*The State Bar of Arizona does not approve CLE activities; however, this activity may qualify for up to 10 credit hours.
Day 1| Thursday, September 24
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Arrival & Check-In
- Check-In on the 1st floor of the Great Hall.
8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome & Breakfast
- Angela Banks, Interim Dean and Charles J. Merriam Distinguished Professor of Law, ASU Law
- David Lopez, Distinguished Professor of Practice, ASU Law
8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Taking Wage Theft Seriously: Legal Strategies in the Age of Rising Vulnerability and Inequality (1.5)
- Moderator: Corinna Spencer-Scheurich, Director, Northwest Workers Justice Project
- Ty Frankel, Founding Partner, Frankel Syverson PLLC
- Kristin Fitzharris, Director of Litigation and Advocacy, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc.
- Sophia Balemian-Spencer, Esq., Employment Policy Attorney, National Domestic Workers Alliance
- Jessica Westerman, Partner, Katz Banks Kumin LLP
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Current Challenges in Labor Organizing Low-Wage Service Workers (1.5)
- Moderator: Monica Guizar, Attorney, SEIU
- Faride Sender, Law Fellow, SEIU
- Clara Bustamante, Partner, Lubin, Enoch & Bustamante, P.C.
- Maxwell Ulin, Staff Attorney, Unite Here Local 11
- Ruben Garcia, Leonard Hoshijo Endowed Chair in Labor Law, UH Law
- Briona Parkinson, Chair, Maricopa Area Labor Federation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch and David Seligman, Towards Justice
- David Seligman, Executive Director, Towards Justice
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Modern Day Slavery: The Shifting Landscape of Labor Trafficking (1.5)
- Moderator: David Seligman, Executive Director, Towards Justice
- Meredith Stewart, Litigation Director, Jobs to Move America
- Stephanie Richard, Director/Visiting Associate Clinical Professor, Sunita Jain Anti-Trafficking Initiative
- Aaron Halegua, Founder, Aaron Halegua, PLLC
- Agnieszka Fryszman, Partner, Cohen Milstein
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Reinvigorating Retaliation Protections for Low-Wage Workers (1.25)
- Moderator: Vanessa Spinazola, Director of Southwest Campaign Strategy, NELP
- Leslie Ross, Chief Counsel, Arizona Civil Rights Division, Arizona Attorney General’s Office
- Jacqueline Mendez Soto, Partner, Barton Mendez Soto PLLC
- Hailey McAllister, Senior Staff Attorney, National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights Program, Legal Aid at Work
- Daniel L. Bonnett, Esq., Partner, Martin & Bonnett PLLC
- Katelyn Parady, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Advocating for Immigrant Workers in a Punitive Immigration Enforcement Environment (1.25)
- Moderator: Christopher Ho, Director, National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights Program, Legal Aid at Work
- Mary Yanik, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Tulane Law
- Kate Suisman, Attorney, Campaigns Coordinator, Northwest Workers’ Justice Project
- Maha Ibrahim, Director, Gender Based Violence and Harassment Law & Programming, Equal Rights Advocates
- Andrea Cervantes, Community Organizer, Power in Numbers
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Book Talk and Reception at Arizona Latino Arts and Culture Center, Professor Ruben Garcia, University of Hawaii
- Ruben Garcia, Leonard Hoshijo Endowed Chair in Labor Law, UH Law
Day 2 | Friday, September 25
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Noreen Farrell, President of Equal Right Advocates in Conversation Monica Ramirez, Founder President, Justice for Migrant Women Erika Andiola, Political Director of National Day Labor Organizing Network
- Noreen Farrell, Executive Director, Equal Rights Advocates
- Monica Ramirez, Founder and President, Justice for Migrant Women
- Erika Andiola, Political Director, National Day Labor Organizing Network
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
“The Five Cs and the History of Low Wage Work in Arizona” (.5)
- Anthony Pratcher II, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Labor History, UW Tacoma
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Awarding of “ASU Civil Rights, Migration, and Workplace Law Derechos y Esperanza Worker Justice Lifetime Achievement Award” to Jennifer Abruzzo, of counsel at Bush Gottlieb, ALC, Senior Advisor to the President at Communications Workers of America, Harvard's CLJE Fellow
- Jennifer Abruzzo, of counsel at Bush Gottlieb, ALC, Senior Advisor to the President at Communications Workers of America, Harvard’s CLJE Fellow
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies and the Low-Wage Workforce (1.25)
- Moderator: Veena Dubal, Professor of Law, UC-I
- Rachel Dempsey, Esq., Associate Director, Towards Justice
- Seema N. Patel, Associate Professor of Law, UC Law San Francisco
- Jim W. Ko, Founder & Executive Director, The AI Rights Project
- Jennifer Abruzzo, of counsel at Bush Gottlieb, ALC, Senior Advisor to the President at Communications Workers of America, Harvard’s CLJE Fellow
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
From Worker Rights to Worker Justice (1.25)
- Moderator: Shefali Milczarek-Desai, Distinguished Public Service Scholar; Associate Professor of Law; Co-Director of the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
- Noreen Farrell, Executive Director, Equal Rights Advocates
- Steve Ury, General Counsel, SEIU
- Monica Ramirez, Founder and President, Justice for Migrant Women
- Michael McQuarrie, Associate Professor and Center Director, Center for Work and Democracy, The Sanford School, ASU
- Evelyn Rangel-Medina, Associate Professor of Law, Temple Law
12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch, Awards, Closing Reception
- Closing celebration lunch and awarding of “ASU Civil Rights, Migration, and Workplace Law Derechos y Esperanza Southwestern Worker Justice Award” to Councilwoman Betty Guardado
