TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Legal scholars will visit The University of Alabama School of Law April 7 to discuss how the law responds to difference and identity concerns.
The symposium on Law and the Imagining of Difference will be held in the Judge Seybourn H. Lynne Lecture Hall, room A255.
The conference will explore how law responds to the claims of difference, how and when it recognizes difference and accommodates it, as well as when and why such recognition and accommodation is resisted.
The symposium marks the 21st and final symposium organized by Austin Sarat, the Justice Hugo L. Black Visiting Senior Faculty Scholar at The University of Alabama School of Law. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
The symposium will feature:
Mark E. Brandon, dean, The University of Alabama School of Law
Megan A. Conway, Center for Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Zanita Fenton, University of Miami School of Law
Douglas NeJaime, UCLA School of Law
Austin Sarat, The University of Alabama School of Law and Amherst College
Julie Suk, Cardozo Law School
More information is available by clicking here: http://www.law.ua.edu/calendar/event/law-and-the-imagining-of-difference/
About UA Law School
One of America’s leading public law schools, and the “#1 Best Value Law School” in the nation, according to the National Jurist, for two years in a row (2012 and 2013), The University of Alabama School of Law offers a challenging curriculum with over 150 electives, several dual enrollment opportunities, Master of Laws degrees, and a J.S.D. With a student-to-faculty ratio of approximately 10:1, the Law School offers students a rigorous, hands-on learning experience, with strong student engagement in clinical programs, law review, moot court and trial advocacy.
Contact
Monique Fields, manager of communications, UA School of Law, 205/348-5195, mfields@law.ua.edu; UA media relations, 205/348-8323, cbryant@ur.ua.edu