Santa Clara Law Review will host annual Symposium, entitled “Meeting Human Needs: Examining the Safety Net for Working America,” on January 30, 2004 at the Santa Clara Hilton, 4949 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95050 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
“During the past five years we have seen a confluence of more than two million lost jobs, increased outsourcing of jobs to other countries, the end of welfare for many former recipients, and record numbers of consumer bankruptcy cases,” said Gary Neustadter, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law. The Symposium will examine how the welfare reforms of the last decade are being tested in a slow economy. In doing so it will analyze the intersection of welfare, personal bankruptcy, and unemployment reform. The panels represent three different economic stages potentially faced by the American workforce, each posing unique legal challenges.
“This symposium brings together some of the nation’s outstanding thinkers and scholars on a fundamental issue of great contemporary significance: our collective ability to meet the most basic needs of all Americans,” said Santa Clara University School of Law Dean Donald J. Polden: “The speakers will discuss the legal, cultural and social implications of three significant stages of individual economic sufficiency–employment, bankruptcy and welfare–in the context of the current economy.”
The featured speaker is Professor John A. Powell, an internationally recognized authority in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, and issues relating to race, poverty, and the law. He is the executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. He also holds the Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties at the Moritz College of Law.
“Social justice lawyers recognize that meeting human needs is essential to the practice of democracy. How can those needs be met during economic hard times? This conference should not be missed by anyone who cares about the well-being of our society,” said Stephanie M. Wildman, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Social Justice and Public Service at Santa Clara University.
Featured Panelists
Welfare Panel: Are Resources Reaching Those Who Need Them Most?
• Professor Dorothy Roberts, University of Chicago
• Professor Karen Czapanskiy, University of Maryland Law School
Bankruptcy Panel: Relief from Debt as Part of the Net
• Judge Randall Newsome, Oakland Bankruptcy Court
• Professor Marcus Cole, Stanford Law School
Unemployment Panel: Help Wanted: Is America Doing Enough for Working People?
• Professor Deborah Maranville, University of Washington
• Maurice Emsellem, National Employment Law Project
To register online and pay by credit card, please go to: http://www.acteva.com/go/SCU-Law. For more information, please visit the Symposium website at http://www.scu.edu/lawreview/symposium or contact Einat Sandman at 408.396.4382 or esandman@scu.edu. Space is limited, so please register as soon as possible.
General Admission $55
Five Hours of MCLE Credit $75
SCU Students and Faculty Free
Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack Provided
