The Road to Prison Reform
Treating the Causes and Conditions of our Overburdened System
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal invites you to its spring symposium
Friday, February 6, 2009
University of Connecticut School of Law
William F. Starr Hall
Hartford, Connecticut
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Introductory Remarks
- Leonard Orland, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
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Panel 1: Courthouse to Jailhouse: The Legal Causes of Overcrowding
- William Carbone, Executive Director, Court Support Services, Division of the Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut
- Steven B. Duke, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
- Robert Farr '69, Chairman, Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Brian Foley, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
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Panel 2: Social Causes & Implications
- Todd Clear, Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
- Alan Elsner, Author and Journalist, Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons
- Becky Pettit, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle
- Barbara Tombs, Senior Fellow, Center on Sentencing and Corrections, Vera Institute of Justice
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Keynote Speaker
- Craig Haney, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Panel 3: Prisoners' Rights & System Reform
- Anthony Paul Farley, James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, Albany Law School
- Michael Mushlin, Professor of Law, Pace Law School
- Maureen Price-Boreland '92, Executive Director, Community Partners in Action, Inc.
- Kate Kyung Ji Rhee, Executive Director, Prison Moratorium Project
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Continental breakfast and lunch provided to those who RSVP to the e-mail or phone number below by January 30, 2009. For more information, please call (860) 570-5267 or send an e-mail to cpiljsymposium09@gmail.com.
If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact Jane Thierfeld Brown at (860) 570-5130 at least two weeks in advance.
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On February 11, Professor Alexandra Lahav will be a featured speaker at "The New Class Action Landscape," a continuing legal education course being offered by the Boston Bar Association.
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The Law School will return to normal operations on Tuesday, February 12. Classes will resume as scheduled.
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On February 9, Richard Wilson will deliver a keynote address at a conference on "Disasters, Displacement and Human Rights: Framing the Field" at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville.
