NIU College of Law - NIU Law Review Symposium

“Reproductive Rights and Justice”

 

Join Northern Illinois University's Law Review as we explore how the Dobbs decision has impacted the landscape of reproductive rights in the United States. The implications of this decision are devastating and far reaching, and involve numerous areas of law including criminal law, health law, civil rights law, and more.

Date: Friday, April 14
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
Location: This is a hybrid event held in person at NIU Naperville located 1120 E Diehl Rd., Naperville, IL 60563. For virtual participants, the link will be provided following registration.

Registration is required by April 11.

4 hours MCLE credit for attorneys (approval pending)

Cost: General attendees - $25
NIU faculty, staff and students - FREE
*NIU faculty, staff and students should RSVP directly to College of Law Asstistant Dean for Strategic Communications Melody Mitchell.

Moderator: Associate Dean Kim Ricardo, UIC Law

Schedule:

8:30-9 a.m.: Check-In & Breakfast
9-9:10 a.m.: Opening Remarks by Dean Cassandra Hill and Ashleigh Zurek
9:10-10:00 a.m.: Michelle Wetzel, General Counsel for Planned Parenthood Illinois
10-11:15 a.m.: Prosecutorial Discretion & Reproductive Rights Panel (Miriam Krinsky and Rebecca Blair)
11:15-11:45 a.m.: Lunch
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.: Constitutional Law & Reproductive Rights Panel (Ameri Klafeta, Evan Bernick and Lindsey Langholz)
1-1:45 p.m.: Pharmaceutical Federalism & Abortion (Allison Whelan)
1:45-2 p.m.: All Speaker Q&A
2:00 p.m.: Closing Remarks (Ashleigh Zurek)

*Schedule subject to change.