Gender,
Parenting, and the Law
February 7,
2009
About | Agenda | Panel Descriptions | Participant Bios | Travel/Directions | Registration | Contact
Parenting,
Gender, and
the Law is a symposium sponsored by the Stanford Journal for
Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties, with support from the Clayman Institute,
Stanford University Feminist Studies Department, Graduate Student Council at Stanford University, and Stanford Law
School. The symposium will provide a forum for academics, legal
practitioners, and community organizers and activists to share
ground-breaking work on a number of urgent parenthood-related civil
rights issues. The Symposium will be open to Stanford students,
faculty, and the community at large.
Dorothy Roberts, Kirkland and Ellis Professor at Northwestern University Law School, will give the Keynote Address.
Panel topics include: New Reproductive Technologies and the Law, Parenting and the Criminal Justice System, Parenting and Labor, and LGBT parenting. Each panel will discuss issues of gender, state views of parenthood, and the legal rights of parents.
MCLE approval pending.
Stanford Law School is pleased to sponsor this conference, which is intended for public interest law faculty, practitioners, educators, and students. Registration is free for all students, faculty, and community members. Professionals are asked to pay $50 to register for this symposium. Professionals should mail a check for $50 made out to the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to: Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Stanford Law School; 559 Nathan Abbott Way; Stanford, CA 94305-8610. No one will be turned away due to financial hardship.
Professionals who would like to request a reduced or waived registration fee should send an e-mail to lnutt@stanford.edu or mmunoz10@stanford.edu outlining their financial situation (e.g., retired, unemployed, limited income). Registration closes on February 5, 2009 at 5 pm PST.
