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Center for Children, Law & Policy

Conference Schedule

Children and the Law After the Katrina Disaster Conference
University of Houston Law Center
Krost Hall
Friday, April 20, 2007
8:30-5:00

6 hours CLE

7 clock hours CEU

Conference Schedule*

8:30-9:00:	Registration
9:00-9:15:	Welcome Dean Ray Nimmer
9:15-10:15:	Overview and Commentary, introduced by Ellen Marrus and Laura Oren Charles Ogletree: “Katrina, Children, and the 3 Rs: Race, Reconstruction, and Redemption.” Lawrence Powell: “What Does American History Tell Us About Katrina, and Vice Versa?”
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00:	Juvenile Justice and Foster Care: What Katrina Exposed and How Children Can Better Be Served By the System, moderated by Ellen Marrus Meghan Butasek:“Information Sharing Manual for Children in Foster Care after Disasters.” Gerard Glynn:“Foster Care: Disasters Complicate an Already Bad Situation.” Judge Ernestine Gray: "After a Disaster: One Judge’s Reflections of Katrina." David Katner:“Rethinking Juvenile Justice in the Wake of Katrina.”
12:00-1:00:	Lunch: A Survivor’s Perspective, introduced by Malikah Marrus Glenda Harris: “Katrina's Children More Than A Year Later.”
1:00-2:30:	Empirical Data: What the Data Tells Us About How Disasters Affect Children and Policy Implications, moderated by Ellen Marrus Sharon Hall: “Disasters and Psychological Risk in Children.” Carl Lindahl with Shari Smothers, Victoria McFadden, and Jenna Baddeley: “Archiving the Voices and Needs of Katrina’s Children.” Laura Oren: “Child Evacuation and Public Policy: London 1939 and New Orleans 2005.” Rick Wilson with Malikah Marrus: “Family Structure, Health and Children among Houston Katrina Evacuees.”
2:30-2:45:	Break
2:45-4:15:	Education: Rebuilding and Reform, moderated by Stacey Mathews Kristi Bowman: “Rebuilding Schools, Rebuilding Communities: The Civic Role of Public Schools After Katrina.” Danielle Holley-Walker: “Charter Schools and Accountability in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina.” Augustina Reyes with Lawrence Marshall: “Public Education for the Children of Katrina: Access and Documentation.” Anna Shavers: “Providing an Adequate and Equitable Education for the Children of Katrina and Other Victims of Disaster.”
4:15-4:45	Closing Remarks, What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go From Here? Charles Ogletree and Lawrence Powell

*The order of the panels is subject to change based on the schedules of the panelists