Friday, March 18
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Moot Court Room
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn
RSVP by March 11, 2011.
About the Symposium
The last few years have brought great transformations in the rights and protections accorded adolescents in a range of areas, including criminal law, health care, and technology. On one hand, young people are interacting with society independently of their families more than ever—often through new technologies. On the other hand, there is increasing evidence that they are not as neurologically and socially developed as are adults. This program will engage panels of experts in law, psychology and other disciplines to discuss the evolving legal and social status of adolescents. Among the questions that will be explored: How has the role and status of adolescents changed recently? What types of data or evidence are courts and legislatures relying on to craft protections for and obligations on today’s youth? How can we help young people from various backgrounds succeed at school and as future citizens and workers? What lies in store for lawyers, educators and others working with adolescents in the near future?
Symposium Co-Chairs
Brooklyn Law School Professors Cynthia Godsoe and Karen Porter organized this symposium
Co-Sponsors
The Journal of Law and Policy is a scholarly journal of analysis and commentary whose mission is to promote the debate of law-related issues and public policy through the publication of articles written by legal scholars, law students, and distinguished members of the legal and policymaking communities.
The Center for Health, Science and Public Policy is a Brooklyn Law School Center of Excellence that provides resources to the broader legal and professional community. Through its work, the Center seeks to create an interdisciplinary venue for exploring both the theory and practice of health law. It offers a rich and rigorous curriculum that provides students with the substantive knowledge and practice skills necessary to become excellent lawyers in fields related to health and science, and encourages scholarship and initiates research projects to improve the quality of healthcare services and the integrity of science.
CLE Credit
This course provides 5.5 CLE credits in the State of New York. The credits are transitional and non-transitional and the category is Areas of Professional Practice. To register for CLE credit for this event please visit www.brooklaw.edu/lawpolicy or call 718-780-7953.
Agenda
8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Welcoming Remarks
Michael A. Gerber
Interim Dean and Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Karen Porter
Executive Director
Center for Health, Science and Public Policy; Assistant Professor of Clinical Law
Brooklyn Law School
Cynthia Godsoe
Instructor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
9:15 am Judging Children as Children
Michael A. Corriero
Director and Founder
New York Center for Juvenile Justice
10:00 am Emerging Issues in Juvenile Justice
Mark R. Fondacaro
Professor of Psychology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
Jeffrey Fagan
Professor of Law
Columbia Law School
Tamar R. Birckhead
Assistant Professor of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
Hillary B. Farber
Assistant Professor
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice;
Visiting Assistant Professor
School of Law
Northeastern University
11:45 am Luncheon
12:45 pm Adolescent Health and the Law
Jennifer L. Rosato
Dean and Professor of Law
Northern Illinois University College of Law
Jennifer A. Drobac
Professor of Law
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis;
Visiting Professor (2010-2011)
Santa Clara Law
Jonathan Todres
Associate Professor of Law
Georgia State University College of Law
Abigail English
Frieda L. Miller Fellow (2010-2011)
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study;
Director
Center for Adolescent Health & the Law
2:10 pm Legal and Social Implications of Youth and Technology
Amanda Lenhart
Senior Research Specialist
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
Chris Hansen
Staff Attorney
American Civil Liberties Union
John Humbach
Professor of Law
Pace Law School
Moderators
Cynthia Godsoe
Instructor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Margo Kaplan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Jonathan Askin
Associate Professor of Clinical Law
Brooklyn Law School
RSVP by March 11, 2011.