Date and Time
Friday, September 26
9:00am – 5:30pm CDT
Location
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
227 State Street Madison, WI 53703
Summary
On Friday, September 26th, the Wisconsin Law Review will host its annual symposium titled “The Shadow Carceral State.” This symposium is co-chaired by Professor Renagh O’Leary and Professor Lisa Washington. The symposium will bring together nationally recognized legal scholars, clinicians, and practitioners for panel discussions on the expansion of penal power via the “Shadow Carceral State.”
The symposium discussions will address how penal power extends beyond the criminal legal systems into civil and administrative systems of surveillance and social control. This symposium will explore these contemporary issues with a particular focus on (1) the depth and breadth of carcerality across institutions of care, immigration, and beyond and (2) working towards meaningful change for those most impacted. This symposium offers a rich cross-system approach to illuminate patterns and synergies across institutions and legal systems.
The Wisconsin Law Review will examine the collateral and intersecting consequences of convictions and arrest, the integration of law enforcement in institutions of care and education, and the long-term cross-system implications of probation and parole. We are very excited to host this symposium as it touches on a variety of subfields and practice areas, including policing, immigration, education, and family law.
For donation opportunities and any questions regarding the 2025 Symposium, please contact our Symposium Editors, Morgan Murchison & Shane Conley, at wlrsymposium@law.wisc.edu.
SCHEDULE
9:00AM-10:00AM
Breakfast
*All members must arrive by 9:30AM
10:00AM-10:15AM
Opening Remarks
10:15AM-11:30AM
Panel 1. Policing and Punishment Across Institutions
Moderator:
Lisa Washington (University of Wisconsin)
Panelists:
Eisha Jain (University of North Carolina School of Law)
Civil Death by a Thousand Cuts
Chaz Arnett (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law)
The School to Surveillance Pipeline: Mass School Shootings, Digital Securitization, and the Struggle for Data Justice
Julia Hernandez (CUNY School of Law)
Family Regulation Investigations in Public Schools
11:30AM-11:45AM
Remarks from Dean Dan Tokaji
11:45AM-1:15PM
Lunch Break & Panel 3. Clinical Education and Cross-System Collaboration
Moderator:
Kate Finley
Panelists:
Erin Barbato
Cary Bloodworth
Christopher Lau
Emma Shakeshaft
1:15PM-2:30PM
Panel 4: Surveillance and Technology
Moderator:
BJ Ard (University of Wisconsin)
Panelists:
Arti Walker-Peddakotla (University of Wisconsin)
Surveillance Architectures
Kate Weisburd (UC Law San Francisco)
The Automation of Reincarceration
Ngozi Okidegbe (Boston University School of Law)
Participation as Friction
2:30PM-2:45PM
Break
2:45-4:00PM
Panel 4. Reassessing Doctrines: Cross-system Perspectives on Evidence, Policing, and Regulation
Moderator:
Renagh O’Leary (University of Wisconsin Law School)
Panelists:
Tarek Ismail (CUNY School of Law)
Family Policing as Security Theatre
Natasha Chokhani (CUNY School of Law)
Mosaics of Bias
Bennett Capers (Fordham Law School)
We, the Watchers
4:00PM- 4:10PM
Remarks from the Law Review
4:30PM-5:30PM
Public Keynote
Melissa Murray (New York University Law School) in Conversation with Lisa Washington