Schedule of Events
The 2013 Norman Amaker Public Interest Law Retreat
Turning Our World Around: New Lawyers Collaborating & Community-Building for Social Justice
February 8-10, 2013
Schedule of Events
(Tentative)
Friday, February 8, 2013
3:00 p.m. - BUS LEAVES: From Loyola University Chicago School of Law
(25 East Pearson Street, Chicago, IL 60611) to Retreat Campus
3:00-6:00 p.m. - CHECK IN
6:30-7:30 p.m. - DINNER
7:30-8:30 p.m. - WELCOME
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OPENING REMARKS: Professor Emily Benfer, Professor Allyson Gold
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AMAKER SPEAKER: Keynote speaker to be announced
8:30 p.m. - SOCIAL EVENT
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Ice Breaker
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Ice Cream Social
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Documentary Showing
Saturday, February 9, 2013
8:00-9:00 a.m. - BREAKFAST
9:00-9:45 a.m. - THE LEGACY OF NORMAN AMAKER
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Professor Neil Williams
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Dean Nina Appel
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Amaker Family
10:00-11:15 a.m. - WORKSHOP SESSION #1
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HEALTHCARE (racial disparities in health)
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IMMIGRATION (immigration reform & its consequences)
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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
11:15-11:30 a.m. - BREAK
11:30-12:45 p.m. - WORKSHOP SESSION #2
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LGBTQ (prison issues)
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (social enterprise)
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EDUCATION (CTU strike and its consequences for education reform)
12:45-1:45 p.m. - LUNCH
1:45-3:30 p.m. - ANTI-RACISM TRAINING
3:30-3:45 p.m. - BREAK
3:45-4:45 p.m. - SECONDARY TRAUMA TRAINING
4:45-5:00 p.m. - BREAK
5:15-6:30 p.m. - WORKSHOP SESSION #3
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HOUSING (access to justice strategies -- court-based advice; public policy; impact litigation; community lawyering)
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (strategies for confronting mass incarceration)
6:30-8:30 p.m. - DINNER
8:00 p.m. - SOCIAL EVENT
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African Dancing
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Game Night
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Documentary Showing
Sunday, February 10, 2013
8:00-9:00 a.m. - BREAKFAST
9:15-10:30 a.m. - CAREER PATHS (panelists will discuss their public interest careers)
11:00 a.m. - CLOSING CEREMONY
12:00 p.m. - BUS LEAVES: From Retreat Center to Loyola University Chicago School of Law
(25 East Pearson Street, Chicago, IL 60611)
This agenda is tentative and subject to change.