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[PAST EVENT] Symposium: Enhancing Women's Effect on Law Enforcement in the Age of Police & Protest
February 9, 2018
8:30am - 5pm
Access & Features
- Open to the public
- Registration/RSVP
- Ticketed event
Join the William & Mary Journal of Women & the Law for our annual symposium. This year, our symposium focuses on the relationship between women and law enforcement. Academic experts and practitioners will discuss a wide variety of topics, including, but not limited to:
- Transgender Women and the Police
- Police Violence against Black Women
- Representation of Women in Law
- Intersectionality and the Women's March
Below is a preliminary schedule of the symposium. Follow the links on our speakers' names to read more about the exciting work that our speakers have done in their fields.
Morning Session
- Introduction by Zona Hostetler, Class of 1957
- Transgender Women and the Police, presented by Leonore Carpenter & Barrett Marshall
- Police Violence against Black Women, presented by Michelle Jacobs and Jessica Watters
- Panel on Prison Reform in the United States & Abroad, featuring Behailu Weldeyohannes and Deborah Golden
Afternoon Session
- Panel on Women & the Legal Profession, featuring Christine Goodman and Professor Vivian Hamilton
- Panel on Women & Law Enforcement, featuring Nancy Oglesby, Lieutenant Wayne Handley, Corporal Melinda Wray, and Professor Cynthia Ward
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