Refugee, Asylum and Immigration Roundtable

Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) Reunion

Sunday, October 17, 2004, 2- 5 P.M.

Harvard Law School, Pound 334-335

This roundtable will feature alumni speakers working in diverse immigration and asylum law settings, including academia, non-profit, private practice, and policy-making.   The event will also feature the work of the HIRC, which like HRP, is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Harvard Law School.  The Roundtable will provide a unique opportunity for persons working in the field to learn and strategize together, and for students to network and learn about different types of employment possibilities.  Speakers and topics (among others) will include:  

Nancy Kelly, Deborah Anker:  Gender Violence and Asylum, Work of the HIRC

John Willshire-Carrera:  Representing Children, Rights to Protection and Education, Work of the HIRC

 Wendy Patten, Human Rights Watch (Formerly with U.S. Department of Justice and National Security Council):  Extra Legal Rendition of the Convention against Torture, Impact of Recent Supreme Court decisions on Haitians and Cubans

 Janie Chuang, American University, Washington College of Law:  Trafficking, Gender Violence and Protection

 Jennifer Moore, University of New Mexico, School of Law:  Human Rights, Conflict and Refugee Women

 Mirna Adjami, Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center: Detention of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers

 Margaret Stock, United States Military Academy:  Non-Citizens and the Military

Arthur Kim:  Reflections on Human Rights and Haiti

 Polly Bone:  Texas RioGrande Legal Aid:  Immigration Practice in a Legal Services Setting

Jennifer Green, Center for Constitutional Rights:  Litigating Rights of Refugees in International Human Rights Fora

Aadil Ginwala, Cleary Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton 2004 Fellow:  Working at the HIRC,  A Student’s Perspective

Erik Gerding:  Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton:  Private Practice, International Law Firm

Program: 

2:00-2:30    Registration and Welcome
2:30-4:30    Roundtable Presentations and Discussion
4:30-5:00    Reception
5:30             Informal Dinner (Feel free to join us!)