Women and the Law Conference 2015

Thomas Jefferson School of Law presents the 15th Annual Women and the Law Conference

WOMEN AND THE CRIMINAL

JUSTICE SYSTEM

Friday, March 27, 2015, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Reception to follow

Rooms 323 & 325

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

WLC 2015 Program | WLC 2015 History

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 2015 Women and the Law Conference will explore Women and the Criminal Justice System. Noted criminal defense attorney and author Leslie Abramson, who handled the Menendez Brothers trial and the Phil Spector case, will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture (which Justice Ginsburg generously established for TJSL in 2003). A dynamic speaker, Abramson promises to give a spirited presentation. Other notables speaking at the conference include retired U.S. District Court Judge Irma Gonzalez and Santa Clara law professor Gerald Uelmen. Panels will focus on timely and controversial subjects, including: Are Women Treated Like Men in the Criminal Justice System?, Pathways to Power: Trailblazing Women in Criminal Law, and Women in Prison. The conference will be followed by a reception.

RBG LECTURE

Leslie Abramson

2015 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer

Leslie Abramson, a Criminal Defense Attorney, handled the first Menendez Brothers trial, Phil Spector’s case, and many other high-profile cases.

SCHEDULE

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.  Check-in

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.  Welcome, Dean Thomas Guernsey

                            History of Women and the Law Conference, Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp

9:15 – 10:45 a.m.  Panel 1: Are Women Treated Like Men in the Criminal Justice System?

Amita Sharma – KPBS, Moderator

• Rita McKnight – San Diego County Sheriff’s Department bailiff
• Bridget Kennedy – Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego
• Rebecca Jones – San Diego criminal defense attorney
• Cassandra Lawrenson – Editor-in-chief, Thomas Jefferson Law Review

Reading Materials

• Visiting rules for California prisons
• Women in Criminal Defense
• Cassandra Lawrenson, The Injustice of Convicting Sex Trafficking Victims: A Model Vacating Convictions Law
• Women and the criminal justice system: what do the latest statistics show?
• U.S. v. Willis
• U.S. v. Haischer, — F.3d — (9th Cir. March 25, 2015)
• 2014 Lawyers Club Equality Survey

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.  Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture – Leslie Abramson, Los Angeles criminal defense attorney (ret.); author of The Defense is Ready

Reading Materials

• Ellen S. Podgor, And God Created Woman . . . But to be a Criminal Defense Attorney?, 42 Mercer L. Rev. 713 (1991)
• Susan K. Bozorgi, Providing Insight and Encouragement Along the Way to Other Women Defense Attorneys, Women in Criminal Defense, 37 Champion 10 (June 2013)

12:15 – 1:45 p.m.  Lunch  

1:45 – 3:15 p.m.  Panel 2: Pathways to Power: Trailblazing Women in Criminal Law

Professor William Slomanson – Moderator

• Gerald Uelmen – Santa Clara University School of Law professor (ret.); co-author of Justice Stanley Mosk: A Life at the Center of California Politics and Justice
• Honorable Irma Gonzalez (Ret.) – U.S. District Court judge
• Wendy Patrick – San Diego County Deputy District Attorney

​Reading Materials

• Clara Foltz
• The Tragedy of Rose Bird
• The Curious Case of Jeremy Meeks

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.  Break

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.  Panel 3: Women in Prison

Professor Julie Greenberg – Moderator

• Maya Schenwar – Editor-in-chief of Truthout; author of Locked Down, Locked Out
• Adriana Buelna – translator, paralegal and consultant; former federal prison inmate
• Alex Landon – San Diego criminal defense attorney; co-author of A Parallel Universe
• Julia Yoo – San Diego civil rights attorney

Reading Materials

• Maya Schenwar, The Prison System Welcomes My Newborn Niece to This World
• Maya Schenwar, Prison Destroys Families and Communities at Society’s Expense
• ACLU BRIEFING PAPER: The Shackling of Pregnant Women & Girls in U.S. Prisons, Jails & Youth Detention Centers
• Anderson, Chamel. “I do not belong to them”: one woman’s experience in a Texas prison.” 26 Hastings Women’s L.J. 3-4 (2015)
• Prison Litigation Reform Act
• Gender in the criminal justice system assessment tool
• Visiting rules for California prisons
• Elimination of Bias Sheet for TJSL CLE
• Women in Prison

5:00 p.m.  Wrap-up, Professor Marjorie Cohn, conference organizer

5:15 p.m.  Reception

REGISTRATION

Please note: Registration fees are non-refundable.

                   Registration fees include the Reception.

• FREE  All registered students with photo ID, TJSL faculty, TJSL staff
• $30   All TJSL alumni, Lawyers Club Members and attorneys in practice less than 5 years not seeking MCLE credit
• $40   General public (Not seeking MCLE credit)
• $45   All others (Seeking MLCE credit)

*Registration is closed.

SPONSORSHIP/ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

Requirements: Must submit Camera-Ready artwork.

                       Color, JPG or PDF format, 300ppi image resolution recommended.

                       File size must be under 10MB.

• $400  Full page ad – 8.5″w x 11″h
• $200  Half page ad – 8.5″w x 5.5″h
• $100  Quarter page ad – 4.25″w x 5.5″h

*Submission deadline has passed.

MCLE AVAILABLE

4.25 General MCLE credit 1.5 Elimination of Bias

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This program qualifies for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit (MCLE) by the State Bar of California.

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If you have any questions, please contact Lillian Blackburn at lblackburn@tjsl.edu.

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