** UPDATE Full schedules pasted below. **

Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law, is hosting two days of prison-related panels February 7-8, 2014.

On Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, the Journal of Public Interest Law is hosting a symposium of plenary panels. The symposium is free and open to the public.

On Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, Loyola is hosting a series of concurrent panels specifically for lawyers advocating for prisoners. Attendees must register via eventbrite to attend. A small fee of $20 will be charged on-site at registration to cover lunch and conference costs.

Hotel rooms for attendees are available at the Hampton Inn in the Garden District for $149/night. You can book online at www.neworleansstcharlesave.hamptoninn.com using group code LLP. This is the closest hotel to Loyola University, but you will still need to take a streetcar or drive to the conference site. Other nice hotels closer to the French Quarter (and still accessible by the streetcar) include: Loews, the W New Orleans, the JW Marriott, and the New Orleans Marriott.

PRISONERS’ ADVOCATES CONFERENCE

February 7, 2014 – February 8, 2014

Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law

Friday, February 7, 2014

Journal of Public Interest Law Symposium

PRISON REFORM: Changes, Policies & Practices

Room 308

9:00 – 9:15am: Opening Address: Judge Miriam Waltzer

9:15- 10:30am: Prison Reform & Litigation Approaches

Panelists:

Mercedes Montagnes, Promise of Justice Initiative

Michael Bien, Rosen, Bien, Galvin & Grunfeld

Alex Friedmann, Prison Legal News

Antonio Ponvert, III, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, PC

Moderator: Professor Imre Szalai

10:30-10:45am: Morning Break

10:45-Noon: The Reemergence of Debtors’ Prisons

Panelists:

Sharon Dolovich, UCLA School of Law

Eric Balaban, ACLU National Prisoner Project

Lauren-Brooke Eisen, The Brennan Center for Justice

Moderator: Professor Andrea Armstrong

Noon- 1:30pm: Lunch Break

1:30-2:45pm: LGBT Issues & Prisons

Panelists:

Chase Strangio, ACLU

Wes Ware, Break Out!

Giovanna Shay, Western New England University School of Law

Moderator: Professor M. Isabel Medina

2:45-3:00pm: Afternoon Break

3:00-4:15: Panel No. 4: The Consent Decree: Orleans Parish Prison

Panelists:

Laura Coon, U.S. Department of Justice

Jacinta Gonzales, New Orleans Center for Racial Justice

(Additional speakers to be added)

Moderator: Professor Majeeda Snead

4:15-5:00pm: Keynote Address: Jackie Summell,

New Orleans artists & activist, Herman’s House Project

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Loyola University New Orleans,College of Law

Prisoners’ Advocates Conference: Litigation Approaches

Rooms 306, 308, 312, 343, 344

9:00-9:30am: Welcome

Andrea Armstrong, Angus Love, Alan Mills, Margo Schlanger,

Melanie Velez

Opening Address: David Rudovsky

Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg

9:30-10:45am: Concurrent Panels I

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Implementation

Panelists:

Sheila Bedi, Northwestern University

Michela Bowman, National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Lisa Graybill, University of Denver

Brenda Smith, American University

Moderator: Margo Schlanger, University of Michigan

Role of the Client in Prison Conditions Litigation

Panelists:

Calvin Duncan, Promise of Justice Initiative

Alan Mills, Uptown People’s Law Center

Sara Norman, Prison Law Office

Laura Rovner, University of Denver

Moderator: Alan Mills, Uptown People’s Law Center

Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Litigation

Panelists:

Diane Smith Howard, National Disability Rights Network

Michael Freedman, Rosen, Bien, Galvin & Grunfeld

Jonathan Smith, U.S. Department of Justice

Moderator: Michael Bien, Rosen, Bien, Galvin & Grunfeld

10:45-11:15am: Morning Break

11:15-12:30pm: Concurrent Panels II

Politics and Litigation-Organizing Strategies

Panelists:

Jack Beck, Correctional Association of New York

Amy Fettig, ACLU-National Prison Project

Angus Love, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project

TaylorPendergrass, New York Civil Liberties Union

Moderator: Angus Love, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project

Emerging Health Issues in Prisons and Jails

Panelists:

Brett Dignam, Columbia Law School

Bob Greifinger, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Don Specter, Prison Law Office

Moderator: Su-Ming Yeh, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch

(12:45-1:15) Online networks

Margo Schlanger, Paul Wright

1:30-2:45pm: Concurrent Panels III

Litigation Remedies

Panelists:

Bob Fleischner, Center for Public Representation

Margo Schlanger, University of Michigan

Don Specter, Prison Law Office

Moderator: Margo Schlanger, University of Michigan

Private Prisons

Panelists:

Deb Golden, Washington Lawyer’s Committee

Elizabeth Alexander, Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander

Alex Friedmann, Prison Legal News

Moderator: Andrea Armstrong, Loyola University New Orleans

2:45-3:30pm: Afternoon Break

3:30-4:45pm: Concurrent Panels IV

Damages Actions

Panelists:

Greg Belzey, Belzley Bathurst Attorneys

Deborah LaBelle, Law Offices of Deborah LaBelle

John Loevy, Loevy & Loevy

Paul Wright, Prison Legal News

Moderator: Melanie Velez-Ruffin, Southern Center for Human Rights

Administrative/Solitary Segregation

David Rudovsky, Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg

Sarah Kerr, Legal Aid

Brian Nelson, Uptown People’s Law Center

Moderator: Alan Mills, Uptown People’s Law Center

5:30pm: Dinner (additional fee required)