William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Conferences on Immigration  

 


 

 

Registration


Immigration Conference,
Las Vegas as a Global Gateway: New Challenges, New Perspectives.
Saturday
October 7, 2006
8:30 am to 5:30 pm

Friends of the Law School Attendees
(Free if you register prior to conference date)

UNLV & NSHE Attendees
(Free if you register prior to conference date)


LatCrit XI Conference
October 6 - 7, 2006
(LatCrit Web-Site)

Friends of the Law School Attendees

UNLV & NSHE Attendees

BSL Student Attendees
FREE for select programs


Audio Visual Requirements
Submit Order for Required Audio Visual Needs
 



Computer lab and Wireless Guest Login
Click here for Wireless and computer lab Access (PDF)


Hotel Infomation
Flamingo Hotel
(Las Vegas, NV)

Hotel Conference Code: "LATCRIT"

Shuttle Schedule
Shuttle

 


 

At Boyd School of Law, immigration law is an area of teaching and research excellence. Please join us in this conference that convenes Las Vegas community leaders to focus on the future Las Vegas faces as a global city, and how the immigration growth of Las Vegas creates challenges for labor, education and racial relations in our community.


 

Program Schedule:
LatCrit XI Conference (PDF Format)
Immigration Conference (Saturday Track) (PDF Format)

 

Sponsors:
LatCrit, Inc.
William S. Boyd School of Law
Nevada Immigrant Resource Project (NIRP)
Hispanic Heritage Celebration Committee at UNLV
Black Law School Students Association
Minority Law School Students Association
Vegas Immigration Students Association

 







 

All available Sessions will be accessible soon.. Please check back.

Sessions

Date: October 5, 2006 (Thursday)

Introduction (Available)
Time: 4:30 - 6:15 P.M.
 

Date: October 6, 2006 (Friday)

A1 Roundtable: Protesting the Academy: Social Activism among Utah Latino/a & Other Student Communities  (Video)
Time: 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

A2 Globalization & Indigenous Peoples, Part 1: Conceptual & Structural Barriers  (Video)
Time: 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.

A3 Identity, Control & Violence  (Video)
Time: 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.

A4 Race & Criminal Law  (Audio)
Time: 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

A5 Who Am I? Who Are You? And Who Are We?: LatCrit, Immigration, Identity, & the Potential for Social Change (Audio)
Time: 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

A6 Critical Pedagogy, K-12: A Paper in Four Parts  (Audio)
Time: 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

A7 Immigration & Work  (Video)
PowerPoint File

Time: 4:45 - 6:15 P.M.

Portes Seminar (Videos 1, 2)
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 P.M.

Date: October 7, 2006 (Saturday)

Plenary: Labor & Employment Implications of the New Global City: the Las Vegas Market (PowerPoint Slide) 
Time: 8:30 – 10:00am
(Not available-No Tape)

B1 The Face of Immigrants in Nevada: Research Findings  (Video)
Time: 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

B2 Legal Issues Facing Immigrants in Nevada  (Video)
Time: 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

B3 Roundtable: Feminism & Cultural Transmigration  (Video)
Time: 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

B4 Racial Impacts of Economic Logics  (Audio)
Time: 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

B5 Immigration & Language  (Audio)
Time: 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

B6 Film & Discussion: "Walking the Line:" a Film re Border Militias  (Audio)
Time: 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

B7 Critical Relations: Identity Matters, Part 1 (Video)
Time: 10:15 - 11:45 A.M.
(Not available-NotTape)

Community Luncheon (Videos)
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 P.M.

C1 History, Hernandez, & the New West  (Video)
Time: 2:15 - 3:45 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

C2 Globalization & Indigenous Peoples, Part 2: Possibilities for Progress  (Audio)
Time: 2:15 - 3:45 P.M.
(Not available-NoTape)

C3 South-South Migration  (Audio)
Time: 2:15 - 3:45 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

C4 Education: K-12 Issues  (Video)
Time: 2:15 - 3:45 P.M.

C5 Roundtable: Critical Relations: Identity Matters, Part 2  (Audio)
Time: 2:15 - 3:45 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

C6 Visual Narratives of New Orleans  (Video)
Time: 2:15 - 3:45 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

D1 Roundtable: Student & Community Activism in Nevada on Behalf of Immigrants (Video)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

D2 The Construction of Gender & Relationships in Las Vegas  (Video,)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

D3 Critical Race Theory & Education in Utah  (Video)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

D4 Education: Critical Assessments  (Video)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

D5 Immigration & Location  (Audio)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

D6 Disability Issues  (Video)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.
(Not available-No Tape)

Keynote Speaker: R. Lovato
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 P.M.

 


 

Have fun :) and Thank you :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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