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

Criminal Appellate Issues CLE: March 20

All day seminar at the Manning House.  Details to follow.

Mark your Calendars: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Annual Meeting, in Tucson, Feb. 20-23, 2008.

Information here.

Federal Bar Association Sentencing CLE November 15th

Information here.  If you are a U of A law student and are interested in attending without charge, please email Jack Chin.

Call For Papers: Race Conference at UC Irvine

CALL FOR PAPERS: SPRING 2008 CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORED BY LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW AND
THE CENTER FOR LAW, SOCIETY AND CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

THE PARADOXES OF RACE, LAW AND INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES

Conference Theme:  Law has played a role in remedying and exacerbating racial and ethnic inequality in a variety of social and historical contexts.  In the case of the United Sates, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s reinvigorated socio-legal scholarship and raised new questions about the place of law in social, political, economic and cultural life. Today, scholars approach the analysis of race, law and inequality in the United Sates in a very different socio-political climate than that of the 1960s.   There have been dramatic changes in immigration law in the 1990s, debates over even more restrictive immigration policies in the 2000s; transformative changes in labor markets within the United States and overseas; skyrocketing concerns over security threats from outside and within the United States, increased use of racial profiling, new forms of incarceration, and fears of gang warfare.  In the face of these developments, theories and methodologies have diversified.

Free On-Line DNA Course from DOJ

                             Here.  It is aimed at prosecutors, but useful for anyone.

Scholarships Available for the AACJ Criminal Defense Conference Sept. 8-9

The leadership of the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice wanted University of Arizona Law Students to be able to attend this meeting without having to pay the fees, so they are offering scholarships to a limited number of students.  The conference is this weekend at the Tucson Hilton El Con, and will be of interest to students planning to go into criminal defense at some point in their career, or otherwise interested in cutting edge criminal law issues.  Information here.  If you are a U of A student and want to attend, send an email with your name and class year to: AACJ Scholarship by Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.  Mention if you are enrolled in the Criminal Law Certificate Program.  Here's the line-up:

Saturday, September 8
7:15 - 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 From Testicles to Dragnet: How the Fifth Amendment Protects All of Us Robert McWhirter
9:30-10:30 I Fought the Law and the Law...? Legislative and Legal Issues Update Dana Hlavac, Allen Elzerman
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Front Line of the Constitutional War: Prop 100 Issues, 5th Amendment, 4th Amendment, 6th Amendment...and More Kara Hartzler, Margo Cowan, Tracy Friddle, David Derickson
11:45 - 1:00 Luncheon
1:00 - 2:30 Parallel Proceedings: Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions Professor Gabriel "Jack" Chin, Kara Hartzler, Robert McWhirter
2:30- 3:30 To Be Announced
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 4:45 Cutting Edge Arizona Issues: A Tour of the State Constitution and Three Interesting Footnotes Donna Elm, James Belanger
4:45- 6:15 Cocktail Reception

Sunday, September 9
8:00 - 9:00 AACJ Board of Governors Meeting and Continental Breakfast
9:00- 9:45 Money Changes Everything: The ABCs of Obtaining Resources Michael Terribile
9:45 - 10:45 The Psychology of Interogations and False Confessions Mark Costanzo, Ph.D.
10:45 - 11:45 Booker, Blakely and Beyond: The Current State of Sentencing in Arizona Kelly Smith, James Belanger

Tucson Citizen's Police Academy Seeks Recruits

Arizona Daily Star post here. "For more information or to obtain an application, visit tpdinternet .tucsonaz.gov/, then click the "services" tab and select "Citizens' Police Academy" in the general-information category. Or call Officer Steve Beller at 791-5211, Ext. 1114."