Symposium Schedule

Temple Law Review BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW

Symposium Schedule

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8:45am to 9:15am – Breakfast & Check In

Doors Open, light breakfast and coffee available

9:15am to 9:45am – Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:45am to 11:15am – Navigating the Legal Landscape: Rethinking Immigrant Workers

Jennifer Gordon, Fordham University
Melissa Lee, Cornell University
Shefali Milczarek-Desai, University of Arizona
Karla KcKanders, Legal Defense Fund, Thurgood Marshall Institute
Sherley Cruz, University of Tennessee

Moderated by Professor Jonathan Harris – Temple University

11:45am to 1pm – Lunch: Organizing for Change

National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), Pennsylvania Chapter
El Comite de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante
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Moderated by Professor Evelyn Rangel-Medina – Temple University

1:15pm to 2:35pm – Models of Lawyering

Caitlin Barry, Villanova University
Jayesh Rathod, American University
Gowri Krishna, Fordham University
Annie Smith, University of Arkansas

Moderated by Sarah Paoletti, University of Pennsylvania

2:50pm to 4:10pm – Current Topics Panel

Nadia Hewka, Community Legal Services
Alicia Anguiano, Justice at Work
Daniel Costa, Economic Policy Institute
Emily Tulli, The Movement Project

Moderated by Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Temple University

4:10pm to 4:30pm – Closing Remarks

* Brynn C. Chafin, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2024. Introduction On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term as President of the United States of America.[1] Although his administration has and will continue to affect all parts of American life, it will impact the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act […]

By Fiona Burke, Temple Law Review Volume 96 Staff Editor Liberals have, as exit polls and Bernie Sanders point out, largely lost the working class and, in fact, most of America. There are many reasons for this, all of which have been dissected and analyzed ad nauseum in the past few weeks and likely will be for even years. One such […]

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