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Panelists:

Honorable Zia Faruqui, United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Honorable Mariam Bazzi, Judge, Third Judicial Circuit of Wayne County, Michigan

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Panelists:

Honorable David Shaheed, Senior Judge, Marion County Superior Court, Indiana
Honorable Rabeea Collier, District Judge, Harris County, Texas
Honorable Fatima El-Amin, Judge, DeKalb County Juvenile Court, Georgia

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Moderator: Honorable Asad M. Ba-Yunus, Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration

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Join Muslim American judges as they discuss their paths to the bench, their experiences as judges, and their advice for aspiring judges.

The panel will also discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted judicial proceedings and how judges and practitioners can best navigate.

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NAML ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM 2020

Views from the Bench: Muslims in the Judiciary

Thursday, December 10 7:30 PM ET

https://t.co/vR4pvb7JQJ

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Thank you to our attendees, esteemed speakers and panelists, regional bar associations, and board members who volunteered their time and expertise to engage the defining issue of race and equity in American law and society. #NAML2020

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Closing Address to #NAML2020 attendees invoking the spirit of history, growth, and resilience.

Dr. Asifa Quraishi (Founding Pres.)

Gadier Abbas (Former. Pres.)

Aliya Khalidi (Former. Pres.)

Dr. Saleema Snow (Outgoing Pres.)

Sehrish Siddiqui (Incoming Pres.)

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At 5:15 PM EST, #NAML2020 attendees will have the chance to attend small-group discussions about intracommunity racism. Participants will share their stories of how racism has affected them, and groups will collectively discuss strategies toward addressing the problem. #NAML2020

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"The state will settle quite quickly when, as in Philando Castile, there is video... But qualified immunity cases are much more pervasive when there is no video recording and it is not publicized." Lukman Azeez, Associate, Wiley Rein #NAML2020

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"This country has a long history of housing discrimination. It is not a thing of the past... Blacks are 6 times as likely to have subprime lending." Ajmel Quereshi, Senior Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund #NAML2020

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"Police officers are supposed to be held accountable under the law, but for qualified immunity, [plaintiff's] could succeed in their claims...We're talking giving a defense for something no other reasonable officer would do." -Amir Ali, Harvard Appellate Clinic #NAML2020

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Panel: Understanding, Navigating, and Ending Qualified Immunity

Lukman Azeez, Associate, Wiley Rein
Amir Ali, Deputy Director, Supreme Court and Appellate Program
Baher Azmy, Legal Director, Center of Constitutional Rights

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On the https://t.co/m11EwGfydG platform, #NAML2020 attendees use the Group Breakouts to move from table to table to meet attorneys from across the country. Every NAML conference is an opportunity to make new relationships. #NAML2020

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"Social media in Ferguson allowed us to build our own protest movements and narratives...We must always stay critical...America had Nelson Mandela still on the list of terrorist in the 1990s" -Professor Justin Hansford, Howard University School of Law #NAML2020

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Panel - Race and Immigration

Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal and Advocacy Director, Project South
Jama Ibrahim, Attorney, Ibrahim & RAO
Sadia Ali, Attorney, Al-Amin Law Group
Hudaidah Bhimdi, Partner, Murray Osorio PLLC

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Panel - Linking Protest a Global Perspective

Khaled Beydoun, Associate Professor of Law,
Justin Hansford, Professor of Law,
Howard University School of Law
Aya Saed, Bertha Justice Fellow
Amer Zahr, Professor
Nana Yankah, Law for Black Lives
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Immigration policies are a tool of fear. People from African countries and African descent have the highest denial rates for asylum applications in the US.

-Sadia Ali, Attorney, Al-Amin Law Group #naml2020

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Panel: Race and Immigration
Jama Ibrahim, Attorney, Ibrahim & RAO, providing an overview of the development of US immigration policy and the pivot from racial origin admissions policy to a national origin policy. #NAML2020

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NAML extends our sincere thanks to our valuable sponsors who have supported this significant conference on race and the law. Thank you for supporting Muslim American attorneys working to build a more equitable society. #NAML2020

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"The police unions are contributing to the financial campaigns of district attorneys. How can a prosecutor hold a police officer accountable when that DA has been held in place by police unions year after year?" -Nisreen Younis, PD Santa Clara County #naml2020