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| 09/22/02 at 21:02:18 |
| [slm], [color=Green] In the name of Allah, most Beneficient, most Merciful... Announcing the 3rd annual National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML) conference, Columbia Law School, New York, NY. ;D October 11th-13th, 2002. Featuring lawyers for Zacarias Moussaoui and John Walker Lindh, ACLU director Nadine Strossen, US Senator Russell Feingold, and Muslim lawyers and law students from across the country. To register online please go to: www.namlnet.org/registration.htm Please spread the word to all Muslim lawyers and law students in North America. [wlm], :-) Noera :) [/color] Friday, October 11, 2002 6:30- 6:40 PM Maghrib Prayer 6:40- 8:30 PM Opening Reception – New York Law School Saturday, October 12, 2002 8:00- 9:15 AM Registration and Breakfast – Columbia Law School 9:15- 9:30 AM Welcoming Remarks Mohammad Fadel, NAML President; Conference Co-Chair Noera Ayaz, Co-Chair, Columbia Muslim Law Students Association 9:30- 10:15 AM PLENARY SESSION – Keynote Speaker U.S. Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) Introduced by Aasma Khan, Conference Co-Chair 10:30- 12:00 PM PLENARY SESSION – Muslims and National Security Law Including Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union 12:30- 1:30 PM Networking Lunch 1:30- 2:00 PM Dhuhr Prayer 2:00- 4:00 PM PLENARY SESSION – Islam and International Human Rights Law: Convergence or Divergence? Professor Azizah al-Hibri, University of Richmond Law School Professor Sherman Jackson, University of Michigan Professor Ann Mayer, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Mohammad Fadel, Ph.D., Islamic Law, University of Chicago; Sullivan & Cromwell Moderator: Farah Brelvi, Conference Co-Chair; Member, Board of Directors, Amnesty International USA; Cravath, Swaine & Moore 4:00- 4:30 PM Asr Prayer 4:30- 6:00 PM PLENARY SESSION – Muslim Civil Rights: The Government’s Approach Featuring Representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, and the U.S. Department of Transportation 6:25- 6:40 PM Maghrib Prayer 7:00- 9:00 PM NAML Awards Dinner Award based on work for the Muslim Community Post 9/11 Sunday, October 13, 2002 9:00- 10:30 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1) Islamic Finance Panel Umar Moghul, King & Spalding Tariq al-Rifai, President, Falaika International; Contributor, The International Investor Mohammad Fadel, Ph.D., Islamic Law, University of Chicago; Sullivan & Cromwell 2) Career Planning: A Primer for Law Students Chaumtoli Huq, New York Taxi Workers Alliance Arshi Siddiqui, Lobbyist, Williams & Jensen Khurram Wahid, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem Moderator: Aasma Khan, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist National Muslim Law Student Informational Meeting (1) Presentations by NMLSA Board Members on upcoming NMLSA projects including mentor-mentee program and law school recruitment drive, and (2) law students networking! 3) Toward an Islamic Alternative Dispute Resolution System An Interactive Workshop with Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center. 11:00- 1:00 PM PLENARY SESSION – Protecting the Constitution by Defending the Pariahs Frank Dunham, Counsel to Zacarias Moussouai George Harris, Morrison & Foerster, Counsel to John Walker Lindh Hassen Abdellah, Counsel to Mohamed el-Atriss Sam Schmidt, Counsel to Defendants in Embassy Bombing Trials 1:00- 1:15 PM Dhuhr Prayer 1:15- 3:00 PM Working Lunch- Meet the NAML Board and Strategic Planning 3:00- 3:30 PM Coordinated Travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3:30- 5:30 PM Guided Tour of the Islamic Art Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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