The Columbia Human Rights Law Review and Columbia Law School’s OutLaws invites you to attend our Vol. 52 Special Issue Symposium on Sex Workers’ Rights, Advocacy, and Organizing.

Date: March 19th, 2021

Time: 5pm EST

Zoom link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/91932925105

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Join the authors of Issue 52.3 — femi babylon, Lorelei Lee, Heather Berg, S. Priya Morley, and Kendra Albert — for a discussion of their papers, the state of legal scholarship around issues of sex workers’ rights, and discussions of the state of sex work through the lens of labor rights, criminalization, legal history, and more.

THE PIECES:

- Introduction by femi babylon

- The Many Lives of a "Win": Canada (Attorney General) v. Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence by S. Priya Morley

- FOSTA in Legal Context by Kendra Albert et al.

- The Rewriting of American Slavery: The Page Act and the Mann Act by Lorelei Lee

- Porn Work, Independent Contractor Misclassification, and the Limits of the Law by Heather Berg

THE EVENT:

The Human Rights Law Review’s first-ever virtual symposium event will include brief paper presentations from the issue’s authors, as well as panel discussions on the current state of sex workers’ rights.

There also will be raffle prizes, with opportunities for attendees to win the books #WeToo: Essays on Sex Work and Survival and Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism, as well as apparel from Hacking//Hustling.

ACCESSIBILITY:

Live captioning will be provided. For keyboard shortcuts for accessibility needs, click here. Presenters will be asked to verbally repeat questions submitted via chat and to describe any visuals. Attendees are asked to stay on mute so as to facilitate easier listening and captioning for others. If you need other accommodations, please contact Anita Yandle at anita.yandle@columbia.edu.