{"id":6393,"date":"2017-01-23T19:34:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/26\/riley-institute-co-sponsors-symposium-on-immigration\/"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:18:42","slug":"riley-institute-co-sponsors-symposium-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/riley-institute-co-sponsors-symposium-on-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Institute Co-Sponsors Symposium on Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration attorneys, practitioners and scholars will examine major issues related to immigration policy at a day-long symposium hosted by the <em>Charleston Law Review<\/em> of the Charleston School of Law and the Riley Institute at Furman University.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium will be held Friday, Feb. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\u00a0 It is being held in the Charleston Music Hall on John St.\u00a0 The event is open to the public, and attendance without Continuing Legal Education credit is free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a new administration in the White House that campaigned on building a wall between the United States and Mexico to cut down on illegal immigration, this symposium comes at the perfect time,\u201d Charleston School of Law President Ed Bell said.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re fortunate to be able to host seasoned practitioners to share their insights on the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tammy Besherse, director of immigration policy for the S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center in Columbia, will be keynote speaker at the symposium, titled \u201cThe Uncertain Future of U.S. Immigration Policy.\u201d\u00a0 She\u2019ll be joined during the day with three expert-led panel discussions that focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immigrants and Criminal Law\u2014What Can We Expect Under a Trump Administration?<\/li>\n<li>Examining the Civil Liberties and Rights of Immigrants<\/li>\n<li>Immigration Reform and the Economy\u2014Can South Carolina Afford to Do Nothing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cNow in its ninth year, this series is unique in the country in focusing on critical societal issues within a legal framework,\u201d said Don Gordon, executive director of the Riley Institute.\u00a0 \u201cThis year is no exception and the topic is more relevant than ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The symposium qualifies for five hours of Continuing Legal Education credits in South Carolina.\u00a0 Walk-in registrations are accepted at a cost of $150, with alumni receiving discounted tuition of $100.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For a full agenda and to register, visit this site online:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlestonlawreview.org\/2017-Immigration-Law-Symposium\/\">http:\/\/www.charlestonlawreview.org\/2017-Immigration-Law-Symposium\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The symposium starts at 8:30 a.m., Feb. 10, and ends at 3:30 p.m.\u00a0 It is being held in the Charleston Music Hall, John St., Charleston.\u00a0 Attendance without CLE credit is free.\u00a0 The event is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>About the Charleston Law Review<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>The <em>Charleston Law Review<\/em> is the flagship journal of the Charleston School of Law.\u00a0 In its past issues, the <em>Charleston Law Review<\/em> has published significant public figures ranging across the political spectrum from President-elect Barack Obama to John Yoo, former presidential legal advisor to President George W. Bush.\u00a0 The <em>Law Review<\/em> will publish a companion issue to the symposium that may be ordered at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlestonlawreview.org\">www.charlestonlawreview.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>About the Charleston School of Law<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>The Charleston School of Law offers students the unique opportunity to study the time-honored practice of law amid the beauty and grace of one of the South&#8217;s most historic cities, Charleston, South Carolina. Students at the Charleston School of Law study law as a profession and find a faculty focused on using the law as a calling in the public interest.\u00a0 Faculty members devote their full attention to excellent teaching and scholarship, both in and out of the classroom.\u00a0 Where traditions meet opportunity &#8212; that is Charleston and the Charleston School of Law. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CharlestonLaw.edu\">http:\/\/www.CharlestonLaw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the Riley Institute at Furman University<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Furman University\u2019s Riley Institute broadens student and community perspectives about issues critical to South Carolina\u2019s progress. It builds and engages present and future leaders, creates and shares data-supported information about the state\u2019s core challenges, and links the leadership body to sustainable solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 1999, the Institute is named for former South Carolina Governor and former United States Secretary of Education Richard W. (Dick) Riley. It is committed to nonpartisanship in all it does and to a rhetoric-free, facts-based approach to change. For more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/riley.furman.edu\/\">https:\/\/riley.furman.edu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration attorneys, practitioners and scholars will examine major issues related to immigration policy at a day-long symposium hosted by the Charleston Law Review of the Charleston School of Law and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":6394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,32,61,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-politics-and-international-affairs","category-the-furman-advantage","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}