Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 22, 2008|Volume 36, Number 19

Student-run conference to examine
innovative approaches to social change

Immigrant detention conditions, animal rights, minority ballot access, environmental justice, class-action advocacy for the homeless and the rights of Americans with disabilities are among the topics that will be explored during the 14th annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference, taking place Friday-Sunday, Feb. 22-24, at the Law School.

The student-run conference brings together practitioners, law students and community activists from around the country to discuss “innovative, progressive approaches to law and social change,” according to conference organizers.

More than a dozen panel discussions on timely topics will be offered at this year’s conference.

William P. Quigley, author of “Ending Poverty: Guaranteeing a Right to a Job at a Living Wage,” will give the keynote address on Friday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Law School, 127 Wall St. Quigley is a law professor at Loyola University in New Orleans and director of the school’s Law Clinic and Gillis Long Poverty Law Center. He has served as counsel with a wide range of public interest organizations and as an adviser to Human Rights Watch USA and Amnesty International USA. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2006 Camille Gravel Civil Pro Bono Award from the Federal Bar Association New Orleans Chapter and the 2006 Stanford Law School National Public Service Award.

On Saturday evening, Feb. 23, there will be a dinner and showing of the documentary film “Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story.” The film is about three families in Yonkers confronting the politics and law of racial discrimination in housing and schools. It will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the filmmaker, William Kavanagh, and with Diane Houk, executive director of the Fair Housing Justice Center, and attorney and activist Gene Capello.

For complete details about the Rebellious Lawyering Conference and to register, visit http://islandia.law.yale.edu/reblaw. Registration is free for current Yale, Quinnipiac University and University of Connecticut students. For all others, the fee is $30, payable by credit card through the website.

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