First Annual LatCrit Conference
LatCrit Theory: Naming and Launching a New Discourse of Critical Legal Scholarship
La Jolla, California--May 2-5, 1996.
REVISED FINAL PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 2d:
1:00-2:00 Check-in, Registration, Welcome Reception
2:00-2:15 Welcome Remarks
Speaker: Cal Western Associate Dean Bill Lynch
2:15-3:45 Plenary Panel 1
Latina/o Pan-Ethnicity?: Histories and Conditions that Unite and Divide Ourselves and Our Communities
Moderator: Leslie Espinoza
Panelists: Max J. Castro, Laura Gomez, Rene Nunez
4:00-5:00 Commentaries: Legal Perspectives on Latina/o Pan-Ethnicity
Commentators: Juan Perea, Gloria Sandrino, Blanca Silvestrini
5:00-5:30 Hosted Snacks-and-Refreshments Break
5:30-7:15 Roundtable 1
Latina/o Identities and Communities: Exploring Difference to Identify Commonalities and Celebrate Diversities
Moderators: Angela Harris, Jean Stefancic, Gerald Torres
7:30-8:00 Reception
8:00-9:45 Hosted Dinner & First Keynote, on Theory and Scholarship
Keynote Speaker: Richard Delgado
10:00- ? Ad hoc self-entertainment... conversation, music, singing, imbibing
FRIDAY, MAY 3d: (all day -- open check-in and registration)
7:00-8:15 Hosted Buffet Breakfast; join the group at your leisure
8:30-10:15 Plenary Panel 2
LatCrit Theory: Articulating Latina/o Visions and Voices in Critical Legal Discourse
Moderator: Frank Valdes
Panelists: Berta Hernandez, Kevin Johnson, Rachel Moran, Juan Perea
10:30-12:15 Plenary Panel 3
Practicing LatCrit Theory: Activist Teaching, Scholarship and Service on Behalf of Latina/o Communities
Moderator: Enrique Carrasco
Panelists: Steve Bender, George Martinez, Margaret Montoya, Laura Padilla
12:30-1:45 Hosted Buffet Lunch & Second Keynote, on Latinas/os in the Legal Academy
Keynote Speaker: Michael Olivas
2:00-3:45 Plenary Panel 4
LatCrit Theory, Critical Race Theory and Multiculturalism: The (Dis)Continuities of Race, Nationality and Ethnicity
Moderator: Robert Westley
Panelists: Adrienne Davis, Stephanie Wildman, Ian Haney-Lopez, Eric Yamamoto
4:00-5:45 Roundtable 2
Coalescing Communities, Discourses and Practices: Synergies in the Anti-Subordination Project
Moderators: Barbara Cox, Jerome Culp, Ediberto Román
6:00-7:15 Free Personal/Social Time
7:30-8:00 Reception
8:00-9:45 Hosted Dinner & Third Keynote, on Practice and Community Empowerment
Keynote Speaker: Gerald Lopez
10:00- ? Ad hoc self-entertainment... conversation, music, singing, imbibing
SATURDAY, MAY 4th:
7:00-8:15 Hosted Buffet Breakfast; join the group at your leisure
8:30-10:15 Plenary Panel 5
LatCrit Theory, Multiplicities and Intersectionalities: Sex(ualities), Class, Space, and Human Rights in Latina/o Critical Legal Discourse
Moderator: Keith Aoki
Panelists: Elvia Arriola, Sumi Cho, Michael Principe, Sherene Razack
10:30-12:15 Roundtable 3
LatCrit Theory and the Post-Identity Era: Transcending the Legacies of Color and Coalescing a Politics of Consciousness
Moderators: Robert Chang, Mary Coombs, Frank Valdes
12:30-1:45 Hosted Luncheon & Fourth Keynote, on Latina/o Legal History
Keynote Speaker: Cruz Reynoso
2:00-3:45 Works-in-Progress: Concurrent Mini-Group Discussions
[Details to follow soon]
4:00-6:00 Free Personal/Social Time
6:00-7:45 Hosted Dinner
7:45-10:45 Organized Excursion
Cinco de Mayo Festivities in Old Town San Diego
11:00- ? Miscellaneous gallivanting and the like...
SUNDAY, MAY 5th: (half day)
9:00-12:00 Check-out; Buffet Breakfast
9:15-10:15 Informal Discussion Group Designing and Teaching Courses on Latinas/os & the Law
Facilitator: Frank Valdes
10:30-12:00 Roundtable 4
Crafting the Future of LatCrit Theory, or "On to Miami in the Fall!"
Moderators: Berta Hernandez, Frank Valdes, Rey Valencia
12:15-12:30 Gather by the beach for the "Official LatCrit Group Photograph"!
12:30 The First Annual LatCrit Conference Formally Concludes