Social Justice Thursday Speaker Series
Thursday, October 2, 2008 from noon to 1 p.m. in Bannan 139. Food will be provided.
Pat Shiu (Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center) "Social Justice Lawyering: From Employment Law to Women’s Rights in
Pat Shiu is the Vice President of Programs at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC), where she oversees the LAS-ELC’s legal programs and projects aimed at improving the economic well being of poor and marginalized workers and their families. As director of the LAS-ELC Domestic Violence and Employment Project and the Gender Equity Project, Ms. Shiu works to secure for low-wage women workers the right to work in a safe and healthful environment free of discrimination, harassment and unequal terms and conditions of employment. Ms. Shiu has also championed the need of working poor families to have accommodations for families with children and she is a nationally recognized expert in family leave laws. She has devoted her remarkable public interest career to ensuring that poor women, particularly immigrants, women of color, single mothers, and those who are disabled are treated legally, fairly and with dignity.
Prior to joining the LAS-ELC, Ms. Shiu worked as an associate at the law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. She received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1982 and her B.A. in Political Economy of Industrialized States from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979.
Limited space available for lunch on campus with Ms. Shiu on Thursday, October 2nd after the event. E-mail socialjustice@scu.edu, or call (408) 551-1720 to sign up to meet for lunch.