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Human Rights Implications of Post-9/11
Immigration Law

WHAT:         "Immigration Law Post-9/11 and Its Impact on Human Rights Issues" organized
                      y the Pace International Law Review.

                     Symposium on post-9/11 immigration law, its historical allusions and future
                     implications regarding human rights issues, including:

  • · The Plenary Power in a Human Rights Perspective

  • · Immigration Law and Policy Since 9/11: Reorganization, Restrictions, and Future Directions

  • Shotgun Targeting of Immigrants: Counter-productive in the "War on Terrorism"

  • Revisiting Our Past: Expelling Dangerous Aliens

  • Putting the Squeeze on Foreign Visitors

  • Detention Issues and Issues Arising Under the Convention Against Torture

WHEN:         Friday, October 31, 12:30-6:30 p.m. with a reception immediately following.

WHERE:       NYS Judicial Institute at Pace Law School, 78 North Broadway, White Plains, New York

WHO:            Lecturers include:

Professor Lenni B. Benson
New York Law School—New York, NY
Formerly a partner in Bryan Cave LLP
Past editor of "Immigration Law and Defense"

Jan H. Brown, Chair
NYSBA International Law and Practice Section Immigration and Nationality Committee
Former Chair of the AILA New York Chapter Corporate Practice Committee

Anwen Hughs, Staff Attorney
Asylum Program, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Former Staff Attorney, Passaic County Legal Aid Society

Professor Thomas McDonnell
Pace Law School—White Plains, NY
Former Director of the Department of Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy at the University of Florida College of Law.
Formerly the Acting Director of the Legal Skills Program at California Western School of Law.

Ted Ruthizer, Partner and Head
Corporate Immigration Group of Bryan Cave LLP.
Past President and General Counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Former Co-Chair of the NYSBA Immigration Law Committee.

Mark. R. von Sternberg, Senior Attorney
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Pace Law School

 

   
   
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