About the Conference

Conference Program and Schedule

Thursday, September 19, 2002
7pm–9pm	Reception and Dinner for Conference Speakers (location and directions to be mailed).
Friday, September 20, 2002
12:30pm-2pm	Registration Lobby of Sullivan Hall, Seattle University School of Law
2:15pm-2:30pm	Welcome Room C5 Dean Rudolph Hasl, Seattle University School of Law President Stephen Sundborg, Seattle University
2:30pm-4:30pm	Panel 1: Theorizing Assimilation & Resistance Room C5 Susan Boyd, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia Devon Carbado, UCLA School of Law Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University, School of Law Ruthann Robson, City University of New York School of Law Anthony Winer, William Mitchell College of Law Claire Young, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia Bryan Adamson (moderator), Seattle University School of Law
4:30pm-4:45pm	Break
4:45pm-6pm	Concurrent Sessions A. Beyond the "B" and the "T": Legal and Cultural Intersections of Queer and Trans People in the Movement for Social Justice. (Workshop Format) Room C5 Aline Carton, Seattle University School of Law Dylan Vade, Transgender Law Center Sheila Mengert B. Refugee/Asylum Law Room C6 Nicole LaViolette, University of Ottawa Jenni Millbank, University of Sydney Law School Ronald C. Slye (moderator), Seattle University School of Law
6pm	Reception and Dinner Second Floor Gallery, Sullivan Hall
7:30pm	Musical Entertainment: The Righteous Mothers Second Floor Gallery, Sullivan Hall
Saturday, September 21, 2002
9am-10:30am	Panel 2: Some Sites of Tension: Marriage, Markets & Murder Room C5 Adrienne Davis, University of Chicago School of Law Joan Howarth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Peter Kwan, Golden Gate University, Visiting Professor of Law David Skover, Seattle University School of Law Kellye Testy, Seattle University School of Law Melinda Branscomb (moderator), Seattle University School of Law
10:30am-10:45am	Break
10:45am-12:30pm	Panel 3: Assimilation & Resistance in Personal, Professional, and Pedagogical Practices: A Roundtable Discussion Room C5 Lisa Brodoff, Seattle University School of Law Kim Brooks, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada Debra Parkes, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba Julie Shapiro, Seattle University School of Law Nancy Shurtz, University of Oregon Maggie Chon (moderator), Seattle University School of Law
12:30pm-1:45pm	Box Lunches and Discussion: A Conversation About Difference Room C5 Paula Ettelbrick, University of Michigan, Columbia, NYU, and Wayne State Law Schools Judith Stacey, University of Southern California Janet Ainsworth (moderator), Seattle University School of Law
1:45pm-4pm	Panel 4: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Room C5 Elvia Arriola, Northern Illinois University College of Law Lara Karaian, York University Patricia Novotny, University of Washington Marc Poirier, Seton Hall University School of Law Travis Taylor, Civil Rights Investigator, Seattle Office for Civil Rights Jim Wilets, NSU Law Center Carmen Gonzalez (moderator), Seattle University School of Law
4pm-4:15pm	Break
4:15pm-5:30pm	“Town Hall” Discussion Room C5 All Conference Participants Jodi O’Brien & Kellye Testy (moderators), Seattle University
5:30pm	Closing Reception Second Floor Gallery, Sullivan Hall