Friday, November 17 – Saturday, November 18, 2017
The Forum is designed to provide junior scholars with commentary and critique by their more senior colleagues in the legal academy and, more broadly, to foster development and understanding of new scholarly currents across equality law.
The Forum will feature five presenters (chosen from over 50 submissions):
Age, Law, and Egalitarianism
Alexander Boni-Saenz,Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent Law
Color-Blind But Not Color-Deaf: Accent Discrimination in Jury Selection
Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh Law
Colorable Claims of Discrimination
Vinay Harpalani, Associate Professor of Law, Savannah Law School
Scapegoating Abortion Rights: The Conservative Revolution and the Economic
Decline of the Working Class
Yvonne Lindgren, Visiting Professor of Law, University of San Francisco
Public Labor Unions as Democracy Facilitators for the Working Class
Courtlyn Roser-Jones, Hastie Fellow, University of Wisconsin Law School
The event is co-organized by Tristin Green, USF Law, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, UC Berkeley Law, and Leticia Saucedo, UC Davis Law. Financial support is provided by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley, the UC Davis School of Law, and the UC Irvine School of Law.
Comment and critique will be provided by the following scholars:
Khiara Bridges, Boston University Law, Catherine Fisk, Berkeley Law, Jonathan Glater, UC Irvine Law, Tristin Green, University of San Francisco Law, Ariela Gross, USC Law, Trina Jones, Duke Law, Osagie Obasogie, Berkeley Public Health, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Berkeley Law, Leticia Saucedo, UC Davis Law, Michael Waterstone, Loyola-Los Angeles Law.
We will also hold a panel discussion on Producing Scholarship in Equality Law with the following panelists participating: Kathy Abrams, Berkeley Law, Catherine Albiston, Berkeley Law, Camille Gear Rich, USC Law, Vicky Plaut, Berkeley Law, Russell Robinson, Berkeley Law, Bertrall Ross, Berkeley Law, Jonathan Simon, Berkeley Law.