Turtle Talk

Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society

Symposium

Law, Gender & Citizenship:

Contemporary Issues for American Indians and American Immigrants

March 5, 2010

Pyle Center  •  702 Langdon Street  •  University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tentative Schedule; Subject to Change

4 hours CLE applied for; $60 in advance; $75 at the door • Online Registration Available Soon

8:30-8:45 Welcome

Hon. Amanda Rockman (Ho-Chunk)

Trial Court of the Ho-Chunk Nation

8:45-9:00 Introduction

Dan Lewerenz (Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska)

Symposium Editor, Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society

9:00-9:50 The Indian Child Welfare Act and Same-Sex Couples: Whose Law Governs When a State Allows Adoption by Same-Sex Couples and a Tribe’s Does Not, and Vice Versa?

Steve Sanders

Associate, Mayer Brown LLP; 2010 Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Law School

9:50-10:00 Break

10:00-10:50 Federal Reservations: Sexual Violence Against Native American Women and the Denial of Reproductive Healthcare Services

Rebecca Hart

Legal Fellow, Center for Reproductive Rights

10:50-11:40 Shared Experiences, Divergent Outcomes: American Indian and Undocumented Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

Jacqueline Hand and David Koelsch

Professor and Assistant Professor, University of Detroit Mercy Law School

11:40-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1:15   Keynote Address

Diane Humetewa (Hopi)

Of Counsel, Squire Sanders; former U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona

1:15-2:05 287(g) and Women: The Family Values of Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law

Ajmel A. Quereshi

Skadden Fellow and Director, ACLU of Maryland Immigrants Rights Project

2:05-2:15 Break

2:15-3:05 Gender, Migration and Law: Unexpected Effects on the Most Vulnerable Immigrants

Carla L. Reyes

Public Interest Fellow, Volunteer Advocates for Immigrant Justice

3:05-3:15 Closing Remarks

Kate Frigo

Deputy Symposium Editor, Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society

For more information, contact Symposium Editor Dan Lewerenz at WJLGS.Symposium@gmail.com