American and Caribbean Law Initiative and Northeast People of Color

Summer Law Conference -July 6-8, 2006
Nassau , Bahamas 
As of 4/26/2006

Hosted by Eugene Dupuch Law School

**** subject to change****

TRADE AND LEGAL AID AND TRADE: TOOLS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE

 

DAY ONE: CARIBBEAN TRADE , SOVERIEGNTY AND DEVELOPMENT: RECURRENT TENSIONS

THURSDAY, JULY 6th

  • 8:30AM- REGISTRATION opens
  • 9:30 - 10:15 A.M . - WELCOME REMARKS,OPENING REMARKS
  • 10:15-11:45 A.M. - MONEY LAUNDERING & SOVEREIGNTY IN AN AGE OF TERRORISM
  • 10:15-11:45 A.M. - THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNATIONAL ENTITIES ON ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY
  • 12:00-1:15 P.M- LUNCHEON featuring KELLIS PARKER Keynote speaker
  • 1:30-2:45 P.M-WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSION ONE
  • 3:00-4:15 P.M -WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSION TWO
  • 4:30 - 6:00 P.M. - ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM AND LAND USE
  • 4:30 - 6:00 P.M - CSME: IMPERATIVES OF SOVEREIGNTY AND REGIONAL HARMONIZATION

 

  • 7:00 P.M.- COCKTAIL RECEPTION

 

DAY TWO: DELIVERING LEGAL SERVICES TO ENSURE EQUAL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE

FRIDAY, JULY 7th

 

  • 9:00 A.M.- REGISTRATION Opens
  • 9:30-10:15 A.M.- OPENING ADDRESS
  • 10:15-11:45 P.M. - CURRENT CRISIS OF LEGAL AID SERVICE DELIVERY
  • 12:00-1:15 P.M. - LUNCHEON
  • 1:30 - 3:00 P.M. - SUSTAINABLE LEGAL AID DEVELOPMENT
  • 1:30-3:00 P.M. - CRITICAL RACE THEORY PERSPECTIVES ON LEGAL AID SERVICES
  • 3:15-4:30 P.M. - WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSION THREE

DAY THREE: SCHOLARSHIP & SERVICE

SATURDAY, JULY 8TH

  • 10:00 - 11:15 A.M. - WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSION FOUR
  • 11:30 -12:45 P.M. - LUNCHEON featuring Haywood Burns/Shanara Gilbert -Award Ceremony
  • 1:00-3:00 P.M. - MENTORING RAP SESSION
  • 3:15-4:30 P.M. - WORKS IN PROGRESS SESSION FIVE

For more information, please contact the following sponsors: American and Caribbean Law Initiative

in the U.S.: Jane E. Cross - crossj@nsu.law.nova.edu (954) 262-6014
in the Caribbean: Persis Hepburn - Persis Hepburn phepburn@edls.edu.bs (242) 326-8507.
Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Elaine Chiu chiue1@stjohns.edu (718) 990-6657