2023 SYMPOSIUM Then and Now: Constitutional Changes and Navigating the Law

2800 Broadway,San Antonio TX 78209

24 February, 2023

Description

The Annual Symposium is a CLE credit-approved event held annually to bring awareness to new advancements or issues arising in a particular practice area. In 2023, the Annual Symposium's theme is "Then and Now: Constitutional Changes and Navigating the Law." The presentations will focus on the modern adaptations to constitutional law based on recent Supreme Court decisions, a reflection on the advancement or regression of the law in particular practice areas, and the effects the law's changing landscape has on certain communities. Esteemed lawyers, professors, scholars, and advocates will present on a wide range of topics including Health care, Environmental Law, Criminal Prosecution and Defense, Immigration Law, Title IX, First Amendment Rights, and Conflicts of Law. - Attorney registration $115 - Government employee and non-attorney registration $75 - Immigration volunteer registration $30 - Student registration $20 (scholarships available for St. Mary's School of Law students only; please email [email protected] from your St. Mary's email address telling us why you would like to attend) - St. Mary's School of Law faculty/staff and Scholar Volume 25 member registration is free - Press/media registration is free FEATURED SPEAKERS Liza Garcia Managing Immigration Attorney "Due Process Challenges in Immigration" Suzanne Patrick Director of Equal Opportunity/Title IX Coordinator for the University of Texas San Antonio "Title IX: Then and Now" Krista Anderson System Wide Title IX Coordinator for the University of Texas System "Title IX: Then and Now" Charles Rhodes Professor of Law and Charles Weigel II Research Professor of State and Federal Constitutional Law at the South Texas College of Law Houston ''Vigilante Enforcement, Civil Rights, and the Federal-State System" Jeff Wurzburg Senior Counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP "Anchoring the Safety Net: An Appreciation of the United States Largest and Most Critical Health Care Program." Vincent R. Johnson South Texas Distinguished Law Professor at St. Mary's University School of Law "Milestones in the Development of Professional Responsibility Law" Joe Gonzales Bexar County District Attorney Constitutional Criminal Rights Panel Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez County Court 13 Constitutional Criminal Rights Panel Matthew B. Howard Director of The Bexar County District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit Constitutional Criminal Rights Panel Lauren Zamora Attorney at The Bexar County District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit Constitutional Criminal Rights Panel Gerald Goldstein Senior Partner at Goldstein & Orr Constitutional Criminal Rights Panel Amy Hardberger Professor of Law at Texas Tech University School of Law and Director of the Center for Water and Law Policy "Ensuring Water Access and Affordability" Dale Carpenter Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law, Altschuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Professor of Law at SMU Dedman School of Law "The First Amendment and LGBT Rights"