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Symposium 2008

The 2008 Symposium marks our 36th year.

Join us for our annual conference on issues at the intersection of gender and the law.

 

Friday, March 28, 2008
11:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.
Rutgers School of Law - Newark
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

R.S.V.P. is requested but not required.
R.S.V.P. by email to: wrlr.publicity@gmail.com

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The Reporter continues its symposium tradition with a provocative investigation of
the law's inability to adapt to transgendered identity, entitled:

 
Legal Gender?
The Limitations of a Male/Female Binary
 
Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Dean Spade, Visiting Professor,
UCLA Law School and Harvard Law School
 

Presentations will deal with a range of pressing legal issues including: trans youth in foster care, healthcare for trans inmates, and the impact of 9/11 on trans immigrants.

10:30a.m. Registration
11:00a.m. Welcome and Introduction
11:15a.m. Keynote Address
11:45a.m. Panel 1: "Caring" for Trans Youth
1:00p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:45 p.m. Panel 2: Trans Identities, Immigration, and the War on Terror

This event is FREE and open to the public. We encourage all to attend.

 

  

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