Past Events

Join us for a discussion on how other counters have dealt with mass migration, and what the U.S. needs to change in order to have comprehensive Immigration Laws that will solve the issues.

Registration is closed. Free Walk-in CLE is still available.

12:30 P.M. – 12:45 P.M.: Introduction
12:45 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.: Part I: The Immigrant Visa Process and What it takes to become a legal permanent resident

Speaker: Evelyn H. Cruz, Clinical Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University 

Bio: Evelyn H. Cruz is a Clinical Law Professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.  Professor Cruz is the director of the immigration clinic which represents immigrant children in the foster care system.  In addition to directing the clinic, Professor Cruz teaches Immigration Law and Asylum.  Her research interests include U.S. Immigration Law, Transmigration, Mexican Immigration Law, Migrant Children, Procedural Transparency, and Clinical Legal Theory.  Professor Cruz is currently engaged in a multi-year project to establish clinics at law schools in Mexico and Pakistan.  Prior to joining the ASU faculty, Professor Cruz was a fellow at Yale Law School where she taught in the clinical program.  Professor Cruz holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a J.D. from Santa Clara University College of Law.

1:45 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.: Part II: Compassionate Migration and Regional Policy in the Americas

Speaker: John Shuford, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Hate Studies, Gonzaga University

Bio: John Schuford earned his J.D. and a Ph.D. in Philosophy, both from the University of Oregon.  His background includes work in the philosophy of nonviolence and conflict resolution, and his research falls in the applied areas of ethics, legal theory, and social/political philosophy. His immigration research has taken him to explored state, local, and other “regional” roles in immigration policy.

2:45 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.: Break

3:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.: Part III: A conversation about refugees and domestic violence protection

Speaker: Linda Kelly, M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law
Bio: Linda Kelly Hill is the M. Dale Palmer Professor of Law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. She joined the faculty in 2002, following seven years as a faculty member at St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida. She has written extensively on issues surrounding immigration law as well as domestic violence and the treatment of domestic violence in immigration law. She worked as a staff attorney for the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami from 1992-1995. She has also served as a staff attorney for the Family Legal Services and Domestic Violence Unit of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida.

Parking:

Parking is available for a nominal fee at the campus Gateway Garage, located on the corner of Michigan and California Streets (Address is 525 Blackford Street).

Please note that New York Street is a two-way street as of January 2016.

Parking is also available for a nominal fee at the Natatorium Garage two blocks west of the law school.

Special Accommodations:

Individuals with disabilities who need special assistance should call (317) 274-0042 no later than one week prior to the event. Special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs.