Category: St. Mary’s School of Law

⚖️🗽PROFESSOR CRISTINA RODRIGUEZ (YALE LAW) & SHAW DRAKE (ACLU) AMONG NDPA HEADLINERS @ 2021 ST. MARY’S LAW IMMIGRATION SYMPOSIUM!

2021 Immigration Symposium

The Road to Rehabilitation: Reconnecting with Humanity

The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice Cordially Invites You

2021 Immigration Symposium

Friday, Feb. 26th, 10am-4pm

This is an online event.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-immigration-symposium-tickets-140034403671

Our Symposium’s focus will be on the practical aspects of immigration law and the current policy debates surrounding the field. Our goal is to present a compelling CLE program for immigration and non-immigration practitioners alike, as well as to provide an engaging educational experience for current law students. This year’s theme is “The Road to Rehabilitation: Reconnecting with Humanity.”

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear a variety of notable immigration attorneys, leaders, and scholars speak on current issues within the field of immigration law in the United States.

Our event is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Terry Bassham (’85) & Zulema Carrasco Bassham.

Featured Speakers and Panelists

Register Today. We Look Forward to Seeing You.

This CLE event is pending approval by the State Bar of Texas for 5 CLE credit hours (including 1 hour of ethics).

Registration is now open and available through February 26:

  • Attorney registration $85
  • Government employee and non-attorney registration $55
  • Immigration volunteer registration $25
  • Student registration $10 (scholarships available for St. Mary’s School of Law students only; please email lawscholar@stmarytx.edu from your St. Mary’s email address telling us why you would like to attend)
  • St. Mary’s School of Law faculty/staff and Scholar Volume 23 member registration is free
  • Press/media registration is free

Register by clicking here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-immigration-symposium-tickets-140034403671

Hosted by The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Hosted by The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice

The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice is a student-run law review at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. The goal of The Scholar is to give a voice to the voiceless and the vulnerable in our society. The Scholar publishes three issues per volume on a variety of legal topics through the lens of race and social justice. Additionally, The Scholar hosts an Immigration Symposium annually during the spring semester.

1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228, USA lawscholar@stmarytx.edu 210-296-8056 scholarlawreview.org

Background image courtesy of Good Point, goodpointagency.com.

Illustrated by Annelisa Leinbach, annelisaleinbach.com.

Cristina Rodriguez photo by Harold Shapiro.

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Professor Cristina Rodriguez is the co-author (with Professor Adam B. Cox of NYU Law) of the widely acclaimed book The President & Immigration Law. Recently she worked on EOIR issues for the Biden-Harris Transition Team.

Shaw Drake is Staff Attorney & Policy Counsel, Border & Immigrants’ Rights, ACLU of Texas. He was one of my all-star Refugee Law & Policy students @ Georgetown Law and a Charter Member of the New Due Process Army (“NDPA”).

Last year, I was on this outstanding program. It was one of my last “in person” appearances before COVID restrictions set in.

🇺🇸🗽⚖️👍🏼Due Process Forever!

PWS

02-07-21

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COMING ATTRACTIONS: ST MARY’S LAW REVIEW ON RACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE, & USTA INSTITUTE ON TEXAN CULTURES PRESENT THE 2020 IMMIGRATION SYMPOSIUM ON FEB. 28, 2020 IN SAN ANTONIO — Featuring Khizr Khan, Keynote Speaker; Ira J. Kurzbazn, Esquire, Guest Speaker; & A Host of Experts, Including Me!

My speech is entitled: “Due Process Doesn’t Live Here Any More: Weaponized Immigration Courts Are America’s Star Chambers”

 

Here is the complete program and registration information:

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Hope to see you in San Antonio.

Due Process Forever!

PWS

02-03-20

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