Please join us at any of the
events scheduled below.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LAW and SOCIETY WEEK 2008
**Draft Schedule 1/16/08
Friday February 22, 2008
Saturday February 23, 2008
Monday February
25, 2008
Tuesday February 26, 2008
Wednesday February 27, 2008
Paralegal Student Association Day
Thursday February 28, 2008
“Violence Day” – need new title
Friday February 29, 2008
8:30 to 12:00
 High School Day
S2-19
 
 
10:10-12:10
FILM FESTIVAL
The Children's March
1963 Birmingham, Alabama-MLK gets children to march against segregation.
S2-3
 

8:00 to 9:20.

Drugs, Weapons and Violence in Philadelphia.

S2-3. Joseph Davis, MSW,LSW presents overview of the drug-gun-violence linkage and identifies stategies for communities to prevent and reduce the problem.

RP: Anthony Bruno
8:00 to 9:20 Mapping Crimes with GIS
S2-3
Philadelphia Police Department
RP: Jamie Picardy
 
930-10:50
The Election Process
 
 
9 am - 11am
FILM FESTIVAL
Race: The Power of Illusion
WERC
Jane Jacobs
9:15 to 10:45 Legal Implications of Nursing S2-19
RP: David Freeman
 
    •  
 
 
 11:15 to 12:10
International Student Panel 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9:00 to 11:15 "From School to Prison
Panel Discussion
NWRC
RM:  Lecture Hall, Second Floor. DA George Mosee, Defender Association Nicole Pitman, and Penn's Chad Lassiter address the impact of violence on adolescent development.
RP: AnthonyBruno
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11am - 12:20pm
FILM FESTIVAL
Troop 1500
Rm. S2-3
Lisa Handler &
Dena Sukol
Girl Scout Troop visits their Moms in prison.
 
9:05 to 10:00
Murder Ballads
 
10:10 to 11:05
Competency and the Death Penalty
S2-3
RP: Heidi Braunschweig and Julie Gurner
(IS THE ROOM CORRECT?)
 
 
11:15 am - 1:15pm
FILM FESTIVAL
Race to Execution
Rm. S2-3
Dena Sukol
Race discrimination & the death penalty.
9:30 to 10:50 Philadelphia CSI

Large Auditorium

RP: Mark Jones
Note: Double-check on the Large Auditorium
 
12:10-2:00  Northeast campus. Room 130. "Music, Drugs and Crime."
 Philadelphia Inquirer's George Anastasia reports on Music Mogel Ace Capone 's Trial for Drug Distribution..
RP: Anthony Bruno
10:10-12:15

Practical Answers for Real Problems: Free Legal Forum

 

 

Main Campus; Room TBA

 

 

Legal experts will answer students’ questions about real life legal problems that often prevent them from succeeding in school and life.

RP: Mary Conway

 

 

 

 
Opening of "Lost Dreams on Canvas": Portraits of Murder Victims
Lobby Winnet
(What time? Do we want to tie in the high school students? – Should we have a reception / opening?
RP: Tom Quinn
 
  

12:30-1:30

"The Nine"

Rick Frei

Room:  Teaching Center 
11:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Legal Resource Day
Cafeteria
RP: Tom Quinn, Linda Hibbs
 
 
 
 
1:25-3:30 The Snitching Project
S2-19 Which Room?
RE: Rick Frei
11AM - 12:20PM
"The Crime Reporters"
RP: Tom Doyle
 
 
12:30-2:00PM
Law and Society Week Closing Reception:
Room:  Teaching Center 
LAW and SOCIETY WEEK 2008
**Draft Schedule ****1/16/08**** Page 2
Friday February 22, 2008
Saturday February 23, 2008
Monday February
25, 2008
Tuesday February 26, 2008
Wednesday February 27, 2008
Thursday February 28, 2008
“Violence Day”
Friday February 29, 2008
 
 
12:30-1:15 Red Flags:  Legal and Ethical Issues in Assessing Risk Through Student Output
Rick Frei, Melissa St. Pierre, Randy Merced, Fran DiRosa, Julie Odell
Location: Teaching Center
 
1:25 to 2:20 p.m.
Fences and Freedom: 
Immigration 
Since 9/11
Prsenters: Steve Morley,  Judith Bernstein-Baker and Christine Flowers
 S2-19
 
 
 
2:30 to 3:25 p.m. Transformation Through Art (Art for Justice)
S2-3
2:00 p.m. Becker Award and Lecture
CBI
3:00 Reception
RP Kathy (Communications)
 
 
 
 
 
 
12:15 TO 2:00 p.m. Northeast Campus. Music and the Drug Trade. Presentation by the Philadelphia Inquirer'sGeorge Anastasia on the growing drug involement in the music industy. 
 
12:30-1:50
Judges Panel
 
2pm - 4pm
FILM FESTIVAL
Sisters In Law
 Rm. S2-3
Two feisty women dispense wisdom, wisecracks & justice in spouse abuse cases in Africa.
 
 
3:30 p.m. Mock Interviews for Justice and PLS students
RP: Jane Jacobs
 
 
 
3:45 p.m. Art for Justice**
Opening Reception (Rotunda)
 
 
 
4:45 p.m. Alumni, Public Service Event / Reception
RP: PLS & Justice Faculty
Contest Winners announced (RP: David Freeman and Mary Conway)
 
 
 
Other issues for Friday:
Midge Rendell?
Other events?
 
6:00 p.m. Thinking about Law School
6:00 p.m. to 8:00
Women in the Law
Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters
RP: Kathy Smith
6:00 to 7:30
Navigating Through the Protection From Abuse Process
Judge Ida Chen RP: Billy Love
 
 
 
6:30 p.m. -- ?
NWRC Room TBA
Ending Domestic Violence
 

Educators and attorneys from Women Against Abuse will visit Women’s Studies 101 to answer questions and provide resources.

RP: Mary Conway
6:00-7:30
Hate Crimes
William Love, Esquire 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6:30 PM x 8:00PM
NERC Room TBA
Violent Death Investigations
Mark Jones
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
Other Issues:
Developmental
Play
Film Festival
Judge’s Panel – do we want it Tuesday or Thursday (violence day) 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. and what do we want on the other day
 
Julie’s presentation
Heidi’s presentation
Film festival – Dena’s questions
Events at Regional Centers (WS at NWRC for example)
2:00 p.m. T/R prime time – need to schedule
Recycling event – Margaret
 
 

The 2008 Schedule (as of 1/16/08)

 


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