Fordham Law Women presents

Fourth Annual Symposium Women's Issues in 2022 and What You Can Do With Your JD

Friday, March 8, 2022

4 p.m. – 7 p.m. | Program

Live Broadcast via Zoom Webinar

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CLE Credit Available

About the Program

The symposium will take place via webinar on March 8th from 4-7. The goal of the symposium is to celebrate International Women's Day by highlighting three prominent topics affecting women in 2022. We will host several panels of experts to dissect the issues and explain how we, as lawyers and law students, can use our skills to achieve progress on multiple fronts. Our three panels will cover reproductive rights and healthcare, migrant and refugee rights, and the evolving meaning of gender. 

Agenda

4 - 4:05 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction

Dean Matthew Diller, Paul Fuller Professor of Law and Dean of Fordham University School of Law

Elizabeth Sousa, Fordham Law Women Symposium Chair, Fordham Law School

4:05 - 4:55 p.m. | Panel 1: The Current State of Reproductive Rights

(1.0 professional practice CLE)

Jeryl Hayes, Movement Building Director, If/When/How

Kate Kelly, Zealous Advocate and Passionate Activist

Callie Wells (she/her), Policy Counsel, PPFA in the Public Policy, Litigation and Law Division

Moderator: Julie Suk, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School

4:55 - 5 p.m. | Short Break

5 - 5:55 p.m. | Panel 2: Migrant and Refugee Rights

(0.5 professional practice; 0.5 diversity inclusion and elimination of bias CLE)

Amy Grunske, Head of International Pro Bono, Sustainability & Community Responsibility, Orrick

Basbibi Kakar, Afghan Refugee

Kristen Wagner, Immigration Lawyer

Moderator: Emily Smith Ewing, Adjunct Professor, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program, Fordham Law School

5:55 - 6 p.m. | Short Break

6 - 6:55 p.m. | Panel 3: Gender and Workplace Rights

(1.0 diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias CLE)

Alex Berke, Employment Attorney, Berke-Weiss Law

Meagan Bianco, Business Development Marketing Manager, CBRE Project Management

Janice Grubin (she/her), Co-Chair, Barclay Damon's Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice Area

Avatara Smith-Carrington, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal

Moderator: Claire Huntington, Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Fordham Law School

6:55 - 7 p.m. | Concluding Remarks