PERSONAL GENETICS INFORMATION:
IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND
CRIMINAL LAW
Friday, November 9, 2001
The New York Law School Journal of Human Rights is
hosting a symposium on genetic discrimination at New York Law School on Friday,
November 9, 2001 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The
Honorable Louise Slaughter, 28th Congressional District of New York,
will deliver the keynote address.
The Symposium will focus on genetic discrimination in the
employment context and in the criminal justice field. Professor Carlin Meyer
will moderate the panel on employment law with panelists Joe Holahan, Director
for Policy Development and Counsel with the Health Insurance Association of
America; Mark Rothstein, Professor of Law
at Louisville, Professor & Director of the Health Law & PolicyInstitute in Houston, TX;
Laurie Vasichek, Trial Lawyer for the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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he second panel, focusing on genetic discrimination in
the criminal justice field will be moderated by Professor Randolph Jonakait
Panelists include: John Hicks, Director, Office of Forensic and
Victim
Services; Peter Neufeld, Co-founder
and Director of The Innocence Project
at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; John Reinstein, Legal Director, ACLU-MA.
The Symposium is cosponsored by the New York Law School
Center for City Law, the New York City Commission on Human Rights and the New
York Law School Justice Action Center.
To request more information about the symposium please contact: Amy E. Fallon,
Executive Topics Editor, New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, by
e-mail to afallon@nyls.edu
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