February 7, 2020
10:00 am, Eastern Time
4th Annual Shaping Justice Conference
10-11 a.m.
Registration
Clay Hall Lobby (in front of Caplin Pavilion)
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel 1 | Advocacy for Transgender Rights
WB102
Sponsored by Child Advocacy Research & Education, the Black Law Students Association and Lambda Law Alliance
- Joaquin Carcaño, Lead Plaintiff in Carcaño v. Cooper
- Bary Hausrath, Founder, BaryLaw
- Ali Moros Taylor, Youth Leadership Council Member, Side by Side
- Mia Yamamoto, Criminal Defense Attorney and Community Activist
- Moderator: Emily Walpole ’20, University of Virginia School of Law
Panel 2 | The Intersections of Immigrant Rights and Environmental Justice
WB101
Sponsored by the Virginia Environmental Law Forum and the Immigration Law Program
- Gustavo Angeles, Environmental Justice Program Coordinator, Virginia Chapter, Sierra Club
- Jeannie Economos, Coordinator, Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project, Farmworker Association of Florida
- Chris Espinosa, Director of Public Outreach, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources
- Miranda Cady Hallett, Assistant Professor, Human Rights Center Research Fellow, University of Dayton
- Moderator: Kimberly Fields, Assistant Professor, Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, University of Virginia
12:30-2 p.m.
Shaping Justice Awards Ceremony and Lunch
Caplin Pavilion
2:15-3:30 p.m.
Panel 3 | Technology and the Criminalization of Sex Work
WB101
Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild, Feminist Legal Forum and the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology
- Kendra Albert, Clinical Instructor, Cyberlaw Clinic, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
- David Grosso, Councilmember, District of Columbia
- Lorelei Lee, Sex Worker, Community Organizer, Writer
- Mia Little, Sex Worker, Educator, Organizer, Therapist-in-Training
- Moderator: Anne Coughlin, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Panel 4 | Disability Rights 30 Years After the Passage of the ADA
WB102
Sponsored by the Health Law Association and Lambda Law Alliance
- Michael Allen ’85, Partner, Relman, Dane & Colfax
- Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney, Lambda Legal, Washington
- Chelsea Crawford, Associate, Brown, Goldstein & Levy
- Anne Langford, Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
- Steven Traubert, Director of Litigation, disAbility Law Center of Virginia
- Moderator: Anjali Forber-Pratt, Assistant Professor, Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University
3:45-5 p.m.
Panel 5 | Fighting for Reproductive Justice in a Time of Crisis
WB102
Sponsored by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, and If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice at UVA Law
- Monica Edwards, Federal Policy Manager, United for Reproductive & Gender Equity
- Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, New York University School of Law
- Kelsey Ryland, Director of Federal Strategies, All* Above All
- Nicole Tortoriello, Secular Society Women’s Rights Advocacy Counsel, ACLU of Virginia
- Dr. Emily Young, Staff Physician, Planned Parenthood of the South Atlantic
- Moderator: Lois Shepherd, Peter A. Wallenborn, Jr. and Dolly F. Wallenborn Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Professor of Public Health Sciences, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
Panel 6 | Dismantling Mass Incarceration Through Restorative Justice
WB101
Sponsored by the Virginia Law in Prison Project and American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
- JJ Dahmer, Circle Keeper, North Denver Community-Building Circle, Restorative Justice Advocate
- Liz Porter-Merrill, Restorative Justice Director, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
- Shannon Sliva, Assistant Professor, University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
- Mikayla Waters-Crittenton, Executive Assistant/Program Associate, Restorative Justice Project, Impact Justice
- Moderator: Josh Bowers, F.D.G. Ribble Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
5:15-6 p.m.
Keynote Address and Q&A With Reginald Dwayne Betts
Caplin Pavilion
6-7:30 p.m.
Networking Reception
6-6:30 p.m.
Book Signing With Reginald Dwayne Betts
Caplin Pavilion
Register here.