Symposium Schedule

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks and Welcome

Speakers:

• Austen Parrish, Interim Dean and Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
• Lakeshia Dorsey and Christie Coleman, Special Project Editors, Southwestern Journal of International Law

9:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Shattered Families

Speakers:

• Yali Lincroft, MBA, Policy and Program Consultant, First Focus
• Cecilia Saco, Supervising Children's Social Worker, Department of Children and Family Services
• Andrea Ramos, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Immigration Law Clinic, Southwestern Law School

Moderator:

• Professor Julia Vazquez, Southwestern Law School

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m. -
12:30 p.m.

Rights of Children and Governmental Responses

Speakers:

• Matthew Fraidin, Associate Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law
• Veronica Aragón, Human Rights Litigator, Center for Justice in International Law
• Irene Banias, Assistant Professor of Law, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Hannah Garry, Director, International Human Rights Clinic USC Gould School of Law

Moderator:

• Professor Myrna Raeder, Southwestern Law School

12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Adoption, Abduction and the Hague Conventions

Speakers:

• Kathleen Strottman , Executive Director, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
• Joan Catherine Bohl, Professor of Legal Skills, Stetson University College of law
• Dr. Adiva Sifris, Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• Jennifer Mertus, Director, Center for Children’s Rights, Whittier Law School

Moderator:

• Professor Christine Lorillard, Southwestern Law School

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.

Child Trafficking and Children in Conflict with the Law

Speakers:

• Wendi Adelson, Visiting Clinical Professor, Florida State University College of Law
• Bernardine Dohrn, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern Law School
• Stephanie Richard, Policy & Legal Services Director, The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking

Moderator:

• Professor Julie Waterstone, Southwestern Law School

5:15 p.m

Closing Remarks and Reception