University of Baltimore School of Law Center on Applied Feminism 8th Annual Feminist Legal Conference: Applied Feminism and Work
Thursday, March 5, 2015
3:00-4:30 p.m. Conference Workshop: UPS v. Young: Activist Strategies to Advance the Rights of Women Workers1 Joanna Grossman, Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University Deborah L. Brake, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Moderator Michele Gilman, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center on Applied Feminism, University of Baltimore School of Law
5:00-6:00 Keynote Speaker, Chai Feldblum, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission2
Friday, March 6, 2015
8:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast/ Registration3
9:00-9:15 a.m. Conference Welcome Dean Ronald Weich, University of Baltimore School of Law David Shafer, Editor-in-Chief, University of Baltimore Law Review
Conference Opening Remarks Margaret E. Johnson, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Center on Applied Feminism, University of Baltimore School of Law
9:15-10:45 a.m. Panel I: Reducing Harassment, Violence, and Retaliation in the Workplace
Using the NFL as Model? Considering Zero Tolerance in the Workplace for Batterers Deseriee A. Kennedy, Professor of Law, Touro Law Center
“Ain’t I A Woman?”: Feminism and the Fight for Equality for Immigrant Women Workers Shirley Lin, Attorney, Outten & Golden
1 The workshop will be held in the 12th Floor Reading Room, University of Baltimore School of Law. 2 The keynote address will be held in the Moot Court Room, University of Baltimore School of Law. 3 The paper presentations will be held in the Moot Court Room, University of Baltimore School of Law.
Center on Applied Feminism 1420 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201 Tel: 410-837-5706 Fax: 410-837-4776 http://law.ubalt.edu/caf
Through a Different Lens: Using Masculinities Research to Interpret Title VII Ann C. McGinley, Professor of Law, UNLV Law School
Addressing Violence against Women in the Workplace Robin Runge, Associate Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University Law School
Moderator Nancy Modesitt, Associate Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law
10:45-11:00 a.m. Break
11:00a.m. -12:30 p.m. Panel II: Enhancing Economic Security for Women Workers
Just Jobs Anita Bernstein, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
A Post-Gender Tax Code?: Rethinking the Challenge of Gender Discrimination and Taxation Tessa Davis, Assistant Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law
Satanists, Scott Walker, & Contraception: A Partial Account of Hobby Lobby’s Implications for State Law Kara Lowentheil, Research Fellow and Director, Public Rights/Private Conscience Project, Columbia Law School
Engaging with Family Law Reform to Advance Women’s Economic Security Lisa V. Martin, Director of the Experiential Curriculum and Clinical Assistant Professor, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
Moderator Emily Tortsveit Ngara, Clinical Fellow, University of Baltimore School of Law
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch4
4 Lunch will be served in the 12th Floor Reading Room, University of Baltimore School of Law.
Center on Applied Feminism 1420 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201 Tel: 410-837-5706 Fax: 410-837-4776 http://law.ubalt.edu/caf
1:30-3:00 p.m. Panel III: Reimagining Work and Understanding Gender Equity within Work’s Future Frontiers
Robots as Labor Creating Devices: Robotic Technologies and the Expansion of the Second Shift Ann Bartow, Professor of Law, Pace Law School
Millennial Feminisms: How the Newest Generation of Lawyers May Change the Conversation about Gender Equality in the Workplace – Without Even Trying Meghan M. Boone, Clinical Teaching Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center
Broken Down Barriers, Same Old Roadblocks: Why Has Greater Representation in the Legal Profession Not Equaled Increased Success for Women and People of Color in the Private Sector? Jennifer L. Kent, Attorney, The Law Offices of Joshua M. Ambush
Foster Parenting as Work Hannah Roman, Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering, New York University School of Law
Moderator Jenn Kim, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law
3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks Michele Gilman, Professor of Law and Co-Director Center on Applied Feminism, University of Baltimore School of Law
Center on Applied Feminism 1420 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201 Tel: 410-837-5706 Fax: 410-837-4776 http://law.ubalt.edu/caf