JSP Gateway Conference

The annual Gateway Conference is sponsored by the Department of Jurisprudence and Social Policy, and introduces our early-year students and their work to the department and the law school at large. It also provides a supportive environment to serve as an introduction to the academic conference format.Remote attendance via Zoom is available at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/jspgateway2025

Papers can be downloaded at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/gatewaypapers25

Schedule

12:00-12:50 pm Boxed lunch open to the full department (Kadish Library)

1:00-1:05 Opening Remarks, Dylan Penningroth

1:05-2:25 Session 1

Cameron Gan, “Bordering on Carcerality: Carceral Convergence in Californian and Japanese Immigration Detention Systems”

• faculty discussant Jon Simon, student discussant Nandina Babic

Rachel Morgan Wallace, “Reparations for Eugenics: Sterilization in California’s Jails and Prisons”

• faculty discussant Osagie Obasogie, student discussant Yen-Tung Lin

Q and A

2:25-2:35 Break 

2:35-3:55 Session 2

TJ Mertikas, “Littoral Law: Introduction”

• faculty discussant Sarah Song, student discussant Laura Ramirez

Gunar Olsen, “How Does Labor Law Affect Union Density?”

• faculty discussant Dhammika Dharmapala, student discussant Elliot Massouredis
  
  Q and A

3:55-4ish Closing Remarks