FWLA Upcoming Events

Our Next Event will be on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 from 7:00pm:

Violence Against Women and the Reasonable Man Standard

The FWLA is honored to present Professor Marina Angel, a Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, as our special guest speaker at our April 13th meeting.

Professor Angel will address how long standing gender biases have influenced legal standards particularly in the areas of criminal justice, sexual harassment and domestic violence.

While many blatantly discriminatory laws have been amended, Professor Angel will increase our awareness of how gender biases still impact how laws are interpreted and applied by police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and juries. This has particular significance in ascertaining what constitutes reasonableness.

Click here to see Professor Angel's bio on the Temple University website

As we live and work in an increasingly global world and work for law firms, academic institutions and companies that speak of achieving greater diversity, it is important to test the assumptions upon which many common law principles and standards -- as well as our own belief systems -- are premised to ascertain whether they adequately protect the rights of those needing legal protection. For example, there tends to be a presumption that the reasonable man or reasonable person standard is in fact reasonable. But is it always reasonable and who is this reasonable person really?


Date: 13 April 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:00 pm – Light dinner
8:00 pm – Presentation commences

Venue: Temple University Japan Campus School of Law – Mita Hall Room 502 (see below for access)

RSVP
We would appreciate your RSVP, which will facilitate our catering arrangements and building security procedures. Please RSVP to fwla.events@gmail.com (click on link), if possible, by Friday, April 9.

Fee Structure
Members Y3000; Full-Time Student Members Y1500; Non-Members and Guests Y5000; Student Non-Members and Guests Y2000 (please present student ID).

Venue Access
The FWLA would like to thank Temple University Japan Campus School of Law for their generous invitation and use of their Mita Hall facilities.

Temple University Japan Campus School of Law - Mita Hall
4-1-27 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-0073
Access