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11th Feminist Legal Theory Conference:
Applied Feminism and #MeToo Schedule (pdf)

 

 

Thursday, April 11, 2019
(12th Floor Reading Room, University of Baltimore School of Law)

 3:30-4 p.m.        Registration

 4-6:00 p.m.        Facilitated Discussion regarding #MeToo: Yesterday, Today,
                            and Tomorrow

                            Facilitator: Margaret E. Johnson, Professor of Law and Co-Director,
                            Center on Applied Feminism, University of Baltimore School of Law             

 Friday, April 12, 2019
 (Moot Court Room, University of Baltimore School of Law)

 8:30-9:00 a.m.    Breakfast

 9:00-9:15 a.m.    Conference Welcome

                             Dean Ronald Weich, University of Baltimore School of Law
                             Matthew Allison, Editor-in-Chief, University of Baltimore Law Review
                             Tia Holmes, Symposium Editor, University of Baltimore Law Review
                        
                             Conference Opening Remarks

                             Margaret E. Johnson, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center on
                             Applied Feminism, University of Baltimore School of Law

 9:15-10:45 a.m. Panel I:  Exploring Comparative Perspectives on #MeToo

                            Moderator: Nienke Grossman, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
                            School of Law

                            Indigenizing The #Me Too Campaign: A South African Perspective,
                           
Penelope Andrews, Sabbatical Scholar, Columbia Law School,
                            Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, New York Law School

                            #MeToo and the Pursuit of Women’s International Human Rights,
                           
Benedetta Faedi Duramy, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Faculty
                            Scholarship, Golden Gate University School of Law

                            Recognizing Rage Surrounding the #MeToo Movement and Differing
                            Approaches to Address It,
Johanna Gusman, Visiting Research
                            Scholar, Georgetown University Legal Center

                            Misdirection and Misogyny:  Political Deployment of "Women's
                            Issues" to Justify Nativist Goals,
Dina Francesca Haynes,
                            Professor of Law, New England Law


10:45-11 a.m.    Break


11-12:30 p.m.     Panel II: 
Interrogating Intersectional Identities of #MeToo

                           Moderator: Elizabeth Keyes, Associate Professor of Law, University of
                           Baltimore School of Law

                           Immigrant Women in the Shadow of the #MeToo Movement, Nicole
                           Hallett,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, University at Buffalo School
                           of Law

                          There Are No Outsiders Here: Rethinking Intersectionality as
                          Hegemonic Discourse in the Age of #MeToo,
Teri McMurtry-Chubb,
                          Professor of Law, Mercer University Law School

                          Applying Lessons from #MeToo to Abusive Policing, Josephine Ross,
                         
Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law

                          #WhoAmI? Harm & Remedy for Youth of the #MeToo Era,
                          Charisa Smith,
Associate Professor, City University of New York
                          School of Law


12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch Program (12th Floor)

                           Keynote Speaker: Debra Katz, Founding Partner, Katz, Marshall &
                           Banks, LLP


2-3:30 p.m.        Panel III: 
Tackling #MeToo Inside and Outside the Courtroom 

                           Moderator: Shanta Trivedi, Clinical Teaching Fellow, University of Baltimore
                           School of Law

                          Third Generation Discrimination Part II:  An Empirical Analysis of
                          Judicial Decision Making,
Catherine Dunham, Professor of Law, Elon
                          University School of Law and Chris Leupold, Associate Professor of
                          Psychology and Faculty Fellow for Law and Leadership, Elon University
                          School of Law

                          #MeToo: The Path from Credibility Discounting to Systemic Change,
                         
Deborah Epstein, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Domestic Violence
                          Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center

                          #MeToo, Sexual Harassment and Accountability: Considering the Role
                          of Restorative Approaches, Julie Goldscheid,
Professor of Law,
                          CUNY Law School

                          Restorative Justice through Administrative Law: Male Military Sexual
                          Assault and the Veterans Administration,
Elizabeth Tarloski, Staff
                          Attorney/Adjunct Professor, William and Mary Law School-Lewis B. Puller Jr.,
                          Veterans Benefits Clinic


3:30-3:45 p.m.   Break


3:45 -5:15 p.m.  Panel IV:
Exploring #MeToo Relational Dynamics in the Workplace
                           and Beyond

                           Moderator: Zina Makar, Clinical Teaching Fellow, University of Baltimore
                           School of Law

                           Sorry Not Sorry, Jamie Abrams, Associate Professor, University of
                           Louisville Brandeis School of Law

                           Peer Retaliation in the Post #MeToo Era, Deborah Brake, Professor of
                           Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, University
                           of Pittsburgh School of Law

                           #SororityToo: Breaking the Code of Silence about Relationship
                           Violence in Collegiate Greek Life,
Tanya Cooper, Director, Restoration
                           and Justice Clinic; Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Pepperdine
                           University School of Law

                           Rethinking Institutional Response to Sexual Harassment in the Wake
                           of #MeToo,
Joanna Grossman, Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in
                           Women and Law & Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law


5:15 p.m.
            Closing Remarks

                             Michele Gilman, Professor of Law and Co-Director Center on
                             Applied Feminism, University of Baltimore School of Law

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This conference is supported in part by CLEA, the Clinical Legal Education Association, cleaweb.org.