Professor Pritchett's Presentations

Selected Presentations & Lectures

Immigration Law Reform and Trends, Speaker at Tri-State Federal Bar Conference, Jackson, Wyoming, October 6, 2017.

Think WY: A Real Refugee Story, Presenter for Wyoming Humanities Council program on refugee resettlement in Wyoming, Lander, Wyoming, May 10, 2017.

Gender Justice in Post-conflict Transition, Guest lecture to Dr. Stephanie Anderson’s Politics of International Law Course, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, April 27, 2017.

Parallels of the Past and Present: Exploring the Executive Order, Moderator on panel exploring parallels between Trump’s Executive Order and Japanese internment, University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming, April 11, 2017.

A World in Distress: What to do about the Global Refugee Crisis, Presenter at the 2017 Sheppard Symposium with Denise Muro and Eric Nigh, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, April 6, 2017.

Shielding the Deportable Outsider, Presentation of Harvard Journal of Law and Gender publication at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 3, 2017.

Refugee Resettlement in Wyoming: A Law and Geography Perspective, Presentation for Geography Brown Bag Lunch Series, University of Wyoming, March 24, 2017.

Contextualizing the Refugee Crisis: A Discussion of Dave Eggers’ What is the What, Discussion Leader, MLK Days of Dialogue Book Discussion, University of Wyoming, February 1, 2017.

Immigration Consequences of the 2016 Presidential Election, Presentation to University of Wyoming College of Law students and faculty, Laramie, Wyoming, November 2016.

Shielding the Deportable Outsider, Presenter, University of Wyoming Faculty Colloquy, Laramie, Wyoming, November 2016.

Bringing Wyoming to the World: The Work of the International Human Rights Clinic, Presentation to the University of Wyoming Board of Advisors to International Programs, Laramie, Wyoming, October 22, 2016.

DACA: The Legal Representation, Application, and the Impacts on Young Adults in Wyoming, Presentation to the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Rocky Mountain Conference: Honoring Our Legacies, Tempe, Arizona, September 29-30, 2016.

What’s Immigration Law Got to Do With It?: Exploring Federal Immigration Issues that Arise in Wyoming State Court, Panelist, Wyoming State Bar, Laramie, Wyoming, September 15, 2016.

Spatialities of (In)justice: A Case Study of the International Criminal Courtroom as Contested Space, Presentation on the Feminist Legal Geography Panel, Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London, England, September 2, 2016.

Civic Discourse?: A Reflection on Refugee Resettlement Discussions in Wyoming, E-Guest Lecturer for Dr. Eric Sandeen’s course at the University of Passau, Germany, May 25, 2016.

The Cowboy State in A World on the Move: Exploring Contemporary Immigration Issues in Wyoming, Saturday University, Gillette, Wyoming, November 12, 2015; Sheridan, Wyoming, February 6, 2016.

Measuring Success in Socio-Economic Rights Litigation, Presenter, Center for Health, Human Rights, and Development Strategic Litigation Workshop, Kampala, Uganda, December 4, 2015.

Recent Changes in Immigration Law for the Federal Defense Attorney, Presenter, Wyoming Federal Defenders Annual Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, November 5, 2015.

Bringing Human Rights Home: Immigration, the Torture Report and Other Human Rights Issues in Contemporary America, Faculty, Humanities Council Summer Institute, Laramie, Wyoming, June 15-18, 2015.

Executive Action: What It Is and What It Isn’t, Speaker, Inns of Court, Cheyenne, Wyoming, February 5, 2015.

Immigration Today: No Longer Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor? Panelist, MLK Days of Dialogue, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, February 2015.

Current Issues Before the International Criminal Court, Moderator and convener for panel of international criminal lawyers Haydee Djikstal and Rodney Dixon, Q.C., University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, January 2015.

A Right to Education at Home and Abroad, Guest Lecturer for International Issues in Education course, University of Wyoming College of Education, Laramie, Wyoming, November 2014.

Exploring Careers in the Public Interest, Panelist, College of Law Career Services Panel, Laramie, Wyoming, October 2014.

Where Are We Now? Immigration Policy and its Impact from a Wyoming Perspective, Panelist, Simpson Symposium on Immigration, Laramie, Wyoming (sponsored by the University of Wyoming American Heritage Center), September 18, 2014.

Wyoming Goes Global: Addressing Questions of Human Development and Sustainability, Presenter for the University of Wyoming Center for Global Studies, Laramie, Wyoming, March 31, 2014.

Perspectives on Immigration and Immigration Reform, Presenter, Central Wyoming College Hot Topics Series, Riverton, Wyoming, October 23, 2013.

Issues in Domestic Violence Enforcement and Litigation, Moderator, Law Week Panel, University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming, October 2013.

Exploring Refugee Resettlement in Wyoming, Presenter to Wyoming Governor’s Working Group on Refugee Resettlement, Cheyenne, Wyoming, April 26, 2013.

Counter-Narrative as Advocacy: A Human Rights Perspective, Presenter, Shepard Symposium, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, April 4, 2013.

Litigating Indigenous Land Rights in Kenya, Guest Lecturer, Central Wyoming College, November 2012.

Confronting Gender-Based Violence in Transitional Justice, Presenter, Asia-Pacific Regional Women’s Hearing on Gender-Based Violence in Conflict, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 2012.

From the Bottom Up: Monitoring and Evaluation Through the Voices of Grassroots Human Rights Organizations, Moderator and convener, Association for Women’s Rights in Development, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2005.

Multicultural Lawyering and Humanitarian Forms of Immigration Relief, Guest lecturer, Wyoming College of Law Legal Services (Civil Legal Services) and Domestic Violence Clinic (Family and Child Legal Advocacy), Laramie, Wyoming, annual presentation.

Working with Community Partners: Lessons from the Clinic, Guest lecturer in the Campus Sustainability course, University of Wyoming Haub School, annual presentation.

Selected Media Appearances, Interviews, & Quotations

UW College Of Law's Suzie Pritchett Discusses DACA Changes, Interview on Wyoming Public Radio, aired September 8, 2017.  Internet

Heart Mountain Week Explores Lessons From The Past On Immigration, Interview on Wyoming Public Radio, aired April 7, 2017.  Internet

Post-Election Immigration Issues, Interview on Wyoming Signatures, a program of the WyomingBroadcasting Station, Laramie, Wyoming (broadcast throughout Wyoming), December 12, 2016.  Internet

One in Fifty: Wyoming and the Global Refugee Crisis, Speaker at Casper Humanities Festival, February 26, 2016; Live Broadcast, Wyoming Public Television, Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, Powell, Wyoming, March 24, 2016  Internet

Immigration Issues in Higher Education, Interview on University of Wyoming Today podcast, February 11, 2016.  Internet

The Global Refugee Crisis, Interview on Wyoming Signatures television program, December 18, 2015, aired January 11, 2016.

After Paris Attacks, Wyoming Evaluates Stance on Refugees, Interview on Wyoming Public Radio, aired December 4, 2015.  Internet

Wyoming Humanities Council to Still Hold Discussions About Refugee Resettlement, Interview on Wyoming Public Radio, aired Nov. 25, 2015.  Internet

Thanksgiving, panelist and contributor to a feature length presentation on refugee resettlement in Wyoming, Wyoming Chronicle Public Television program, aired November 2012.  Internet

Quoted in:

Andrew Graham, Immigrants and agriculture share deep roots in Wyoming, WyoFile, July 4, 2017.

Elise Schmelzer, A knock at the door: What happens when immigration agents come looking for an undocumented Casper mother, Casper Start Trib., March 4, 2017.

Julie Kling, Refugee Debate Reignites, Planet Jackson Hole, December 1, 2015.

T.S. Jarmusz, Public Discusses Issues of Immigration, Refugees, Gillette News Rec., November 13, 2015.

Rodger McDaniel, Wyoming Should Open Its Arms to Refugees, Wyoming Trib. Eagle, June 28, 2014.

Julie Kling, No refuge in Wyoming?, Planet Jackson Hole, March 18, 2014.

Kyle Roerink, Former Child Soldier Wants Refugee Office in Wyoming, Casper Star Trib., Feb. 22, 2014.

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