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Date:
February 13, 2012
Start:
11:30am
End:
1:30pm
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Location:
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
Event type:
Talk

Featuring Nina Perales, Director of Litigation, MALDEF, and Sam Brooke, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center

Moderated by Professor Barbara Hines, UT Law School Immigration Clinic

February 13, 2012, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

University of Texas School of Law, Sheffield Room, lunch provided

Discussion topics:

11:30 am - 12:30 pm The Current Wave of State Anti-Immigrant Laws

12:30 - 1:30 pm Challenging State Anti-Immigrant Laws - Litigation Nuts and Bolts

Attend one or both sessions.

The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please RSVP to Rachel Sidopulos, rsidopulos@law.utexas.edu, by February 8 to reserve your spot.

Cosponsored by the Immigration and Nationality Section of the State Bar of Texas and UT Law School’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

About the featured speakers:

Nina Perales is a leading civil rights litigator and an expert on a range of issues, including immigrants’ rights, voting rights, and redistricting litigation. Among her current cases, she recently successfully argued in the lawsuit challenging Arizona’s anti-immigrant law known as SB 1070; she also leads the litigation that has struck down repeated anti-immigrant laws in Farmers Branch, Texas.

Sam Brooke is litigating state anti-immigrant laws throughout the Southeast, including Alabama’s HB56, Georgia’s HB87, and South Carolina’s SB20. He was a staff attorney with the ACLU of Connecticut, and a law fellow with the ACLU of Alabama. In 2009, he came to SPLC as a Soros Justice Fellow to focus on immigration enforcement abuses in the Southeast.

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Prospective students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.