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.
\n\nIf you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: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.
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.
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