First Annual LatCrit Conference

First Annual LatCrit Conference

LatCrit Theory: Naming and Launching a New Discourse of Critical Legal Scholarship

La Jolla, California--May 2-5, 1996.

REVISED FINAL PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MAY 2d:

1:00-2:00 Check-in, Registration, Welcome Reception

2:00-2:15 Welcome Remarks

Speaker: Cal Western Associate Dean Bill Lynch

2:15-3:45 Plenary Panel 1

Latina/o Pan-Ethnicity?: Histories and Conditions that Unite and Divide Ourselves and Our Communities

Moderator: Leslie Espinoza

Panelists: Max J. Castro, Laura Gomez, Rene Nunez

4:00-5:00 Commentaries: Legal Perspectives on Latina/o Pan-Ethnicity

Commentators: Juan Perea, Gloria Sandrino, Blanca Silvestrini

5:00-5:30 Hosted Snacks-and-Refreshments Break

5:30-7:15 Roundtable 1

Latina/o Identities and Communities: Exploring Difference to Identify Commonalities and Celebrate Diversities

Moderators: Angela Harris, Jean Stefancic, Gerald Torres

7:30-8:00 Reception

8:00-9:45 Hosted Dinner & First Keynote, on Theory and Scholarship

Keynote Speaker: Richard Delgado

10:00- ? Ad hoc self-entertainment... conversation, music, singing, imbibing

FRIDAY, MAY 3d: (all day -- open check-in and registration)

7:00-8:15 Hosted Buffet Breakfast; join the group at your leisure

8:30-10:15 Plenary Panel 2

LatCrit Theory: Articulating Latina/o Visions and Voices in Critical Legal Discourse

Moderator: Frank Valdes

Panelists: Berta Hernandez, Kevin Johnson, Rachel Moran, Juan Perea

10:30-12:15 Plenary Panel 3

Practicing LatCrit Theory: Activist Teaching, Scholarship and Service on Behalf of Latina/o Communities

Moderator: Enrique Carrasco

Panelists: Steve Bender, George Martinez, Margaret Montoya, Laura Padilla

12:30-1:45 Hosted Buffet Lunch & Second Keynote, on Latinas/os in the Legal Academy

Keynote Speaker: Michael Olivas

2:00-3:45 Plenary Panel 4

LatCrit Theory, Critical Race Theory and Multiculturalism: The (Dis)Continuities of Race, Nationality and Ethnicity

Moderator: Robert Westley

Panelists: Adrienne Davis, Stephanie Wildman, Ian Haney-Lopez, Eric Yamamoto

4:00-5:45 Roundtable 2

Coalescing Communities, Discourses and Practices: Synergies in the Anti-Subordination Project

Moderators: Barbara Cox, Jerome Culp, Ediberto Román

6:00-7:15 Free Personal/Social Time

7:30-8:00 Reception

8:00-9:45 Hosted Dinner & Third Keynote, on Practice and Community Empowerment

Keynote Speaker: Gerald Lopez

10:00- ? Ad hoc self-entertainment... conversation, music, singing, imbibing

SATURDAY, MAY 4th:

7:00-8:15 Hosted Buffet Breakfast; join the group at your leisure

8:30-10:15 Plenary Panel 5

LatCrit Theory, Multiplicities and Intersectionalities: Sex(ualities), Class, Space, and Human Rights in Latina/o Critical Legal Discourse

Moderator: Keith Aoki

Panelists: Elvia Arriola, Sumi Cho, Michael Principe, Sherene Razack

10:30-12:15 Roundtable 3

LatCrit Theory and the Post-Identity Era: Transcending the Legacies of Color and Coalescing a Politics of Consciousness

Moderators: Robert Chang, Mary Coombs, Frank Valdes

12:30-1:45 Hosted Luncheon & Fourth Keynote, on Latina/o Legal History

Keynote Speaker: Cruz Reynoso

2:00-3:45 Works-in-Progress: Concurrent Mini-Group Discussions

[Details to follow soon]

4:00-6:00 Free Personal/Social Time

6:00-7:45 Hosted Dinner

7:45-10:45 Organized Excursion

Cinco de Mayo Festivities in Old Town San Diego

11:00- ? Miscellaneous gallivanting and the like...

SUNDAY, MAY 5th: (half day)

9:00-12:00 Check-out; Buffet Breakfast

9:15-10:15 Informal Discussion Group Designing and Teaching Courses on Latinas/os & the Law

Facilitator: Frank Valdes

10:30-12:00 Roundtable 4

Crafting the Future of LatCrit Theory, or "On to Miami in the Fall!"

Moderators: Berta Hernandez, Frank Valdes, Rey Valencia

12:15-12:30 Gather by the beach for the "Official LatCrit Group Photograph"!

12:30 The First Annual LatCrit Conference Formally Concludes

 
 
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