Thirteenth Amendment and Economic Justice Symposium
Scholars have recently applied the Thirteenth Amendment to a number of contemporary problems ranging from minimum labor standards to mass incarceration. This Conference aims to gather scholars of the Thirteenth Amendment from law schools and academic departments throughout the United States and beyond. This conference focuses specifically on the ways that the Thirteenth Amendment can be used now in legislation, litigation and discussions aimed at reducing economic injustice in the United States.
We also welcome analysis that interrogates the interactions between economic justice and other forms of subordination such as race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion and immigration status. This conference will be the inaugural event of the Thirteenth Amendment Project, an interdisciplinary association of scholars of labor, class, race, caste and poverty at law schools and universities throughout the United States and the wider world.
Approved for 6 CLE credits
Agenda
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Tam Alumni Center (across the mall from UNLV School of Law)
Buses to UNLV leave the Signature at MGM Grand | 8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast/Registration (Tam Alumni Center) | 8:15 – 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome from Dean Hamilton and Associate Dean Ruben Garcia | 8:45 a.m. |
Session 1: Thirteenth Amendment and Economic Theory
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9:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Refreshments | 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. |
Session 2: Thirteenth Amendment & the Carceral State
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10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch/ Break | 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. |
Session 3: Health, Education, Environment & Welfare
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1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
Session 4: Using the Thirteenth Amendment in Court
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3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
Open Discussion on the Thirteenth Amendment Project: Where Do We Go From Here? | 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
Closing Reception | 5:30 - 7 p.m. |
Last bus leaves UNLV for return to the Signature at MGM Grand | 7:15 p.m. |
Hotel information:
The Signature at MGM Grand
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·The Cut-off date, is January 30, 2018.