Feb 7: Gender, Parenting & the Law

The Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Stanford University Feminist Studies Department, and Clayman Institute invite you to:

GENDER, PARENTING, AND THE LAW: A Symposium
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Stanford Law School
Open to the public; MCLE credit pending

Featuring:
Opening Speaker: Cherrie Moraga, writer, poet, playwright, co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back, and Artist-In-Residence, Stanford University
Keynote Speaker: Dorothy Roberts, Kirkland and Ellis Professor at Northwestern University Law School, author, Killing the Black Body

Panel topics include:
*Parenting and Labor
*LGBT Parenting
*New Reproductive Technologies and the Law
*Parenting and the Criminal Justice System

Confirmed speakers include:
Kaaryn Gustafson (U Conn Law School); Laura Rosenbury (Stanford Law School, visiting); Geoff Kors (Equality California); Melissa Murray (UC Berkeley Law); Nancy Polikoff (American University School of Law); Patricia Allard (African Canadian Legal Clinic); Robin Levi (Justice Now); Karen Shain (Legal Services for Prisoners with Children); Rocio Cordoba (California Latinas for Reproductive Justice); Lisa Ikemoto (UC Davis Law); Sujatha Jesudason (Generations Ahead).

The symposium will provide a forum for academics, legal practicioners, students, organizers, and community members to share ground-breaking work on a number of urgent parenthood-related civil rights issues. Registration is free to students, faculty and community members. $50 registration fee requested for professionals. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

To register, or for more information, visit: http://sjcrcl.stanford.edu/symposia.html.