Immigration and Family Reunification in Europe, Israel, and the United States

March 7, 2012

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Stephen Legomsky, Conference Organizer

John S. Lehmann University Professor, on leave
as Chief Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security



 

Session I

Welcome by Laura Rosenbury
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law  

Introduction:
Leila Sadat, Moderator
Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law

Speakers:  

Stephen Legomsky, John S. Lehmann University Professor, on leave as Chief Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Immigration and Family Reunification Policies in Europe  

Liav Orgad, Lecturer in Law at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Immigration and Family Reunification Policies in Israel  

Discussion

Session II

Introduction: Marion Crain, Moderator
Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital and Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law

Speakers:  

Muneer Ahmad, Clinical Professor at Yale Law School
Immigration and Family Reunification Policies in the United States  

Susan Appleton, Lemma Barkeloo and Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law
Separation Analogies in Family Law  

Anna Crosslin, Executive Director of the International Institute of St. Louis
Effects of Family Separation on Immigrant Integration  

Discussion

Reception Immediately Following
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Crowder Courtyard (No. 301)

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital, the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and Immigration Law Society, Washington University School of Law