Women and the Law Conference 2023
March 31, 2023
Friday, March 31, 2023
12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Room 229
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Conference Reception (2nd Floor)
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
701 B St. Suite 110 San Diego, CA 92101
Parking is available in 701 B Street for a fee. The entrance to the garage is on 7th Avenue between B and C Streets. Parking is also available for a fee in nearby parking lots.
This conference brought together leading experts and practitioners to discuss hate crimes, with a special focus on hate cries against women and vulnerable communities.
Distinguished Professor Sherene H. Razack, Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies, UCLA, will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. Her keynote address, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Hate Crimes or Racial Terror?, will explore hate and its legal form, “hate crime,” as an explanatory concept, including how they may play a role in both highlighting racial and colonial motivations and also obscuring structural origins of violence against indigenous women. Professor Razack continues in a long line of illustrious speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2003.
Other speakers include: Dorothy Alther, California Indian Legal Services; Matthew Brown, Anti-Defamation League; Estela De Los Rios, CSA San Diego County; Abigail Dillon, San Diego District Attorney’s Office; Kim Fountain, The San Diego LGBT Community Center; Brother Yusef Miller, North County Equity and Justice Coalition; Ashanti Smith, Office of the Primary Public Defender of San Diego; Alicia Williams, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California.
| 12:30 – 12:40 | Welcoming RemarksSandra Rierson, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law |
| 12:40 – 1:40 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg LectureSherene H. Razack, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor, Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies, UCLAMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Hate Crimes or Racial Terror?Introduction: Linda M. Keller, Dean and Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law |
| 1:40 – 2:50 | The Reality of Prosecuting Hate Crimes: State, Federal, and Tribal IssuesAbigail Dillon, Deputy District Attorney and Lead Hate Crimes Prosecutor, San Diego District Attorney’s Office Alicia Williams, Assistant U.S. Attorney and Hate Crimes Coordinator, Southern District of California Dorothy Alther, Legal Director for California Indian Legal Services, EscondidoModerator: Bryan Wildenthal, Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law |
| 2:50 – 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:15 | The Impact of Hate Crimes on Vulnerable Communities: Part IEstela De Los Rios, Executive Director of CSA San Diego County Abigail Dillon, Deputy District Attorney and Lead Hate Crimes Prosecutor, San Diego District Attorney’s Office Ashanti Smith, Office of the Primary Public Defender of San DiegoModerator: Melissa Johnson, President, San Diego County Bar Association |
| 4:15 – 5:30 | The Impact of Hate Crimes on Vulnerable Communities: Part IIMatthew Brown, Anti-Defamation League Kim Fountain, The San Diego LGBT Community Center Yusef Miller, North County Equity and Justice CoalitionModerator: Shannon Finley, President, Lawyers Club of San Diego |
| 5:30 – 6:30 | Reception |
Please note: Advance registration required. Fees are non-refundable and include the reception.
- FREE All students with valid photo ID
- FREE Thomas Jefferson School of Law Faculty and Staff
- FREE Prospective Students
- $30 Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni (with or without MCLE credit)
- $30 Lawyers Club Members (with or without MCLE credit)
- $30 San Diego County Bar Association Members (with or without MCLE credit)
- $30 Attorneys in Practice less than 5 years (not seeking MCLE credit)
- $40 General public (not seeking MCLE credit)
- $45 All others (seeking MCLE credit)
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If you have any questions, please contact Professor Sandra Rierson at srierson@tjsl.edu or Dean Linda Keller at lkeller@tjsl.edu.