Symposia

The Annual Social Justice Symposium

The Justice Action Center sponsors an annual symposium on a topic of social justice law. Click on the conference titles below for information on event speakers, topics, publications, and audio or video links:

• Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Patients' Rights in a Shifting Legal and Political Landscape (2012–13 Symposium)
• Ripples of Injustice: The Impact of Criminal Justice Policies on Minority Communities (2011–2012 Symposium, Spring)
• Civil Liberties Ten Years After 9/11 (2011–2012 Symposium, Autumn)
• Challenging the School-to-Prison Pipeline (2008–2009 Symposium)
• The Community Reinvestment Act: Still Relevant at 30? (2007–2008 Symposium)
• Seeking Review: Immigration Law and Federal Court Jurisdiction (2005–2006 Symposium)
• Next Wave Organizing Conference (2004–2005 Symposium)
• Brown Is Dead? Long Live Brown! A Commemorative Symposium on the Influence of Brown v. Board of Education on Lawyers and the Law (2003–2004 Symposium)

The Annual Adoption Conference

In addition, each spring the Justice Action Center and the Center for Adoption Policy cosponsor a conference on adoption law and policy. Currently in its fifth year, this series explores topics at the forefront of adoption policy in the United States and abroad. For information on this conference series, please click here.

The Denise Morgan Memorial Scholarship Symposium

In the spring of 2007, the Justice Action Center held a special memorial conference honoring Professor Denise C. Morgan, a leading member of the New York Law School community, who passed away on April 7, 2006. For a list of speakers and topics, please click here.