AALS Section on Law and Religion Panel

[Mark Modak-Truran]

Dear Colleagues,

As Co-Chair of the AALS Section on Law and Religion, I wanted everyone to know that the Section on Law and Religion will have a double session at the upcoming AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.  The following provides the Section program description and a list of panelists.  I hope to see you in Washington.

Best regards,



AALS SECTION ON LAW AND RELIGION
JANUARY 3, 2003, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Religion, Identity, and Politics in a Global Perspective
(Program to be Published in the Mississippi College Law Review)

        In light of recent events and a continuous trend toward globalization, it is particularly appropriate to examine the role of religion in both public and private life.  Panelists will come at this issue from a variety of personal, cultural and global perspectives.  They will open conversations about difficult topics such as the apparent clash between women's rights and traditional religions, and notions of universalism in religion and international law.


Moderator: Frank Ravitch, Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law

Panel Participants:

1. Emily Albrink Fowler Hartigan, St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law
2. Mark Weston Janis, University of Connecticut, School of Law
3. Elizabeth B. Mensch, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law
4. Mark Modak-Truran, Mississippi College, School of Law
5. Cheryl B. Preston, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
6. Suzanne Last Stone, Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
7. Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, The University of Chicago, Divinity School



Mark Modak-Truran, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Law
Mississippi College School of Law
151 East Griffith Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 925-7159

mmodak at mc.edu