[Immigrantrightsnynj] March 23 Conference on Immigrant Detainees: Registration Now Open

[Immigrant Rights NYNJ]

*Conference on Immigrant Detainees: Registration Now Open***


 Nationally renowned immigration experts, judges, practitioners, academics,
and former detainees will speak at the all-day conference, “*Immigrant
Detainees: Alone, Unrepresented & Imprisoned*,” to be held at Rutgers
School of Law–Newark on Friday, March 23, 2012. U.S. Senator Robert
Menendez will deliver the keynote address.

The conference is a joint effort by the Rutgers–Newark, Seton Hall,
Cardozo, and New York University law schools. Panel sessions include:

   - Immigration Incarceration (a look at the realities of immigration
   detention)
   - Mandatory Detention: Impact, Alternatives & Paths to Reform
   - Access to Justice for Detainees in Immigration Proceedings
   - A Call to Action: Promoting Pro Bono Representation in Immigration
   Proceedings.

Confirmed speakers include:

   - U.S. Senator *Robert Menendez*
   - *Hon. Michael A. Chagares*, Third Circuit Court of Appeals
   - *Alice Clapman*, University of Baltimore School of Law
   - *Alina Das*, NYU Law School
   - *Betsy Ginsberg*, Cardozo Law School
   - *Amy Gottlieb*, American Friends Service Committee
   - *Anju Gupta*, Rutgers School of Law–Newark
   - *Warren Joseph*, Families for Freedom
   - *Hon. Robert A. Katzmann*, Second Circuit Court of Appeals
   - *Lynn M. Kelly*, NY City Bar Justice Center
   - *Lawrence S. Lustberg*, Gibbons PC
   - ***Lauren Major *and *Semuteh Freeman*****, NYU Law Immigrant Rights
   Clinic
   - *Lori A. Nessel*, Seton Hall Law School
   - *Judy Rabinovitz*, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
   - *Ravi Ragbir*, Families for Freedom
   - *Silky Shah*, Detention Watch Network
   - *Annie Sovcik*, Human Rights First
   - *Catherine Weiss*, Lowenstein Sandler LLC
   - *Seth Freed Wessler*, Investigative Reporter, Colorlines.com
   - *Amelia Wilson*, American Friends Service Committee

The conference is free and open to the public; however pre-registration is
required. Additional information, including registration information, can
be found at http://www.law.newark.rutgers.edu/immigrant-detainees. A
conference flier and the conference program are attached (the conference
program can also be downloaded from the website).

The conference is co-sponsored by Lowenstein Sandler PC, Gibbons PC,
Rutgers Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes, Rutgers–Newark Center for
Migration and the Global City, Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic, Rutgers
Immigrant Rights Collective, Rutgers Human Rights Forum, Seton Hall Law
Center for Social Justice, NYU School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic,
American Friends Service Committee, and Human Rights First.


--
Anju Gupta
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic
Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
agupta at kinoy.rutgers.edu
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