Symposium Information

Immigration and National Security:
Material Support and the War on Terror

January 29, 2010
1:00pm

Rayburn Gold Room
Rayburn House Office Building 2168
Washington, DC 20515

The Catholic University Law Review invites you to attend its 2010 Symposium, "Immigration and National Security: Material Support and the War on Terror." This event will be held on January 29, 2010, in the Rayburn Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Symposium will begin with a keynote address by Professor Carlos Ortiz Miranda, Distinguished Lecturer, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Associate General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and will be followed by a panel discussing the topics below, with a reception to conclude the event. The Symposium will focus on the following topics:

• The Legislative-Statutory Framework of Material Support
• Attempts that Have Been Made to Modify the Material Support Statute
• How Administrations Have Dealt with the Waiver Authority under the Material Support Statute
• The Practitioner's Perspective: Handling Issues of Material Support throughout the Litigation Process

Panel participants include:

• Carlos Ortiz Miranda, Distinguished Lecturer, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; Associate Counsel, U.S. Conference of Bishops
• Melanie Nezer, Senior Director for U.S. Programs and Advocacy, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
• Anwen Hughes, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, the Refugee Protection Program; Human Rights First
• Jedidah Hussey, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, Asylum Division, Department of Homeland Security
• Steven Schulman, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Manager of Akin Gump's pro bono practice worldwide

Please direct any inquiries about the Symposium to the Catholic University Law Review, attention William Holahan and Kelly Hightower, at cuasymposium@gmail.com or (202) 319-5159.  To RSVP, please email cuasymposium@gmail.com.