FACL 08 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: ASIAN CANADIAN LAWYERS IN ACTION
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8TH, 2008, 9AM-5PM (6PM Banquet)
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FLAVELLE HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, FACULTY OF LAW
78 QUEEN’S PARK CIRCLE
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: FRANK H. WU
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“Yellow: Race Beyond Black and White”
DEAN OF WAYNE STATE LAW SCHOOL
Author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White; Co-author of Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment
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More than 25 speakers from different sectors (public, private, and academia) including Derry Millar (LSUC Treasurer), Vern Krishna (Exec. Dir. of NCA and Chair Accreditation Task Force), Justice Mavin Wong (Ont. Court of Justice), Jean Augustine (Chair Fairness Commission), Lilian Ma (Chair Landlord and Tenant Board), Avvy Go (Bencher), Susan Eng (Vice President CARP) and Olivia Chow (MP) will be leading various discussions.
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PANEL DISCUSSIONS: 9am-3pm
- Access to Justice
- Anti-Racism Work by Asian Canadian Lawyers
- Changes to Immigration Law??
- Charter and Public Interest Advocacy
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WORKSHOPS: 3pm-5pm
- Accreditation of Foreign Trained Lawyers
- Updates on Selected Legal Topics
- Government and Decision Makers
- Articling Experience
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FEES: Conference: $10 for students (including articling students) & unwaged/$25 for all others – includes annual fee for FACL membership
Dinner: $25 for students/$35 for all others (tips and taxes included) at Bright Pearl at 346-348 Spadina Ave. Toronto (North of Dundas, West side of Spadina)
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REGISTER: To register, please visit our website at www.facl.ca or email us at facl.ontario@gmail.com for more details. Please note that Partial student subsidies are available.
Please RSVP for Dinner by October 31, 2008
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FACL extends our sincere thanks to the Law Foundation of Ontario for their generous grant and to the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, for providing the venue.
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