Dear SSJ Forum community,

The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) and the Beasley
School of Law at Temple University, Japan Campus cordially invite you
to our evening lecture on February 23rd, 2017. ICAS events are open to
the public and admission is free, unless otherwise noted.

Beasley School of Law and the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
present a Lecture Series:

New World Law & Order: Profile, Protest, and Social Justice

Recent political protests worldwide highlight the seemingly endless
struggle between government interests in preventing crime, maintaining
public order and protecting national security balanced against
negatively impacting individual civil liberties and minority
communities. This series of symposia will address the current state of
race relations and policing within the broader context of the criminal
justice system. The goal is to foster an open dialogue on how law
enforcement serves and protects communities, the tension between
minority communities and local police, and the public’s response to
social injustices particularly against minorities through political
protest movements. Promoting interdisciplinary and international
perspectives, this series should provoke and encourage constructive
discussion on these critical societal issues.

Symposia:

February 23: Racial Profiling Under the Color of Law
March 13: Muslim Surveillance in the Name of National
Security
April 5: #vivalarevolucíon: New Millennium Political
Protests

Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m for each lecture. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 1F Parliament Lounge
Capacity: 120 (first come, first serve basis)
Cost: Free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Details and Registration: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/law/events/2017/0223.html

Information for the first lecture is presented below.

Symposia 1: Racial Profiling Under the Color of Law

Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
Venue: Temple University Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 1F Parliament Lounge
(access: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html)
Admission: Free. Open to public.
Capacity: 120 (registration required)
Registration: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/law/events/2017/0223.html

Overview

Is racial profiling an effective law enforcement tool, an unequivocal
infringement on civil liberties, or something in between? Law
enforcement has wide latitude in determining how to seek out, deter,
and stop crime. One of the more controversial tools in the enforcement
community is the use of race as a key factor for who to stop and
question about the lawfulness of his or her conduct. Laws such as
Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Act or New York’s Stop and Frisk policy have
at their core racial profiling for crime prevention. They are
constantly under challenge by civil rights group for their disparate
impact on communities of color. In today’s politically-charged
climate, where fatal shootings of both suspects and police have
ignited civic demonstrations, mobilized civil liberties groups, and
engaged government oversight agencies, the question remains: are
profiling practices effective or do they criminalize race - sometimes
fatally - under the appearance of keeping the peace? Panelists will
address the provocative question of race-based policing, weighing its
effectiveness against concerns for public safety and individual
rights.

Speakers

Catherine L. Pugh, Attorney
Adjunct Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law, Japan Campus

Catherine Pugh specializes in criminal defense law, with an emphasis
on civil rights and police misconduct litigation. Upon law school
graduation, she was one of only ten Honors Hires for the Department of
Justice Civil Rights Division. Ms. Pugh worked in the Special
Litigation Section, specializing in “pattern and practice”
investigations and litigation for: abuse under the color of law;
violations of constitutional rights of the institutionalized; and,
abuse of juveniles in confinement. Ms. Pugh received the Scriba Regis
Award from the California Western School of Law, and was nominated for
The American Society of Legal Writers Scribes Award, for her Comment,
“What Do You Get When You Add Megan Williams to Matthew Sheppard and
Victim Offender Mediation? A Hate Crime Law Prosecutors Will Actually
Want to Use.” Before arriving in Japan, Ms. Pugh was a Trial Attorney
for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.

F. Frederic Fouad, Attorney
Adjunct Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law, Japan Campus

F. Frederic (Ric) Fouad's law practice spans 25 years and combines
Japan-focused commercial matters with extensive pro bono work. Ric
began his career at Jones Day. He has also served in-house at Taisei
Corporation (Tokyo, Japan), Lexington Corporation (Tokyo, Japan and
Memphis, TN), and Spartus Capital Management (New York, NY). He was a
2009-2010 Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, and he presently
serves on the advisory boards of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard
College and the International Honors Program of World Learning, in
Brattleboro, VT. Ric also heads Protect The Hersheys' Children, Inc.,
a child welfare advocacy group.

Jane Taylor
New Zealand Attorney

Moderator

Kyle Cleveland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of ICAS
Temple University, Japan Campus

Kyle Cleveland is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Temple
University, Japan Campus (TUJ), and the Associate Director of TUJ's
Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, for which he was the founding
director. Through ICAS he co-organizes lecture series, the internship
program, and produces special symposia on Japanese youth politics and
popular culture. As the university's faculty director of study abroad
and honors programming, he has developed academic curricula for study
abroad and international honors programs. His teaching and research
interests are in political sociology, ethnicity, globalization and
Japanese cultural studies; he is currently working on a project on the
political implications of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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