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This spring, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law student journals are welcoming a distinguished array of speakers from across the nation and the world to discuss topics ranging from legal innovations for trans rights to community organizing for environmental justice.
Symposium season kicked off with a special celebration of the Maryland Journal of International Law’s 50th anniversary on Feb. 13. Titled “Fifty Years of International Law: Critical Reflections, Reimagined Horizons,” the symposium featured leading international law scholars from the US and abroad engaging in critical conversations with Maryland faculty working in international, comparative and transnational law. International speakers included Antonia Baraggia, University of Milan; Yaniv Roznai, Reichman University; and Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney.
Up next was the Journal of Business and Technology Law’s symposium addressing “Justice in the Age of AI” on March 3. Panelists included business law scholars and practitioners with expertise in artificial intelligence. Discussions explored emerging issues surrounding AI regulation and ethics.
On March 6, the Maryland Law Review presented “Legal Innovations for Trans Rights: The Fight for Justice Within an Unjust System.” Panels addressed education and employment rights, constitutional rights, prisoner’s rights work, healthcare access, and transgender violence. Noa Ben-Asher from St. John’s University School of Law headlined as keynote.
That same week on March 9, the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy’s symposium explored “Toxic Inequities: The Legal & Public Health Dimensions of Environmental Justice.” Expert panelists examined the disproportionate environmental burdens borne by marginalized communities, the impact of community organizing, and strategies for building intergenerational coalitions that sustain long-term movements for equity, resilience, and systemic change. Taylor Lilley ’18, an environmental justice staff attorney at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, kicked off the symposium as keynote.
Finally, on March 27, the Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class will present “Threads of Power: Fashion Expression and the Law” with expert panels discussing the trans to prison pipeline, appearance in the workplace, and school dress codes.