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

Theshia Naidoo. Re-Thinking Drug Policies

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021

12:00-1:15pm 

(sponsored by the Program in Criminal Law and Policy (PCLP) and co-sponsored by the Justice Advocates Coalition (JAC))

Last year, Oregon became the first state in the United States to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all drugs and greatly increase access to treatment when it passed Oregon Measure 110, the Drug Decriminalization and Addiction Treatment Initiative. Theshia Naidoo served as one of the chief architects of the Oregon measure, championing forward meaningful drug policy change. Ms. Naidoo is the Managing Director, Department of Legal Affairs, with the Drug Policy Alliance and an expert and strategist in the area of criminal justice reform as it relates to drug policy. She will deliver a presentation about drug policy reform and the Oregon measure followed by an interactive Q&A with the audience. Read more about the Oregon measure here: https://drugpolicy.org/press-release/2021/02/drug-decriminalization-oregon-officially-begins-today  

REGISTER HERE: HTTP://BIT.LY/PCLP331 

**CLE EVENTS**

The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hour toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona. Request a CLE certificate from Christina Poletti (christinapoletti@email.arizona.edu) at the event; it will be emailed to you once attendance is confirmed. 

Adam Benforado, Evidence-Based Justice

Please note that next week's event is on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. The co-sponsoring group created the Zoom link, so Zoom information is below instead of a pre-registration link. Thank you! 

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (co-sponsored by the Program in Criminal Law and Policy (PCLP) and the Legal Empiricism and Discussion Society (LEADS))

Title: Evidence Based Justice 

Description: Adam Benforado is a professor, writer, and lawyer. His research is dedicated to uncovering how our legal system may reflect unappreciated aspects of our cognitive frameworks and processes, and, as a consequence, how the law may fail to align with our purported values and fall short of meeting our needs. His acclaimed New York Times bestselling book "Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice" sounds the alarm for pervasive biases corrupting our key legal processes and institutions, and charts a course to reaffirming our ideals. 

Zoom link: http://rebrand.ly/evidencebasedjustice 

Password: Benforado 

**for practitioners - this event is not CLE eligible, but we hope you will join us regardless** 

Richard Juliano. Ethics and Public Corruption: An Insider’s Story

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021

12:00-1:15pm

As a young staffer, Richard Juliano worked on behalf of Illinois Secretary of State and Governor George Ryan through a number of political campaigns. At the direction of Ryan's top aide, Juliano and others participated in criminal wrongdoing associated with those campaigns, including while Juliano was a third-year law student at the University of Chicago. Years later, Juliano cooperated and plead guilty to a felony in a federal political corruption investigation, which ultimately led to his disbarment. With former federal prosecutor Hank Shea serving as moderator, Richard Juliano will describe the path that led to his misconduct, its consequences, and the lessons to be learned for everyone.

for Zoom Link REGISTER HERE (required): http://bit.ly/PCLP317

**CLE EVENTS**

The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hour toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona. Request a CLE certificate from Christina Poletti (christinapoletti@email.arizona.edu) at the event; it will be emailed to you once attendance is confirmed. 

Tracey Meares, "Mass Incarceration in the Black Community"

MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021
12:00-1:00pm 

(Event sponsored by the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and co-sponsored by the Program in Criminal Law and Policy (PLCP)

Professor Tracey Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and a Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. Before joining the faculty at Yale, she was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School from 1995 to 2007, serving as Max Pam Professor and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice. She was the first African American woman to be granted tenure at both law schools.

Professor Meares will discuss the causes and effects of mass incarceration in the Black community, as well as some of the things that can be done to reduce the number of Black Americans who are behind bars. She will start with a brief presentation about incarceration in the Black community, followed by a guided Q&A session with BLSA President, DeLorean Forbes, concluding with questions from the audience. 

Please see the attached paper written by Professor Meares. This paper will serve as the requisite "materials" for CLE credit and may help inform audience questions. Download Fagan_Meares_Punishment_Deterrence_and_Social Control
 

For Zoom Link
REGISTER HERE (required):
http://bit.ly/BLSAPCLP

 

**CLE EVENTS**

The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hour toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona. Request a CLE certificate from Christina Poletti (christinapoletti@email.arizona.edu) at the event; it will be emailed to you once attendance is confirmed.