40th Annual Progressive Lawyering Day

Progressive Lawyering Day 2008: For The Love Of Justice
Saturday, September 27, 2008

The 40th Annual Progressive Lawyering Day will be at USF School of Law
September 27th. Panel topics will include immigration, sex workers’ rights
and organizing efforts, international womens’ rights, and juvenile
justice. Our keynote speaker is San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney
Terry Stewart. Ms. Stewart successfully argued before the California
Supreme Court on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco for the
legalization of same sex marriage.

Free breakfast, lunch, and reception. CLE credit offered for a suggested
donation $20-$60 to be used toward student travel stipends for the
national NLG convention in Detroit.

40th Annual Progressive Lawyering Day
Saturday, September 27, 2008, 10 am - 6 pm
University of San Francisco School of Law
Kendrick Hall - 2199 Fulton St at Parker Ave
San Francisco, CA
(Accessible by buses 5 Fulton and 21 Hayes)

Schedule:
10 am Registration/breakfast - pastries & coffee

10:30-12 pm
International women’s rights panel
Sophie Clavier, Professor of International Relations San Francisco State;
Zakia Afrin, Amnesty International; Mita Prakash, Helping Women Help
Themselves

Immigration panel
Evelyn Sanchez, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition; Francisco Ugarte, San
Francisco Immigrant Legal Education Network

12-1 pm Lunch - Thai food

1-2:30 pm
Juvenile justice panel
Cassandra James, Leajay Harper, Danielle Russworm, Center for Young
Women’s Development and Marci Sandoval and Roger Chan, San Francisco
Public Defender’s office

Sex workers rights panel
Maxine Doogan and Starchild, Erotic Service Providers Union

3-4:30 pm Keynote speaker
San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart

4:30-6 pm Reception - appetizers and beer, wine & soda