Immigration and Citizenship Law - Speakers and Events
The Immigration and Citizenship Law Program hosts events throughout the academic year, including:
- The Citizenship and Equality Colloquium, which features nationally prominent guest speakers whose research focuses on the concept of citizenship
- A works-in-progress series supporting Colorado immigration scholars and graduate students
- Keynote lectures and roundtable discussions by immigration attorneys and scholars on contemporary policy issues
- Quarterly pro bono citizenship and naturalization drives
To present research in the monthly Colorado Immigration Scholars' Mesa WIP series, please contact Rebecca Galemba, DU, or Fernando Riosmena, Ƶ.
Fall 2021
October 15, 2021 (11am-12pm MT). An event for lawyers/scholars: What in the world is going on in D.C. with immigration reform, executive action and DACA?? Join us this Friday, Oct. 15 at 11am for a conversation to help lawyers, scholars and activists advocate for immigrants in uncertain times.
October 20, 2021 (5:30-6:30pm MT). An event for community: What in the world is going on in D.C. with immigration reform, executive action and DACA?? Join us on Oct. 20 at 5:30 pm for a conversation to inform affected community members, allies and activists about pathways forward. Translation in Spanish provided.
January 20, 2021 (12-1pm MT). Citizenship: from the past to the present. Panel discussion with professors Lucy Chester, Honor Sachs, Seema Sohi, and Ming H. Chen on the meaning of the 14th amendment and its implications for US citizenship. Contact Professor Chester for details here; join by . Note: Professor Chen’s immigration law class will be viewing a related documentary after the panel discussion; please let her know if you’re interested in joining – spots may be limited.
January 26, 2021 (4:30pm MT). Book Release: Border Thinking. In this book reception, authors Andrea Dyrness and Enrique Sepulveda III will share perspectives on how Latinx youth experience belonging across borders. Hosted by Ƶ Boulder Latin American Studies. Zoom link available upon .
February 22, 2021 (5-6:30pm MT). Lecture on Access to Justice for Immigrants. UCLA Professor Ingrid Eagley and RMIAN Attorney Ashley Harrington will present their research and experiences on national and local representation for immigrants. This lecture is dedicated to Breanna Boss Ƶ Law '21. Register .
March 2, 2021 (12:30-1:30pm MT). MESA Works-In-Progress Workshop. Ƶ Professor Fernando Riosmena will present "Worlds in Motion: A re-appraisal of Thinking on and Empirical Evaluation of Migration Theories." Ƶ Professor David Cook-Martin provide commentary to kick off group discussion. To request the paper and receive the zoom link, please RSVP via email to Ming Hsu Chen. UPDATE: Please note changed date.
March 13, 2021. Ƶ’s Office for Outreach will feature Professor Chen on citizenship as part of their Ƶ on the Weekend Lecture Series for Spring 2021 at 3 PM ET/2 PM CST/1 PM MST/12 PM PST. Registration opens January 4 here.
April 1, 2021 (12-1pm MT). MESA Works-In-Progress Workshop. Ƶ Postgraduate Research Fellow Hunter Knapp will present "Structural Racism in Agriculture." To request the paper and receive the zoom link, please RSVP via email to ming.h.chen@colorado.edu
April 6, 2021 (12-1pm MT). Hate Crimes and Anti-Asian Violence: A Conversation about Critical Race Theory and Feminist Perspectives on Legal Strategies. Speakers Zeyen Wu, Assistant US Attorney; Jennifer Ho, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of CHA at Ƶ Boulder; Nhu Minh Le, Victim Assistance Director at the Asian Pacific Development Center. Hosted by Ƶ APALSA and co-hosted by White House Initiative on AAPIs. UPDATE: To receive follow up information and resources, please email apalsa@colorado.edu or submit your contact information .
April 8-9, 2021. Byron White Center's Rothgerber Conference on CItizenship. Thursday night will include a performance by MOTUS Theater (5-6:30pm MT). Friday will include a fireside chat with author Ming Hsu Chen in conversation with Hiroshi Motomura on Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era (Stanford Press 2020). It will be followed by a full day of exciting panel discussions with nationally known speakers conducting work on citizenship (9-4pm) and postconference discussion on next steps in small groups (4-5pm MT). More details and conference registration for all three events here. For additional questions, please contact Melissa Schenter. UPDATE: A summary of the key ideas and conversations from the day is here.
- Thursday Apil 8 MOTUS Undocumonologues. UPDATE: Video .
- Friday April 9 Pursuing Citizenship conference. UPDATE: Video here and .
- Friday April 9 Reception and postconference discussion of next steps.
April 30, 2021 (1-2:30pm MT). Ƶ Population Center's Migration Primary Research Area meeting. To RSVP and receive zoom link, please contact Fernando Riosmena.
May 4, 2021 (12-1pm MT.). MESA Works-In-Progress Workshop, in collaboration with Ƶ Law Faculty Workshop. Professor Ming Chen & Daimeon Shanks will present "Regulatory Dysfunction in Immigration Law." To RSVP and receive zoom link, please contact Ming Hsu Chen.
Mesa works-in-progress series are quarterly events to present scholarship to local immigration scholars (TBD). To indicate your interest in presenting a paper or serving as a discussant, please contact Fernando Riosmena, University of Colorado Boulder, Jesse Acevedo, University of Denver, or Edelina Burciaga (University of Colorado Denver.)
September 3, 2020. Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era Book Launch. Professor in conversation with . Boulder Bookstore (5-6pm). Tickets for this cost $5, with a $5 coupon provided during event to purchase books at .
September 16, 2020. Join Rep. Joe Neguse on September 16th at 5pm to celebrate National Citizenship Day! Panelists CO State Senator Julie Gonzales, Denver Office of Immigrant Affairs Atim Otii, Attorney Cristina Uribe Reyes and Professor Chen will discuss what it means to be a U.S. citizen. Register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-national-citizenship-day-tickets-120102033415.
September 17, 2020. Colorado Law Talk: Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era by Professor Ming H. Chen (5:30-6:30pm). Virtual event. Co-sponsored by Byron White Center Constitutional Day. Free with registration. For more information and to register, click .
September 17, 2020. Stories from our Undocumented Neighbors with Motus Theater's "Undocumonologues" Online via the Boulder Public Library (7-9pm). Autobiographical monologues by Motus UndocuMonologists Victor Galvan, Armando Peniche, Tania Chairez (read by Professor Aviva Chomsky), and Alejandro Fuentes-Mena (read by Professor Natalia Molina). Register .
September 19, 2020. The DOIRA, CIRC, and are excited to share the Citizenship Filing Fee Scholarship to help Denver residents that meet income requirements pay the $725 in fees associated with their Citizenship application. REGISTER NOW for the September 19, . Limited spots are available. For information or questions, call (720) 319-7034. To volunteer, visit: . Follow their .
October 6, 2020. The Party of Practicality: An Innovative and Pragmatic Conversation on Immigration. A pre-election conversation with Congressman Joe Neguse, Professor Mary Mendoza, Professor Tomas Jimenez. Moderated by Patty Limerick. Sponsored by Center for the American West and Ƶ Latinx Law Students. Register .
October 7, 2020. Ƶ Law Immigration Court. Zoom link . For more information, contact Emma Carroll.
October 8, 2020. Professor Ruben Rumbaut will be delivering the Menken Distinguished Lecture at the Ƶ Institute for Behavioral Science on Thursday October 8 from 5-7pm Mountain Time. For more information about the speaker and the talk, see https://behavioralscience.colorado.edu/upcoming-events. For the zoom link and password, contact ibs-contact@colorado.edu. Presented by the Ƶ Population Center and the Institute of Behavioral Science's Population Program.
October 20, 2020. The Mini Law School series at Ƶ Law will feature a lecture on "Immigration Law: A Reform Agenda for the 2020 Election and Beyond" with Professors Violeta Chapin and Ming Chen. Click here for more details and to register for this event.
October 26, 2020. Welcoming Strangers, Building Community -- A Conversation about Hospitality and Citizenship with Sarah Jackson, Executive Director of Casa de Paz and Professor Ming H. Chen will be discussing their books at a DU Law event from 4-5pm. Register . For more information, contact Cesar Garcia Hernandez.
October 26, 2020. James Walsh, Political Science, Ƶ-Denver will be sharing his work-in-progrses about the history of Irish immigrants in Leadville, Colorado. He will be discussing efforts to build a public memorial honoring the 1500 Irish immigrants buried in the community, and parallels with current immigration issues including exploitation of immigrant labor, xenophobia, and practices of resistance. For precirculation of the paper and the zoom password, please contact Edelina Burciaga.
October 30, 2020.. Curious about what it's like to work in immigration law in the current social and political climate? Join ILPS for a virtual discussion with attorneys from the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.
November 4, 2020. Ƶ Clinical Professor Violeta Chapin will give a virtual lecture in the Race and the Law series titled "When Cruelty Becomes Ordinary." Register .
November 6, 2020. Fall Faculty Colloquium Series: Prof. will discuss his new book “”. Click for the Zoom link.
November 13, 2020. The Party of Practicality: An Innovative and Pragmatic Conversation on Immigration. A post-election conversation with Congressman Joe Neguse, Professor Mary Mendoza, Professor Tomas Jimenez. Moderated by Patty Limerick. Sponsored by Center for the American West and Ƶ Latinx Law Students. Register
November 17, 2020. sponsored by Strum College of Law at the University of Denver.
December 5, 2020. TEDx Mile High Vision Conference (5-8pm MT online). Professor Ming H. Chen will present "Finding Yourself on the Citizenship Spectrum." Other speakers include a criminal justice reformer and an undocumented poet/spoken word performer. Register for free on and find more details .
January 21, 2020. Mesa Works-In-Progress with Professor Christina Sue (12:30-2pm at University of Colorado Law School, Wolf Building 202). For a copy of the paper and to reserve lunch, contact Fernando Riosmena, Ƶ.
January 28, 2020. Migrating to Prison (New Press 2019) Official Book Launch at DU Sturm Hall of Law (12 noon at DU Law room 1650). Contact Cesar Garcia Hernandez.
February 5, 2020. Ƶ Law Citizenship Colloquium: Professor Fernando Riosmena, Associate Professor of Geography and Associate Director of the Ƶ Population Center, "Climate Migration at Height & End of the "Great Mexican Emigration Era"" (4:40-5:30, Wolf Law 306). Open to faculty, staff, and students. For Professor Riosmena's paper, . For more information, contact Professor Ming H. Chen.
February 6, 2020. The Transnational Migration speaker series presents lessons for Critical Democracy from Transnational Youth (5:00-6:15 p.m., EDUC 334). will speak on transnational citizenship.
February 7, 2020. A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Legal Profession. Join Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court and a panel of leading APA attorneys in Colorado for a discussion over lunch at the History Colorado Center 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 (12-2pm). Registration link . For questions, contact Sumi Lee, APABA President and Kenneth Shiau, Ƶ APALSA.
February 7, 2020. "Immigration Law in Shifting Times." 8-5pm. For more information, contact Elena Engel and Prof. Garcia-Hernandez.
February 12, 2020. Ƶ Law Citizenship Colloquium: , Council Tree Professor of Law and Director of Ƶ Law's American Indian Law Program "Decolonizing Indigenous Migration" (4:40-5:30, Wolf Law 306). Open to faculty, staff, and students. For more information, contact Professor Ming H. Chen.
February 19, 2020. Ƶ Boulder DACA Roundtable: , Professor of Education (3-4pm, Wolf Law 330). Co-sponsored by Ƶ Immigration and Citizenship Law Program and Ƶ Sociology Department. Contact David Aragon.
February 19, 2020. Ƶ Law Citizenship Colloquium: , Professor of Education "Lives Still in Limbo: DACA and Undocumented Students" (4:40-5:30, Wolf Law 306). Open to faculty, staff, and students. For Professor Gonzales's paper, . For more information, contact Professor Ming H. Chen.
February 26, 2020. Ƶ Law Citizenship Colloquium: , Professor of Law "Illegitimacy 2.0" (4:30-5:30, Wolf Law 306). Open to faculty, staff, and students. For Professor Nunez's paper, . For more information, contact Professor Ming H. Chen.
March 4, 2020. Ƶ Law Citizenship Colloquium: , Vice Dean, Professor of Law and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar "Rejecting Citizenship" (4:30-5:30, Wolf Law 306). Open to faculty, staff, and students. For more information, contact Professor Ming H. Chen.
March 11, 2020. Ƶ Law Citizenship Colloquium: , Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science "Toward White Protectionist Citizenship?" (4:30-5:30, Wolf Law 306). Open to faculty, staff, and students. For more information, contact Professor Ming H. Chen.
August 15-16, 2019. Asylum Training (CLE credit available) at Colorado Law. Co-sponsored by ICLP. For more information and registration: or contact .
September 17, 2019. Citizenship Day panel discussion and release of Report on Voting Rights and Civil Rights Implications of the Naturalization Backlog. Wolf Law 204 (12-1pm). Lunch will be served. Contact Hunter Knapp. Sponsored by the Immigration Law and Policy Society.
September 19, 2019. Mesa works-in-progress series. Professor , DU Political Science (12-1:30pm at DU Sturm Hall 286) presenting "Migrant Remittances and Support for Military Coups in Latin America." Lunch will be served. Contact Lisa Martinez to RSVP and to request the paper. Note: for those coming from off-campus, a limited number of parking permits are available.
September 25, 2019. , author of : The Expansion of the US Border Around the World, will speak at DU's Crimmigration Law & Policy Series from 12-1pm at the University of Denver, Room 165. Lunch will be provided. Contact Cesar Garcia Hernandez.
September 27-28, 2019. at the University of Denver. This event will be hosted in the Anderson Academic Commons, Room 290, starting at 10am on Friday, September 27th through 5pm the follow day. Contact Lisa Martinez or register .
October 14, 2019. speaking on "Unintended Consequences of Immigration Enforcementat" Ƶ Boulder Institute for Behavioral Science (12pm, IBS 155).
October 18, 2019. will speak about his book at University of Colorado Boulder Latin American Studies Center () at 3:30pm. Contact Joe Bryan.
October 21, 2019. , from Boston College, will join us for a talk from 5:00-6:30pm at the Ƶ School of Education room 220. She is the author of , on Mexican transnational mothers. Co-sponsored by the Ƶ Immigration and Citizenship Law Program. Contact Andrea Dyrness.
November 7, 2019. from Ƶ Sociology presenting work-in-progress in CISN's Mesa Roundtable (12:30-1:45pm at University of Colorado ). Lunch will be served. Co-sponsored by the Ƶ Immigration and Citizenship Law Program. Contact Fernando Riosmena to RSVP and receive paper.
November 15, 2019. from Ƶ Law presenting her book, Unequal Citizenship: Immigrants and Integration in the Enforcement Era, in Ƶ Law Faculty Colloquium (12-1pm, Wolf Law 480).
November 15-16, 2019. CrossBorder art exhibit at Ƶ Boulder (3:30-7pm) and Counterpath in Denver (6-9:30pm). Contact Edelina Burciaga.
November 16, 2019. Cesar Garcia Hernandez will be speaking at the gathering about how the United States built the world’s largest immigration prison system—and how we can abolish it (Bellco Theater in Denver).
November 22, 2019. Colorado Scholars Strategy Network Op-ed Writing Training at DU Anderson Academic Commons (10-12pm, 12-2pm optional writing). Contact Edelina Burciaga for details or register .
December 7, 2019. will read from his book at in Denver, 7pm. Contact Cesar Garcia Hernandez.
January 31, 2019. Professor Edelina Burciaga presenting research at Ƶ Boulder IBS 12:30-2pm. Please contact Fernando Riosmena for more details.
February 8, 2019. Professor , UC Berkeley presenting research in Ƶ Law Faculty Colloquium Series. Please contact Ming Hsu Chen.
February 22. 2019. David Barillas Chon, DU presenting in Colorado Immigration Scholars/Mesa work-in-progress series 12-1:30pm at DU. Lunch served. Contact Rebecca Galemba to RSVP and receive paper.
February 22, 2019. US Commission on Civil Rights Public Hearing on Citizenship and Naturalization. Ƶ Law will be hosting a public hearing on the backlog on naturalization applications for the Colorado Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights (10-6pm, Wittemeyer Courtroom). All are encouraged to attend the 10-3:15pm public testimony or speak at the 3:15-6pm open session. The event will be livestreamed: https//cu.law/live. UPDATE: Video from the event is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdY3TM-NIE&feature=youtu.be.
March 4, 2019. Colorado Immigration Scholars/Mesa works-in-progress series 12-1pm at Ƶ Law 480. Professor Ming H. Chen and Zachary New (JD Candidate 2019) presenting Sanctuary and Second Wall; click here to RSVP and receive paper. Note: Time frame adjusted for Ƶ Law WIPs as co-sponsor.
March 4, 2019. Colorado Immigration Scholars Network / Scholar Strategy Network Reception, 4:30-7:00 pm, Ƶ Denver City Center, Ƶ Denver Building, 1250 14th Street, Room 1110, Denver. For more information, contact Professor Edelina Burciaga. Eventbrite for Monday’s Social Hour:
March 5, 2019. "The Surge of Mass Incarceration Through Drug Policies and Immigrant Detention" panel discussion: Wolf Law 207, Noon. Panelists include: , Sr. Director, National Criminal Justice Reform Strategy and State Director, Colorado and , Associate Clinical Professor of Law.
March 22, 2019. "Reporting on Migration from Obama to Trump" panel: 12–1:30 p.m. Panelists: , Moderator, Editorial Writer, New York Times; , World Correspondent, BuzzFeed News; , Senior Editor, Public Radio International’s The World; , Independent journalist and author. Keynote by , Senior Reporter, Vox Media: 5 – 6:30 p.m. Both events Free / open to public; University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Room 290. Co-sponsored by the Student Immigration Law Coalition. (Lunch provided during panel discussion.)
April 5, 2019. Davis Hausman from ACLU Immigrants Rights Project, who worked on Trump v Hawaii, will be speaking at Ƶ White Center's Annual Rothgerber Confernce on national injunctions (11:15 in Ƶ Law courtroom). Registration free but required. /law/research/byron-white-center/rothgerber.
April 9-13, 2019. Conference on World Affairs at University of Colorado Boulder. Free and open to the public.
- April 10. The New Age of DACA and Birthright Citizenship at Ƶ Boulder University Memorial Center (UMC) 235 (10:30-12pm). Speakers: Ana Cabrera, Ming Hsu Chen, John Eastman, Miriam Jordan.
- April 10. Searching for A Better Life: Stories of Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants. Boulder Public LIbrary Canyon Theater (4:30-5:30pm). Maya Averbuch, Deliana Garcia, Nancy Janus, Miriam Jordan.
- April 11. Global Migration and Crimes Against Humanity at Ƶ Boulder UMC 235 (1:30-2:40pm). Maya Averbuch, Deliana Garcia, Andrea Gittleman, Steven Rubin, Marcelle M. Wahba.
- April 12. Immigration Policies’ Impact on U.S. Industries at Hellems 252 (9-10:10am). Jon Haveman, Peter Rupert Lighte, Reza Ramazani.
- April 12. Xenophobia: History and Hysteria at UMC 235 (3-4:10pm). Joe Cirincione, Nadia Firozvi, Miriam Jordan, Carolina Quiroga-Stultz.
- April 13. A Big Beautiful Wall. Ƶ Boulder University Memorial Center Ballroom (1:30-2:40pm). Maya Averbuch, John Eastman, Nadia Firozvi, Reza Ramazani, Deborah Koff-Chapin.
April 15, 2019. Plyler’s History and the On-going Struggle to Support Undocumented Students in Public Schools. Professor , UCLA Law School and MALDEF attorney Peter Roos (formerly lead counsel in Plyler) speaking on Plyler v. Doe at Ƶ Law 307 (12-1pm). Moderator: Roudy Hildreth, Ƶ Education School. Contact roudy.hildreth@colorado.edu for questions.
April 15, 2019. Undocumented Students In American Schools: Now what? (Colorado State Attorney General), Pete Roos (Former MALDEF National Director of Education Litigation), (Ƶ Law). Moderator: , Ƶ Law School. 5:30 Wittemyer Courtroom. Reception to follow. Contact violeta.chapin@colorado.edu for questions.
April 16, 2019. "Upending Local Immigration Imprisonment: Immigration Detainer Challenges" speakers: , Assoc. Prof. of Law, Univ. of Idaho; , Prof. of Law, Univ. of Denver; and , Legal Director, ACLU Colorado. Event Free / open to public; Lunch provided. CLE credit (pending). 12-1 pm, Room 155, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. Co-sponsored by the Student Immigration Law Coalition.
April 26, 2019. Professor , DU Political Science presenting in Colorado Immigration Scholars/Mesa works-in-progress series 12-1:30pm. Lunch served. Contact Rebecca Galemba. UPDATE: Rescheduled to Fall 2019.
September 2018
September 4 (noon). Immigration Law and Policy Society welcome back event for Ƶ Law students. Lunch will be served. Location TBD. Contact ILPS President Zak New.
September 17 (noon). “From Family Detention to Family Separation and Back” panel presentation featuring immigration attorneys at the Texas border (, room 165). Speakers will be: , Director of Racial and Economic Justice at Texas Civil Rights Project; , Partner, García & García Attorneys at Law; and , Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University Law School. Moderated and hosted by Prof. Cesar Garcia Hernandez, University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Livestream .
September 22. AILA Naturalization Drive at the Justice For All Center (2525 W. Alameda Ave., Denver, CO 80219). 8:30 am volunteer training, with sign-ups from 9am to 1:00 pm; 11:00 am - 3:30 pm. Volunteer sign up here:
October 2018
October 2. Immigration Policy Town Hall, co-sponsored by ILPS and other student groups. Fleming Law Building, Room 156, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Speakers: Senator Matt Jones; House Majority Leader K.C. Becker; Representative Jonathan Singer; Nikhil Mankekar, Chair of the City of Boulder Human Relations Commission; Laurel Herndon, Executive Director, Managing Attorney Immigrant Legal Center of Boulder County; Erika Blum, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition; and Juan Juarex, Northern Colorado Immigrants United. Contact: Ryan Thompson.
October 5. We will also be hosting with LLSA the IACHR vigil that will honor the lives of those who disappeared or died while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as well as the families who continue to search for answers about their whereabouts.12pm law school courtyard.
October 9. Book reading by . Location: Chautauqua Community House at 7:30 pm. ($12).
October 10. Violeta Chapin, Ƶ Clinical Professor of Law, will discuss . Doors open: 5:30pm. Event begins: 5:45pm. Tickets and at the door: $10 Museum Members | $15 General Admission.
October 12. AILA Colorado Chapter Conference at Denver University Sturm College of Law. Registration . Contact Prof. Cesar Garcia Hernandez.
October 18. Ming Chen, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law, will address as part of the Ƶ Institute of Behavioral Science seminar series. Location: Ƶ Boulder IBS 155B, 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Co-sponsored by the Colorado Immigration Scholars' Network Mesa works-in-progress series. Contact Prof. Fernando Riosmena.
October 19. Catherine Bowman, Ƶ Boulder, will present J-1 Summer Work Travel Program in the Context of the Fissured Workplace as part of the Colorado Immigration Scholars' Mesa works-in-progress series (12-1:30 at DU Korbel Latin American Center); Jessica Garick will be responding. Contact Prof. Rebecca Galemba.
October 26-27. - the second part in a two-part symposium that seeks to bring an interdisciplinary group of scholars to examine how illegality is experienced across geographic contexts for undocumented immigrant communities, at Brown University. Contact Prof. Edelina Burciaga.
October 30. Efforts to Resist Immigration Detention will be discussed during a Crimmigration Law & Policy Event at the Denver University Sturm College of Law. , Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, will discuss representation of families and mentally ill individuals; , Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, will share her advocacy on behalf of physically disabled people; and , will address a pending forced labor challenge to an Aurora private prison’s standard operations. Location: DU Sturm College of Law, Room 125, 12 Noon - 1:00 pm; Free and Open to the Public; lunch will be provided. Contact Prof. César García Hernández.
November 2018
November 5-6. Conference on Immigration and Public Health at Ƶ Denver/Denver University. Contact Profs. Whitney Duncan, Rebecca Galemba, Sarah Horton.
November 9. Mesa works-in-progress series from 12-1:30 at DU Sturm College of Law Room 499 (Ƶ Denver Professor Edelina Burciaga presenting “Communal (il)legality: Undocumented young adults navigating belonging in Atlanta, Georgia"; response from Bertha Bermudez Tapia). Contact Prof. Cesar Garcia Hernandez for details.
November 13-14. 2018 Diversity & Inclusion Summit, UMC The theme of this year's University of Colorado Summit is "Intent vs. Impact: Improving Inclusive Interactions." The two-day program offers varied and exciting topics, including a DACA and ASSET panel on Wed 11/14 (UMC Room 415, 10:00 - 11:15 am) featuring Ƶ Professors and , Vice Chancellor David Aragon and representatives from Ƶ Denver and Ƶ Colorado Springs. Check out the full Diversity & Inclusion Summit Program here.
November 15. Private Immigration Practice in the Trump Administration, 12 Noon - 1:00 pm, Room 305, the Immigration Law & Policy Society will be holding a panel event where local private immigration practitioners will discuss how immigration practice has changed since the beginning of the Trump Administration. Lunch will be provided!
November 16. Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) is hosting a Commenting Parting: FAC, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Schaden Commons Cafe. Please join ILPS, APALSA, BLSA, NALSA, OUTLaw, and the Juvenile and Family Law Club to comment on a rule recently proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (food and alcohol provided).
December 2018
December 6 Roundtable on Pathways to Citizenship at Ƶ Law (Wolf Law 480, 12-1pm). Confirmed speakers: , Ƶ Denver; , Denver University Law; , UC Davis Law; , Denver University Sociology; , Kansas University Sociology. Moderator: Professors John Griffin and , University of Colorado. by Dec 4 to reserve a lunch; otherwise, feel welcome to join without RSVP.
December 14. Mesa works-in-progress series from 12-1:30 at Ƶ Boulder (Wolf Law 480). Bertha Bermudez Tapia, Ƶ Boulder presenting Where is home?: A study of migrant shelters in a context of border violence and deportation; Rebecca Galemba responding. Please RSVP to Prof. Ming H. Chen for paper and event details by Dec 10.
February 21, 2018
Please join the Immigration Law and Policy Society in room 300 with a discussion on the current state of DACA, where it is expected to go from here, and how you can help! We have Natalie Petrucci and Yazmin Torres joining us from RMIAN and lunch will be provided!
March 1, 2018
ILPS is hosting a networking happy hour at Rayback Collective around 5:15 pm.Please join us to get to know others interested in immigration law and meet some professionals in the field. All are welcome.
April 5, 2018
Defending Ethnic Studies. , Executive Director Korematsu Center and Professor of Law at Seattle University and will share their victory in a defending ethnic studies in Tucson, Arizona against HB 2281. Lunch will be served in Wolf Law 204 at noon.
April 6, 2018
, USC Law School presenting paper "Representing Immigrants" in faculty colloquium series at noon.
Conference at Ƶ Denver. Contact Edelina Burciaga for more information.
Citizenship and Equality Colloquium
The Citizenship and Equality Colloquium features nationally prominent guest speakers whose research focuses on the concept of citizenship. Substantively, the series connects immigration with studies of race, international human rights, gender, criminality and many others. Methodologically, the series spans law, political science, sociology, and history. The public lectures are connected with a law school seminar class.
November 16, 2017
DACA Roundtable with and faculty, administrators, and students from Ƶ Boulder, Ƶ Denver, and University of Denver