DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law

Please join the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Clinical Law Program and the Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class on Friday March 31, 2023, to discuss the roles of law school clinics working in partnership with others to represent incarcerated people in release proceedings while proposing and supporting decarceration reforms to reduce prison populations. Embedded within this Symposium will be a discussion of the role that socioeconomic status, race, and gender play in the criminal legal system. In addition to focusing on decarceration, the Symposium also marks the Clinical Law Program’s 50th year Anniversary. The Symposium will consist of four panels and a lunch discussion.

 

 

Panel topics, moderators, and speakers:

 

PANEL 1:
9:15 am - 10:30 am: Decarceration reforms and legal representation in state release proceedings. The roles of law school clinics and public interest organizations, including national leaders. (Ceremonial Courtroom, First Floor.)

 

Moderator:

Lila Meadows, Clinical Instructor for the Justice for Victims of Crime Clinic; Staff Attorney with the Gender Violence Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Other Panelists:

Amy Fettig, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project; Former Deputy Director for the ACLU's National Prison Project.

James Zeigler, Founder and Director of the Second Look Project.

Kimberly Thomas, Clinical Professor of Law and Co-director, Juvenile Justice Clinic, Michigan Law School.

Shobha L. Mahadev, Clinical Professor of Law, Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern-Pritzer Law School.

 

PANEL 2:

10:40 am - 11:50 am: Decarceration reforms and legal representation in federal release proceedings. The roles of law school clinics and public interest organizations, including those of families of incarcerated and decarcerated people. (Ceremonial Courtroom, First Floor.)

 

Moderator:

Maneka Sinha, Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Panelists:

Mary Price, General Counsel, Families Against Mandatory Minimums.

Judge Andre Davis, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (Retired).

Vida Johnson, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Former Supervising Attorney, D.C. Office of Public Defender - Trial Division.

Katharine Tinto, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Criminal Justice Clinic, California Irvine Law School.

 

 

LUNCH PANEL:

11:55 am -1:00 pm: The Inspiring Unger Story told by four formerly incarcerated leaders. (Rm. 107)

 

Moderator:

Michael Millemann, Jacob A France Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Panelists:

Walter Lomax, Executive Director, Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative; criminal justice reform leader; a leader of the Unger reentry community.

Karriem El-Amin, Career Coach at Living Classrooms; a leader of the Unger reentry community.

Kareem Hasan, community leader; juvenile counselor; a leader of the Unger reentry community.

Etta Myers, a leader in criminal justice reform; a leader of the Unger reentry community.

 

 

PANEL 3:

1:10 pm - 2:15 pm: Decarceration and the Problem of Gender Violence: Representing Criminalized Survivors. (Ceremonial Courtroom, First Floor.)

 

Moderator:

Leigh Goodmark, Co-Director of Clinical Law Program; Marjorie Cook Professor of Law; Director of the Gender Violence Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Panelists:

Kate Mogulescu, Associate Professor of Clinical Law, Criminal Defense and Advocacy Clinic, Brooklyn Law School.

T. Shekinah Braveheart, Justice Policy Institute, Advocacy Associate.

Rebecca Bowman Rivas, Law & Social Work Service Program Manager, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

 

 

PANEL 4:

2:25 pm - 3:30 pm: Race and Over-Incarceration: Overcoming Racism to Decarcerate. (Ceremonial Courtroom, First Floor.)

Moderator:

Michael Pinard, Co-Director Clinical Law Program; Francis & Harriet Iglehart Professor of Law; Director of Youth, Education, and Justice Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Panelists:

Vincent Southerland, Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, Criminal Defense and Reentry Clinic; Co-Faculty Director, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, New York University School of Law.

Kristin Henning, The Blume Professor of Law; Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative, Georgetown Law Center.

Olinda Moyd, Distinguished Practitioner In Residence, Washington College of Law; Adjunct Instructor, Howard University School of Law; former Chief Attorney of the Parole Division, D.C. Office of Public Defender.

 

 

 

The link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decarceration-the-role-of-law-school-clinics-tickets-465250947107