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This inaugural Presidential Summit was designed to help practitioners identify and confront issues of racial bias in our courts, the law enforcement community, by prosecutors, and yes, even the defense team. Attendees heard from trial lawyers, academics, and formerly incarcerated individuals who offered their personal perspectives, strategies, and ideas on why Race Matters. This program was created to intentionally challenge you to push the envelope on your understanding of and willingness to attack racial bias in the criminal justice system.
History of Race in America presented by Jeffery Robinson, Deputy Legal Director and Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, American Civil Liberties Union
Race Matters I: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice September 14-15, 2017 | Detroit, MI
Voir Dire: Part II presented by Kyana Givens, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender Western District of Washington (Seattle)
Voir Dire: Part I presented by MartÃn Sabelli, Law Offices of Martin A. Sabelli, San Francisco, CA
The Myth of Colorblind Justice presented by L. Song Richardson, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine
The Intersection of Race and Poverty: Challenging Debtors' Prisons presented by Nusrat Choudhury, Deputy Director, Racial Justice Program, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Sentencing: Practice presented by Nancy L. McGunn, Deputy Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit)
Sentencing: Policy presented by Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Race Data Matters: Using Expert Testimony and Social Science Data about Discriminatory Policing to Win Pretrial Motions: Part I presented by Rahsaan D. Hall, Director, Racial Justice Program, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Race Data Matters: Using Expert Testimony and Social Science Data about Discriminatory Policing to Win Pretrial Motions: Part II presented by Alison Siegler, Clinical Law Professor, University of Chicago Law School
Opening Remarks presented by NACDL President (2017-2018) Rick Jones, Executive Director, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
Keynote Address presented by Roy Austin, Jr., Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, and Former Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs and Opportunity
Collateral Consequences: Practice presented by Amanda David, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender of Eastern District New York
Bond: Practice presented by Colette Tvedt, The Law Firm of Colette Tvedt LLC, Denver, CO
Bond: Policy presented by Brandon Buskey, Deputy Director for Smart Justice Litigation, Criminal Law Reform Project, American Civil Liberties Union
