Tuesday, March 28, 2006

This Wednesday and This Saturday!

1) FRANK LINDH
Wednesday March 29, 2006
12PM – 1PM (Lunch served)
UC Davis School of Law – Martin Luther King Jr. Hall, Rm 1008
Shortly after the U.S. was shaken by the 9/11 attacks, John Walker Lindh, dubbed "The American Taliban" by the U.S. media, was taken into custody by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Come and hear attorney Frank Lindh, John Lindh's father, speak about his son's experiences, constitutional rights, and pending request for clemency.

2) THE MAKING OF A CRIMINAL: A KING HALL PRISON LAW SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 01, 2006
9:30AM - 3:30PM
(Breakfast and lunch served)
UC Davis School of Law – Martin Luther King Jr. Hall, Rm 1008

9:30am - Breakfast, registration

10:00am - The Making of a Criminal: Welcome Address
Susan Jordan, 3L, UC Davis School of Law

10:45am - Rights of Prisoners
Mona Cadena, Amnesty International
Charles Carbone, California Prison Focus
Holly Cooper, UC Davis School of Law Immigration Clinic
Steven Fama, Prison Law Office

12:00pm- Lunch

12:30pm - Gender Issues in the Prison System
Andrea Bible, Free Battered Women
Ari Wohlfeiler, Justice Now

2:00pm- Reform and Alternatives: What is the Real Purpose of Incarceration?
Rhodessa Jones, Medea Project
Beth Waitkus, Insight Garden Project at San Quentin

Funders and Co-Sponsors
Office of the Dean
King Hall Annual Fund
Law Students' Association
Agricultural Law Society

*Both events, FREE and open to the public, are located at:
UC Davis School of Law -
Martin Luther King Jr. Hall

Directions to King Hall (Law School), UC Davis
From San Francisco:
80 East
Take Exit 71 (UC Davis) towards the Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center
Turn left at the stop sign (Old Davis Road).
Pass the parking structure.
Turn left at the stoplight.
Go past the stop sign, left at the roundabout, and park in front of King Hall.

From Sacramento:
80 West
Take Exit 71 (UC Davis) towards the Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center
Turn right at the stop sign (Old Davis Road).
Pass the parking structure.
Turn left at the stoplight.
Go past the stop sign, left at the roundabout, and park in front of King Hall.

Questions? Email prisonsymposium@gmail.com

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