception

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Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE)

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State bar of California in the amount of 3.75 hours.

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Registration

 

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED - EVENT IS SOLD-OUT

 

Deadline to register is February 1, 2013.

 

Register early as seating is limited. Conference registration includes lunch and reception.

No charge for TJSL Students, Faculty and Staff. All of your guests must pay to attend.

$25 for Students from other Institutions.

$35 for TJSL Alumni and Lawyers Club Members (includes MCLE credit).

$50 General Public (includes MCLE credit).

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This conference brought together world renowned experts to examine issues related to birth control, reproduction, assisted reproductive technologies, parenthood, abortion, and access to reproductive medical services by minorities and other marginalized populations.

8:00 – 8:30     Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30     Welcoming Remarks

• Rudolph C. Hasl, Dean and President, Thomas Jefferson School of Law 

• Julie A. Greenberg, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Co-Founder, Women and the Law Project    

• Joy L. Delman, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Chair, Women and the Law Conference 2012

8:45 - 11:45     Commodification, Reproduction and Women’s Autonomy

                          This panel will address the increasing commodification of women’s reproductive rights

                          in light of rapid technological changes.

• Moderator: A. Thomas Golden, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Co-Chair, Women and the Law Conference 2012

• Brenda Simon, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law The Implications of Gene Patents

• Hank Greely, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, Stanford Law School The Coming Flood of Prenatal Genetic Tests

• Break (10 minutes)

• Martha M. Ertman, Carole and Hanan Sibel Research Professor of Law, University of Maryland Contracting Into and Out of Fatherhood

• Rene Almeling, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm

• Questions

11:45 - 12:45     Lunch (Provided)

12:00 - 12:30     Film Viewing (Rooms 323 and 325)

12:45 - 3:00     Abortion Rights in a Post Roe v. Wade World                           This panel will address the implications of Roe v. Wade and subsequent developments

                          regarding reproductive choice.

• Moderator: Maureen E. Markey, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Co-Chair, Women and the Law Conference 2012

• Sarah Weddington, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas, Austin Keynote Address Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture: Women Lawyers: The Importance of Leadership

• Vince Hall, Vice President, Public Affairs & Communications, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest Abortion Rights in the United States: A Provider’s Perspective

• Priscilla (Cilla) Smith, Senior Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project, Yale Law School Reproductive Justice and the Regulation of Information

• Questions

3:00 - 3:15     Break

3:15 - 5:30     Intersectionality: Reproductive Rights and Marginalized Populations                         This panel will address the effect of race, class, and sexual orientation regarding

                        access to and attitudes about reproductive services.

• Moderator: Meera E. Deo, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

• Nancy Ehrenreich, William M. Beaney Memorial Research Chair and Professor, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law Race, Class and Breastfeeding in the Workplace

• Khiara M. Bridges, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Boston University Privacy Rights and Public Families

• Courtney G. Joslin, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis Assisted Reproductive Technology: Exclusion, Harm, and Parentage

• Lisa C. Ikemoto, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis The Realignment of Women’s Health Care under the ACA

• Questions

5:30 - 6:30     Reception (3^rd Floor Lobby)                          Sponsored by Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest

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Conference Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch and reception. No Charge for TJSL Students, Faculty & Staff $10 for Seniors (65+) and Students from Other Institutions $25 for TJSL Alumni and Lawyers Club Members (*includes MCLE credit) $35 for General Public (*includes MCLE credit)

5.5 MCLE credits will be available.

Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State bar of California.

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Please contact Donna Gehlken at dgehlken@tjsl.edu or Professor Joy Delman at jdelman@tjsl.edu.

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Women as Workers

Keynote Speaker: Professor Deborah L. Rhode, Stanford Law School

The Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s inaugural Women and the Law Conference in 2001, Women as Workers, featured as keynote speaker Professor Deborah Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, former president of the Association of American Law Schools and former chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Legal Profession. Her keynote address focused on the status of women in the legal profession and the challenge for lawyers of leading balanced lives. She was followed by Thomas Jefferson Law School Professors Susan Bisom-Rapp,Julie Greenberg and Susan Tiefenbrun, who respectively touched on their research related to sexual harassment training, Title VII and gender non-conformity discrimination, and global trafficking of women sex workers.