WCLSR Schedule of Events
UC Irvine, February 26-27, 2016
Friday, February 26
4:30-5:00
Welcome & Introductions
Bill Maurer, Dean, School of Social Science
Carroll Seron, Dean, School of Social Ecology
Hotel Irvine, Theater
5:00-6:00
Opening Conversation
Hotel Irvine, Theater
Inclusion, Exclusion & the Law
Chair: Catherine Fisk (UCI)
Panelists: Kaaryn Gustafson (UCI), Ana Muniz (UCLA), Arzoo Osanloo (UW)
6:00-8:00
Dinner Reception
Hotel Irvine, Room TBD
Saturday, February 27
8:00-8:30
Transport from Hotel to UCI Law School
8:30-8:45
Welcome to UCI Law, Room 1111
Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, School of Law
8:45-10:15
Session 1 (2 concurrent panels)
1a. Law in a Global Age: Transnational and International Perspectives
Chair: Milli Lake (ASU)
Panelists: Greg Shaffer (UCI), Rachel Cichowski (UW), Bryant Garth (UCI), Carrie
Menkel-Meadow (UCI), Wayne Sandholtz (USC)
UCI Law School, Room 1111
1b. Violence, Trauma and Law
Chair: Edith Kinney (San Jose State)
Panelists: Song Richardson (UCI), Kathryn Eidmann (Public Counsel Law Center), Geoff
Ward (UCI), Marleen Wong (USC), Paul Kaplan (SDSU)
UCI Law School, Room 1131
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-12:00 Session 2 (2 concurrent panels)
2a. Disability Challenges to Sociolegal Studies
Chair: Doron Dorfman (Stanford)
Panelists: Rabia Belt (Stanford), Katharina Heyer (Hawai‘i), Sagit Mor (UW/Haifa).
UCI Law School, Room 1111
2b. Police Violence, Economic Inequality, and Occupation (Connecting Black Lives Matter,
Occupy Wall St, and Aloha ʻĀina)
Chair: TBD
Panelists: Andrea Freeman (Hawai‘i), Priscilla Ocen (Loyola), Sadaf Kashfi (UBC),
Wehi Ahu (Hawai‘i).
UCI Law School, Room 1131
12:00-2:00
Graduate Student Workshops/Box Lunch
Group 1: Immigration/Migration
Students: Edelina Burciaga (UCI); Mina Barahimi (Berkeley); Gabriela Gonzalez
(UCI); Lizette Solorzano Perez (USC); Jose Torres (UCI)
Faculty Facilitators: Jennifer Chacon (Stanford/UCI); Marjorie Zatz (UC Merced)
UCI Law School, Room TBD
Group 2: Mind, Body, & Justice
Students: Chase Burton (Berkeley); Jessica Cooper (Princeton); Emily Earl
(UCI); Natalie Pifer (UCI); John Soboslai (UCSB)
Faculty Facilitators: Mario Barnes (UCI); Jonathan Simon (Berkeley)
UCI Law School, Room TBD
Group 3: Fairness & Bias
Students: Shirin Bakhshay (UCSC); Kathleen Jaeger (Berkeley); Sarah Polcz
(Stanford); Asad Rahim (Berkeley)
Faculty Facilitators: Lauren Edelman (Berkeley); Osagie Obasogie
(UCSF/Hastings)
Law School, Room TBD
Group 4: ADA, Health & the Law
Students: Doron Dorfman (Stanford); Tanya Karwaki (UW); Deborah Lefkowitz
(UCI); Anna Raup-Kounovsky (UCI)
Faculty Facilitators: Marianne Constable (Berkeley); Katherina Heyer (Hawai‘i)
Law School, Room TBD
Group 5: Law, Movements & The Public
Students: Jonathan Beck (UW); Ben Manski (UCSB); Analicia Mejia Mesinas
(UCI); Chandra Middleton (UCI); Kate Plyley (Victoria)
Faculty Facilitators: Catherine Albiston (Berkeley); Jon Goldberg-Hiller (Hawai‘i)
Law School, Room TBD
Group 6: Governing Place
Students: Angela Carter (UC Davis); Devon Magliozzi (Stanford); Sean Mallin
(UCI); Mark Zion (Victoria)
Faculty Facilitators: Cal Morrill (Berkeley); Keramet Reiter (UCI)
Law School, Room TBD
Group 7: Globalization & Change
Students: Jeff Omari (UCSC); Amira Paripurna (UW); Kasey Ragan (UCI); Arm
Tungnirun (Stanford)
Faculty Facilitators: Eve Darian-Smith (UCSB); Samera Esmeir (Berkeley)
Law School, Room TBD
2:00-3:30
Session 3 (2 concurrent panels)
3a. Mass Institutionalization: Incarceration, Detention and Healthcare
Chair: Alessandro De Giorgi (SJSU)
Panelists: Emily Ryo (USC), Jonathan Simon (Berkeley), Scott Allen (UCR), Jennifer
Chacon (Stanford/UCI)
UCI Law School, Room 1111
3b. Obergefell, Families Outside of Marriage and the Law
Chair: Michael McCann (UW)
Panelists: Elizabeth Brake (ASU), Courtney G. Joslin (UC Davis), Kaiponanea T.
Matsumura (ASU), Douglas NeJaime (UCLA), Bianca D.M. Wilson (UCLA).
UCI Law School, Room 1131
3:30-3:45
Break
3:45-5:00
Closing Conversation
The Current State of Law and Society Research: Current Pathways and Future Directions
Chair: Katie Young (Stanford)
Panelists: Shauhin Talesh (UCI), Hadar Aviram (UC Hastings), Laura Gomez (UCLA),
Eve Darian-Smith (UCSB)
UCI Law School, Room 1111
** We are grateful to James Peterson/Microsemi and the following UC Irvine sponsors for their
generous support of this conference: Office of Research; Department of Criminology, Law &
Society; School of Law; School of Social Ecology; and School of Social Sciences.