Events Calendar
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Panel Discussion
- Date:
- October 3, 2013
- Start:
- 1:00pm
- End:
- 2:00pm
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- Location:
- TNH 2.140 (Wright Classroom)
- Event type:
- Panel Discussion / Speaker Series
There are currently more than 1.4 million Syrian refugees and 4.5 million internally displaced persons. Many of these refugees live in abject squalor in camps far from their homes. Join us to learn more about the situation and the roles humanitarian, human rights, and immigration law have played in shaping it. Our speakers will include Professor Denise Gilman, former Director of the Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project at the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and Director of the Immigration Clinic; Professor Michael Churgin, an expert on immigration law; and Alex McLelland, a graduate student focusing on Syria at the UT Middle Eastern Studies Program. Light refreshments will be served.
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Faculty
- General public
- Sponsored by:
- Human Rights Law Society
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.