Criminal Law and Policy News and Events for the University of Arizona Community

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, the Program in Criminal Law and Policy is pleased to welcome United States District Court Magistrate Judge Charles Pyle and the Director of the Law School’s Veteran’s Clinic, Professor Paul Bennett. They will discuss the innovative Tucson Veteran’s Court and federal developments in the area of problem solving veteran’s courts.

The City of Tucson Veteran’s Court is a cooperative effort of the Tucson City Court and The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System. Its goal is to prevent veterans charged with misdemeanor offenses from falling into a life of crime by engaging them in rehabilitation. Rather than arresting and jailing veteran offenders for a few days or weeks only to return them to the same type of life, this court connects them to VA resources.

This is the last PCLP Speaker Series event of the 2012-2013 academic year. Join us to learn about the great work done in veteran’s court and celebrate another year of interesting and engaging lunchtime talks.

This event is open to everyone, and CLE credit will be available to Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 4-17-13

We will meet in Room 118. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:15pm.

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the Program in Criminal Law and Policy in conjunction with the Pima County Attorney's Office is pleased to host a Victims' Rights Panel Presentation.

Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall and Chief Deputy County Attorney Amelia Cramer will discuss the history and importance of victims' rights. They will be joined by crime victim survivors who will share their experiences with the criminal justice system and the role victims' rights played in their journey toward healing and recovery.

This event is open to everyone, and CLE credit will be available to Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 4-10-13

We will meet in Room 160, Rogers College of Law. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm.

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, April 3, 2013

What makes a person walk into a theater or a church or a classroom full of students and open fire? What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any way help us understand these horrific events and provide any clues as to how to prevent them in the future?

Wednesday, April 3, the Program in Criminal Law & Policy Speaker Series is doing something a little different – we will be showing a short documentary entitled “Mind of a Rampage Killer.” As the nation tries to understand the tragic events at Newtown, NOVA correspondent Miles O’Brien separates fact from fiction, investigating new theories that the most destructive rampage killers are driven most of all, not by the urge to kill, but the wish to die. Could suicide–and the desire to go out in a media-fueled blaze of glory–be the main motivation? How much can science tell us about the violent brain?  Most importantly, can we recognize dangerous minds in time—and stop the next Newtown?

This event is open to everyone, and CLE credit will be available to Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 4-3-13

We will meet in Room 168. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm.

2013 Distinguished Lecture with Larry Kramer

The Program in Criminal Law and Policy is not presenting a speaker on Wednesday, March 27. Instead, we encourage your attendance to the 2013 Distinguished Lecture with Larry Kramer. He will be here discussing “The Past, Present, and Future of Legal Education.”

The talk will be in the Ares Auditorium, Room 164. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm. C

CLE Credit will be available for Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 3-27-13

We hope you can join us!  Please click on the link below to register.  If you need additional information, please contact Janet Kisinger at (520) 626-3056 or janet.kisinger@law.arizona.edu

Register for the Event at   https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e76tux200963acef&oseq=&c=&ch=

Larry Kramer became president of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California, in September 2012. Before joining the Foundation, Mr. Kramer served from 2004 to 2012 as Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School. During his tenure, he spearheaded significant educational reforms, pioneering a new model of multidisciplinary legal studies. He also enlarged the clinical education program to promote reflective lawyering, an approach that seeks to integrate theory and practice as well as encourage self-reflection, and revamped programs to foster a public service ethos. He further developed the international law program to support a growing emphasis on globalization in legal practice. His teaching and scholarly interests include American legal history, constitutional law, federalism, separation of powers, the federal courts, conflict of laws, and civil procedure.

More information about Mr. Kramer can be found here.

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Wednesday, March 20, the Program in Criminal Law & Policy Speaker Series is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Fagan, Professor of Law and Epidemiology at Columbia University. He is also Director of the Center for Crime, Community and Law at Columbia Law School. His research and scholarship examines policing, the legitimacy of the criminal law, capital punishment, and neighborhoods and crime. He is currently conducting research on the outcomes of police stops of citizens for the New York Attorney General, and has completed studies on the mental health consequences of police-citizen encounters.

Professor Fagan will be discussing Current Litigation on “Proactive Policing” in New York. Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled a key part of the New York Police Department’s controversial “Stop and Frisk” tactic unconstitutional and a major class action lawsuit challenging the Department’s use of the warrantless stops in high-crime neighborhoods goes to Federal Court this week.

This event is open to everyone, and CLE credit will be available to Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 3-20-13

We will meet in Room 118. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm.

6th Annual Darrow K. Soll Memorial Criminal Law and Justice Lecture

On Thursday, March 21, 2013, from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Professor Jeffrey Fagan will speak on "Indignities of Order Maintenance" at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.  Additional information on Professor Fagan, the Darrow K. Soll Memorial Criminal Law and Justice Lecture series, and Darrow K. Soll is available at The Annual Darrow K. Soll Memorial Lecture

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, March 6, 2013

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, the Program In Criminal Law & Policy (PCLP) is proud to host a talk by Sheronda Jordan from the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault (SACASA) as a part of the PCLP's weekly speaker series.

The Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault is a non-profit organization that offers a full range of services to victims of sexual assault in Pima County and throughout Southern Arizona. They serve primary and secondary victims and survivors of recent and past sexual assault, and provide sexual assault education and awareness to the general community.

Sheronda Jordan is the forensic exams coordinator at SACASA and will be speaking with us about the forensic process of sexual assault cases.

We will meet in Room 118. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15 pm and ending by 1:20 pm.  CLE credit available for Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 3-6-13

 

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, is a Program in Criminal Law & Policy speaker series event that you do not want to miss. First Assistant Federal Public Defender (and Ethics professor extraordinaire) Heather Williams will be discussing the controversial process of prosecution and deportation known as Operation Streamline.

Professor Williams has just returned from a trip to Washington DC, where she testified before Congress to discourage lawmakers from including Operation Streamline in any comprehensive immigration reform package. She will also talk about that experience.

This event is co-sponsored with the Immigration Law Students Association. We will be serving chips, salsa, tamales and beans. We’ll also have vegetarian-friendly offerings.

We will meet in Room 160. Lunch will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm.

This event is open to everyone, and CLE credit will be available for Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 2-27-13

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, February 20, 2013

On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, the Program in Criminal Law & Policy is pleased to welcome Kathy Rau. She will be here to talk about the Southern Arizona Children’s Advocacy Center as part of PCLP’s weekly speaker series.

The Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center provides an array of investigative and advocacy services to child victims of abuse and their non-offending family members. Expert medical evaluations, videotaped forensic interviews, crisis intervention and case coordination are all provided in one place.

Kathy Rau is the Executive Director of the Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center and was part of the original group of professionals that established the Center. Kathy has investigated hundreds of child abuse cases and uses her expertise to accomplish the mission of the center by supporting children through coordinated efforts to stop child abuse and neglect.

We will meet in Room 118. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm.  CLE credit for Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 2-20-13

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Join us for an Overview of the Law regarding a Criminal Defendant’s Competency to Stand Trial and the Affirmative Defense of Guilty Except Insane in the Real World.

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, the Program in Criminal Law & Policy is pleased to welcome Terri Rahner. She will be here as part of PCLP’s weekly speaker series.

Terri Rahner is a Licensed Master Social Worker. She is the Criminal Justice Mental Health Clinical Coordinator for the Pima County Superior Court. There she administers the Pima County Mental Health Court, is the in-house mental health consultant for Superior Court Judges currently on the bench, and coordinates Rule 11 competency matters for the Court as well as other cases that include mental health components.

We will meet in Room 160. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm.  CLE credit for Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 2-13-13

PCLP Speaker for Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Mike Dudley will speak on Crisis Intervention for Lawyers. As a 26-year veteran of the FBI, Special Agent Mike Dudley has conducted hundreds of federal crime investigations and participated in hostage negotiations. Prior to joining the FBI, he was the elected District Attorney in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. He is currently employed as an investigative consultant at Waypoint Inc., a consulting company in White Bear Lake Minnesota.  CLE credit available for Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 2-6-13

We will meet in Room 118. Pizza will be served at 12:05pm, with the discussion beginning at 12:15pm and ending by 1:20pm.