Reproductive Rights in a New Era

Penn Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Reproductive Rights Weekend
S P R I N G 2015 SY M P O S I U M
Reproductive Rights
in a New Era: Transitioning
from Casey to the 21st Century
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast Reception
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Panel 1
Reproductive Rights in the Casey Era
Panelists: Barbara Bailey, Chief, Motions Unit at Defenders Association of Philadelphia
Kathryn Kolbert, Director of Barnard College’s Athena Center for Leadership Studies
Seth Kreimer, Professor at Penn Law
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Break
11:45 a.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Panel 2
Protecting Reproductive Rights in the Face of Restrictive Legislation
Panelists: Bridgette Dunlap, Staff Attorney for Judicial Strategy at the Center for Reproductive Rights Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Staff Attorney at Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU
Diana Philip, Board Member of the DC Abortion Fund
Patty Skuster, Senior Policy Advisor at Ipas
1:25 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Lunch
2:10 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Panel 3
Securing Reproductive Rights Through Affirmative Legislation
Panelists: Jasmine Burnett, Community Organizer at New Voices Pittsburgh
Ravina Daphtary, Senior State Strategies Manager at All* Above All
Andrea Friedman, Senior Policy Advisor for Reproductive Health Programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families
Julianna Gonen, Director of Federal Policy & Advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break
saturday, february 14, 2015
friday, february 13, 2015
February 13-14, 2015 | Penn Law
S P R I N G 2015 S U M M I T
Lawyering for
Reproductive Justice
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast and Check-in
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Welcome and RJ 101
Maria Cardi & Russell Hoffman, Penn Law LSRJ Chapter Leaders
Lina Houston, Campus & Community Programs Coordinator, LSRJ
Noel León, Penn Law Public Interest Fellow, LSRJ
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lawyering at the Intersections
Moderator: Elena Peifer, RJ Fellow, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Panelists: Malissa Durham, Legal Fellow, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
R. Barrett Marshall, Staff Attorney, Mazzoni Center
Michele Roberts, Co-Coordinator, Environmental Justice and Health Alliance
Waheedah Shabazz-El, Regional Organizing Coordinator, Positive Women’s Network
Julie Zaebst, Director, Clara Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project, ACLU Pa
12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m. Break
12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Keynote Address
Intro: Keynote:
Nerissa Irizarry, RJ Fellow, Positive Women’s Network; LSRJ Nat’l Board of Directors
Professor Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, Penn Law School
12:50 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Innovative Responses to a Hostile Reproductive Landscape
Moderator: Ariel Tazkargy, RJ Fellow, National Women’s Health Network
Panelists: Jasmine Burnett, Organizer & Consultant, New Voices Pittsburgh
Susan Frietsche, Senior Staff Attorney, Women’s Law Project of Pennsylvania
Sara Hutchinson Ratcliffe, Domestic Program Director, Catholics for Choice
Rachel Suppé, RJ Fellow, Reproductive Health Technologies Project
3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Break
4:05 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
3:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Integrating RJ Into Any Job
Lynn Paltrow, Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Reception to follow. Presenters and attendees are invited to enjoy beverages and light hors d’oeuvres.
TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
This program has been approved for 5.0 substantive law credit hours for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credits may be available
in other jurisdictions as well. Attendees seeking CLE credit should bring separate payment in the amount of $75.00 ($37.50
public interest attorneys) cash or check made payable to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Law
DEAN’S SPEAKERS FUND
Moderator: Abbey Marr, RJ Fellow, Advocates for Youth
Panelists: Stephanie Davidson, Attorney and Clinical Fellow, Family Law and Domestic Violence Unit, Harvard Legal Services Center Lauren Jee, Health Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Liz Kukura, Freedman Fellow, Temple University Beasley School of Law
Lauren Mendonsa, Associate, Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC
Harper Seldin, Law Clerk, E.D. Pa.
4:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Goodbyes and Evaluations
TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
This program has been approved for 6.0 substantive law credit hours for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credit may be available
in other jurisdictions as well. Attendees seeking CLE credit should bring separate payment in the amount of $90.00 ($45.00
public interest attorneys) cash or check made payable to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.