AALS Call-for-papers: Bridging the Gap: Perspectives on Poverty and its Impact on Childhood

AALS Call-for-papers: Bridging the Gap:  Perspectives on Poverty and its Impact on Childhood

Poverty is a persistent, pernicious social problem in the United States.  The population that is most affected by poverty because of political/legal anomie is children.  In an effort to better understand the complex and interconnected aspects of children and poverty, the Sections on Poverty Law and Children and the Law will jointly host a session at the 2019 AALS Annual Conference exploring how children’s lives are impacted by, among other poverty-related risks, instability of housing, child welfare and foster care, compromised physical and mental health, inability to access quality education, juvenile justice, and environmental justice.  Panelists will share their unique and cutting-edge scholarship and experiences in one or more of these areas related to children and poverty.”  Professor Luis Zayas, Dean of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work and the Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy at the University of Texas – Austin, will help frame the discussion by talking about the children of immigrants, poverty, and stress.  Between two and four additional speakers will be selected from this call for papers.  The deadline for submission is Wednesday, August 15, 2018.  Papers and questions should be submitted to Professor Sacha Coupet at scoupet@luc.edu and Professor Maryam Ahranjani at Maryam.Ahranjani@law.unm.edu.