FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 (1020 JEFFRIES HALL)
7:45 - 8:30 A.M. Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 8:50 A.M. Welcome Remarks - Theresa Kaiser-Jarvis (Assistant Dean for International Affairs, University of Michigan)
9:00 - 10:30 A.M. Panel I - Observation and Documentation
Faculty Discussant: Professor J.J. Prescott (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Farshad Rahimi Dizgovin (University of Michigan, S.J.D. student)
- Mark Leinauer (University of California, Berkeley):
Mapping the Headwinds: An Empirical Analysis of Anti-Homosexual Bias in Custody Disputes
- Merritt McAlister (University of Florida):
'Downright Indifference': Examining Unpublished Decisions in the Federal Courts of Appeals"
- Talia Shiff (Harvard University): Legal Standards and Moral Worth in Frontline Decision-Making: Evaluations of Victimization in U.S. Asylum Determinations
10:30 - 10:45 A.M. Coffee Break10:45 - 12:15 P.M. Panel II - Vulnerable GroupsFaculty Discussant:
Professor Julian Davis Mortenson (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Isabella Kräuter (University of Michigan, Research Scholar)
12:15 - 1:00 P.M. Pick up Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Keynote Address (138 Hutchins Hall)
Professor Steven R. Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan: The Jamal Khashoggi Murder and the Limits of International Law
2:00 - 2:15 P.M. Coffee Break
2:15 - 3:45 P.M. Panel III - Rights
Faculty Discussant: Professor Kristina Daugirdas (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Johanna Aleria Lorenzo (University of Michigan, Research Scholar)
- Ndjodi Ndeuyema (Oxford University): Beyond a Human Right to Water Under Treaty Law: Evaluating the Water's Crystallisation as Customary International Law and the (neglected) Role of General Principles of Law
- Sarah L. Swan (Florida State University): Discriminatory Dualism
- Margaret Boittin (Osgoode Hall, York University): The Unintended Consequences of Mass-Media Anti-Trafficking Campaigns: Evidence from an Experimental Test in Nepal
3:45 - 4:00 P.M. Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30 P.M. Panel IV - Security and Transnational Threats
Faculty Discussant: Professor Monica Hakimi (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Max G. Cherem (University of Michigan, Law School)
7:30 P.M. Dinner (Dessous - 312 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI)
SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019 (1020 JEFFRIES HALL)
8:30 - 9:00 A.M. Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 A.M. Panel V - Free Speech
Faculty Discussant: Professor Sherman Clark (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Lukas Gerhardinger (University of Michigan, Research Scholar)
- Magi Otsri (Tel Aviv University): "Only Joking" as Legal Defense: How Offensive is Offensive Humor?
- Alan Rozenshtein (University of Minnesota): Silicon Valley's Speech
- Inbar Levy (University of Melbourne): Nudging Off Fictional News
10:30 - 10:45 A.M. Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15 P.M. Panel VI - Crime, Justice, and Punishment
Faculty Discussant: Professor Barbara McQuade (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Francis Tom Temprosa (University of Michigan, S.J.D. Candidate)
- Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe (University of California, Davis): Who the Public Defender Should Be
- Sunita Patel (University of California, Los Angeles): Cracking Open the Courthouse Door to Sue Police
- Chaz Arnett (University of Pittsburgh): From Decarceration to E-carceration
12:15 - 1:15 P.M. Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 P.M. Panel VII - Legal Actors and Actions
Faculty Discussant: Professor Margo Schlanger (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Marcella Pereira Ferraro (University of Michigan, Research Scholar)
- Joy Milligan (University of California, Berkeley): Plessy Preserved: Agencies and THe Effective Constitution
- Joshua Braver (Harvard University): Constituent Power as Extraordinary Adaptation
- Matthew A. Shapiro (Hofstra University): The Indignities of Civil Litigation
2:45 - 3:00 P.M. Coffee Break
3:00 - 4:30 P.M. Panel VIII - Consumer Protection
Faculty Discussant: Professor Laura Nyantung Beny (University of Michigan)
Moderator: Kaijie Wu (University of Michigan, S.J.D. Candidate)
4:30 P.M. Concluding Remakrs