Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity (CRCGE)

Body as Battleground: Why the Law Continues to Fail Women

The 2013 Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity will be "Body as Battleground: Why the Law Continues to Fail Women." It will be held in the Rotunda of Van Hecke-Wettach Hall on Saturday, February 23.

This conference invites legal scholars, activists, and practitioners to explore the reality beneath the rhetoric of the war on women. We will challenge panelists to reconcile the narrow scope of the political discourse surrounding that narrative with the breadth of what women face within our culture on a daily basis. This should entail an exploration of not only the legal battles fought by and for women in the twenty-first century, but also how discourse and disparity shapes women’s identity and people’s perception of women. This is a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) event.

Registration for the conference is now open. Participation is free for all area students, $20 for community members/non-area students/non-CLE attorneys (although no one will be turned away for lack of funds), and $100 for CLE applicants.