The 25th Anniversary of the United States v. Hirabayashi Coram Nobis Case:
Its Meaning Then and Its Relevance Now
Program Schedule
Draft as of December 1, 2011
February 11, 2012 Campion Ballroom, Seattle University
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. |
Continental breakfast
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| 9:00-9:10 a.m. |
Welcome remarks
Mark Niles, Dean
Seattle University School of Law
Professor Robert S. Chang, Executive Director
Korematsu Center for Law and Equality
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| 9:10-9:20 a.m. |
Gordon Hirabayashi and the Incarceration of Japanese American During World War II
Tom Ikeda, Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
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| 9:20-9:30 a.m. |
Hirabayashi v. United States: 1943 and 1987
Peter Irons, Emeritus Professor of Political Science
University of California, San Diego
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| 9:30-10:45 a.m. |
The Reopening of Hirabayashi v. United States:
Reflections by the Team
Moderator: Rod Kawakami
Kathryn Bannai
Michael Leong
Roger Shimizu
Camden Hall
Karen Narasaki
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| 10:45-11:00 a.m. |
Break
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| 11:00 a.m.-noon |
Introduction of Judge Mary Schroeder
Honorable Richard Jones, Federal District Court for
the Western District of Washington
What Gordon Hirabayashi Taught me About Courage
The Honorable Mary Schroeder, Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals and author of the court's opinion in
Hirabayashi v. United States, 828 F2d 591 (9th Cir. 1987)
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| noon - 12:30 |
Lunch buffet
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| 12:30-1:15 p.m. |
Lunch and Program
Professor Lori Bannai, Director
Korematsu Center for Law and Equality
Lori Matsukawa
King5 News, Seattle, Washington
A message from Gordon Hirabayashi's family
Jay Hirabayashi
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| 1:15-2:30 p.m. |
A View from the Academy on the Significance and Present Relevance
of Hirabayashi v. United States
Moderator: Natasha Martin, Associate Dean for Research
and Faculty Development, SU School of Law
Professor Lane Hirabayashi, Asian American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor Natsu Taylor Saito
Georgia State University College of Law
Professor Eric Yamamoto
University of Hawai'i William S. Richardson School of Law
Professor Michael McCann, Political Science
University of Washington
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| 2:30-2:45 p.m. |
Break
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| 2:45-4:00 p.m. |
The Role of the Lawyer in Public Interest Movements
Moderator: Anjana Malhotra
Korematsu Center Clinical Teaching Fellow
Seattle University School of Law
Angelica Chazaro
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle
David Carlson, Associate Director
Legal Advocacy for Disability Rights Washington
Anne Lee, Executive Director
Team Child
Jose Padilla, Executive Director
California Rural Legal Assistance
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| 4:15-5:30 p.m. |
A Reception Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the
Hirabayashi Coram Nobis Case
2nd Floor Gallery, Seattle University School of Law
Rod Kawakami, Co-Lead Counsel
Hirabayashi v. U.S. coram nobis case
Don Tamaki, Korematsu v. U.S.coram nobis case
Peggy Nagae, Yasui v. U.S. coram nobis case
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Opening of Exhibit on Mr. Hirabayashi's life and cases
Law Library, 2nd Floor, Sullivan Hall
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