Wisconsin Journal of Gender, Law & Society Symposium Agenda

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?

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