U.S. Territories: Separate and Unequal

Thursday, September 7, 2023 | 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Format: In-Person

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This program will include an overview of the political status of U.S. Territories, including the implications of the Insular Cases and the territorial “incorporation doctrine” in shaping the inequitable political and economic conditions that exist there. It will explain recent Supreme Court Cases declining to overturn the Insular Cases or to confront the arbitrary and unequal treatment of the residents of the U.S. Territories. The program will then turn to Congress’ critical role in addressing the plight of the residents of the U.S. Territories and the political process impeding congressional action.

  Program Fee:
  Free for Members & Nonmembers

• Introduction and Welcome:
  Wanda Sanchez Day
  Co-Chair, New York City Bar Association, Puerto Rico Task Force
  Mirna Santiago
  Co-Chair, New York State Bar Association, Task Force on the U.S. Territories

  Moderator: 
  Professor Natalie Gomez-Velez
  Co-Chair, New York State Bar Association Task Force on the U.S. Territories

  Panelists: 
  Neil Weare
  Co-Executive Director, Right to Democracy

  Professor Christina Ponsa Kraus
  Columbia University School of Law

  Professor Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud
  Cardozo Law School

  Professor Manuel Del Valle
  Universidad InterAmericana School of Law, Puerto Rico

  Anthony Ciolli
  Vice Chair, New York State Bar Association Task Force on the U.S. Territories

  Fireside Chat:
  Sherry Levin Wallach
  Immediate Past President, New York State Bar Association

  Susan J. Kohlmann
  President, New York City Bar Association

• TBD

• New York: 1.5 Professional Practice
  New Jersey: 1.5 General
  California: 1.5 General
  Pennsylvania: 1 General
  Connecticut: Available to licensed attorneys 

• Sponsoring Committee:
  Puerto Rico Task Force, Wanda Sanchez Day and Carlos Morales, Co-Chairs

  Co-Sponsoring Committees:
  Council on International Affairs, Mark A. Meyer, Chair
  Civil Rights, Kathleen Rubenstein and Kevin Jason, Co-Chairs
  Rule of Law Task Force, Marcy Kahn, Chair
  Senior Lawyers, Diane Fener and Gertrude Pfaffenbach, Co-Chairs

  Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
  Task Force on the Territories, New York State Bar Association
  Right to Democracy
  Puerto Rican Bar Association
  Hispanic National Bar Association
  Organizacion Latino Americana (OLA) of Eastern New York

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org