Speakers' Abstracts

Note: Abstracts are arranged alphabetically by author.

Alafair S. Burke
Professor of Law
Hofstra University School of Law
Revisiting Prosecutorial Disclosure

Jane E. Cross
Associate Professor and Director of Caribbean Law Programs
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
A Life and Death Compromise: The Mandatory Death Penalty in the Caribbean Court of Justice (A Proposed Work in Progress)
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Kathleen C. Engel
Associate Professor of Law
Leon M. and Gloria Plevin Endowed
Professor of Law
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
From Credit Denial to Predatory Lending: The Challenge of Sustaining Minority Homeownership

Akilah N. Folami
Associate Professor of Law
Hofstra University School of Law
Cultural Legal Studies and Dialogic Democracy: The Case for Bringing Back Localism and Radio's Subversive Past

Jarod S. Gonzalez
Associate Professor of Law
Texas Tech University School of Law
A Tale of Two Waivers: Waiver of the Jury Waiver Defense under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Lee A. Harris
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Memphis
Reforming Reverse Mortgages: A Preliminary Analysis of the Role of Homeowner Race

Kristin N. Johnson
Associate Professor of Law
Seton Hall University School of Law
The Political Economy of Competition for Stock Exchange Listings: The Influence of Sarbanes-Oxley on the Race to the Top

Angela Mae Kupenda
Professor of Law
Mississippi College School of Law
The State as Batterer: Learning from Family Law and Women’s Progress to Address America’s Family-Like Racial Dysfunction

Holning Lau
Associate Professor
Hofstra University School of Law
Tailoring Equal Protection to Address Today's Democratic Deficit (Draft)

Robin A. Lenhardt
Associate Professor of Law
Fordham University School of Law
Societal Discrimination

Darrell A. H. Miller
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Cincinnati College of Law
White Cartels, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the History of Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.

Neal F. Newman
Associate Professor of Law
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
The U.S. Move to International Accounting Standards – A Matter of Cultural Discord

Helen L. Norton
Associate Professor of Law
University of Colorado School of Law
Government’s Expressive Interests in the Speech of Its Employees

Jayesh M. Rathod
Practitioner-in-Residence
American University Washington College of Law
A Legacy of Failure: Immigrant Labor and the Occupational Safety & Health Regime (Draft)