6th Annual Law and Policy Conference

Each year, CLINIC partners with the Migration Policy Institute and Georgetown University Law Center to host the Law and Policy Conference.

This year's conference is themed: Prospects and Preparations for Immigration Reform. It is held at Georgetown University Law Center, Bernard P. McDonough Hall in the Hart Auditorium, 600 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington DC.

The conference offers law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues.  Featured panelists include high-ranking government officials, academics, advocates, and other immigration experts.

 

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

 

8:15 a.m. - Registration 

9 a.m.       - Welcome by Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Georgetown University Law Center

Plenary I: Bringing Immigration Policymaking into the 21st Century 

Session Moderator: Andrew Schoenholtz, Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University.

Speakers:

• Donald Kerwin, vice president for programs, Migration Policy Institute
• Tara Magner, consultant to the Chairman of the US Sentate Committee on the Judiciary Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont
• Esther A. Olavarria, deputy assistant secretary for policy, Department of Homeland Security

10:15 a.m. - Break

10:30 a.m. - Plenary II: Prospects for Immigration Reform - What to Expect from Washington?

Session Moderator: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute

 Speakers:

• Serena Hoy, senior counsel, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada
• Rick Johnson, vice president, Lake Research Partners
• John Morton, assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security

11:45 a.m.  -  Remarks by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security

12:30 p.m. - LUNCH

1:30 p.m. - The Economic Recession and its Impact on Immigration

                  Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute

2:15 p.m. -  Plenary Session III: Communities Laying the Groundwork for Immigration Reform and Beyond

Session Moderator: Mark Franken, Executive Director, CLINIC

Speakers:

• Josh Bernstein, director of immigration, Service Employees International Union
• Angelica Salas, director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
• Diana Tellefson, executive director, United Farm Workers Foundation, Southern California

3:30 p.m. - BREAK

3:45 p.m. - Plenary Session IV: Immigrant Integration: A Full Federal Policy Agenda

Session Moderator: Michael Fix, co-director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute

Speakers:

• Leighton Ku, professor in the Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University
• Forrest P. Chisman, executive vice president, Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
• Peter Zamora, senior education counsel, Office of Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.

REGISTER ONLINE

The conference will be held in the Bernard P. McDonough Hall, Philip Hart Auditorium at the Georgeton Law Center.

Georgetown University Law Center

 600 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

Entrance is on 2nd Street, NW between E Street and Massachusetts Ave., NW.

 

Questions? Please call 202-266-1929 or email events@migrationpolicy.org

If you are interested in reserving/purchasing table space to display your organization's material, please contact April Siruno at asiruno@migrationpolicy.org or 202-266-1908.

 

The event is sponsored by:

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
Georgetown University Law Center
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)