Southwest Criminal Law Workshop

This workshop is the first iteration of a regional, floating criminal law and procedure colloquium. The colloquium will allow participants to engage and discuss five or six papers, and over time to visit different cities and schools. Faculty from the host institution are invited to attend.

Friday, October 2, 2009 (Order of Papers tentative)
Morning Session in Room 137
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.	Continental breakfast available.
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Jennifer Chacon, UC Irvine. Paper: Regulating Migration Through Crime.
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	BREAK
11:00-12:30 p.m.	Russell Christopher and Kathryn Christopher, U Tulsa. Paper: The Fundamental Overbreadth of Statutory Rape

Afternoon Session in Room 237
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Sam Kamin & Justin Marceau, U Denver. Paper: The Ring Cycle: What Do We Know about Weighing, Juries and Death?
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.	BREAK
3:45 - 5:15 p.m.	Don Dripps, U San Diego. Paper. Controlling the Damage Done by Crawford v. Washington: Three Constructive Proposals

Saturday, October 3, 2009 (Order of Papers Tenative)
Morning Session in Room 137
8:30 - 9:15 a.m	Continental breakfast available
9:15 - 10:45 a.m	Carolyn Ramsey, U Colorado. Paper: Provoking Change: Comparative Insights on Feminist Homicide Law Reform.
10:45 - 11:00 a.m	BREAK
11:00a - 12:30 p.m	Carrisa Hessick, ASU. Paper: The Underenforcement of Constitutional Norms at Sentencing.


Format: Papers are circulated in advance. Attendees are expected to have read the papers. In addition to an author, each paper will have an assigned commentator, and moderator. Ninety minutes per paper. A rule of respectful and constructive candor, so that, through tough love, the work can genuinely improve.

Please rsvp for this event to Donna Ream at (520) 626-1629 or ream@law.arizona.edu Be sure to specify which of the three sessions you are able to attend.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Saturday, October 3, 2009

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