Member Webinar: Diversity & Inclusion Member Program: Immigration Consequences of Criminal Offenses on DACA Eligibility | Tues. Jan. 26, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CLE: Criminal Masters 2021: Attacking Racial Injustice in Criminal Prosecutions | Fri. Jan. 29, 2021, 8:55 AM - 4:15 PM
CLE: Employment Law 2021 | Fri. Feb. 5, 2021, 8:55 AM - 4:30 PM
CLE: Litigating Around Landmines: Your "Do This - Not That" Guide to Handling Personal Injury Cases in 2021 | Fri. Feb. 12, 2021, 8:55 AM - 4:30 PM
CLE: Ethics Hot Issues 2021 | Wed. Feb. 17, 2021, 8:55 AM - 12:15 PM
CLE: Mastering Complex Issues in North Carolina DWI Cases | Fri. Feb. 19, 2021, 8:55 AM - 4:30 PM
CLE: Discovery in Family Law Cases | Fri. Feb. 19, 2021, 8:55 AM - 4:15 PM
CLE: Back to the Basics: Medical Device and Drug Injury Mass Torts and Class Action Litigation | Thurs. Feb. 25, 2021, 12:55 PM - 4:15
CLE: Disbursements 2021: Clear as a Bell | Fri. Feb. 26, 2021, 8:55 AM - 4:30 PM
CLE: 3rd Annual NCAJ Women's Caucus Retreat | Fri. March 12, 2021, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
For a full listing of upcoming virtual CLE programs, visit the Education homepage.
Ending Mass Incarceration
"It is consistent with the mission of NCAJ to acknowledge the issue of mass incarceration, the dire human and economic toll it has taken on North Carolina citizens, and the need for meaningful criminal justice reform. The issue of mass incarceration poses a threat to our democracy and to the rights of citizens both nationally and in North Carolina."
- NCAJ Board of Governors Resolution on Mass Incarceration, Oct 2015. Full text
UNDERSTANDING CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO MASS INCARCERATION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
UPCOMING AND RECENT EVENTS
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Contact NCAJ to apply to join its taskforce fighting mass incarceration
Support the Ban the Box Community Initiative
Get involved with Families Against Mandatory Minimums
IN THE NEWS
N.C. squandered millions for prison mental health reform, whistleblower says
Local fixes key to criminal justice reform: Column
N.C. public wants criminal justice reform
Federal Task Force Recommends Reducing Number Of Inmates By 60,000 In 10 Years
Judge Regrets Harsh Human Toll of Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Racism and Mass Incarceration in the US Heartland: Historical Roots of the New Jim Crow
Charles Koch Institute - Criminal Justice/Policing Reform videos (October 2015)
Brennan Center for Justice's Reverse Mass Incarceration Act (October 2015)
Obama Previews his criminal justice reform tour, CBS News (October 2015)
Law Enforcement Leaders To Reduce Crime and Incarceration
John Legend: We Must Help Former Prisoners Get Jobs, Time (October 2015)
Police Leaders Join Call to Cut Prison Rosters, New York Times (October 2015)
How All New Yorkers Killed Kalief Browder, New York Magazine (2015)
Teen Boy Will Be Charged As Adult For Having Naked Pics of a Minor: Himself
Young Black Man Jailed Since April for Alleged $5 Theft Found Dead in Cell
In NC, Blacks Constitute 62% of all Marijuana Charges
End Mass Incarceration Now, New York Times (2014)
TASK FORCE MEMBERS
Chair: Christopher Nichols, Nichols Law Firm
Brad Bannon, Patterson Harkavy LLP
Dawn Blagrove, Carolina Justice Policy Center
Meghan Burke, Brazil & Burke, P.A.
Tarrah Callahan, Conservatives for Criminal Justice Reform
Reid Cater, NC Prisoner Legal Services
Damon Cheston, The Chetson Firm, PLLC
Kelly Clarke, Legal Aid of North Carolina
Erin Comerford, Comerford & Britt, LLP
Bruce Cunningham, Law Office of Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr.
Premela Deck, JD/MSW
Andrew Desimone, Office of the Appellate Defender
Jennifer Fleet, Fleet Law PLLC
Chris Fialko, Fialko Law PLLC
Christopher Heaney, NC Prisoner Legal Services
George Hausen, Executive Director, Legal Aid of North Carolina
Valerie Johnson, Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC
Leah Kane, Legal Services of Southern Piedmont
Kevin Murtagh, 3L, Wake Forest School of Law
Ashley Nielsen, Law Clerk to the Honorable Cheri Beasley
Sonya Pfeiffer, Rudolf Widenhouse
Mary Pollard, NC Prisoner Legal Services
Toussaint C Romain, Assistant Public Defender, Meck. County
Kenneth Schorr, Legal Services of Southern Piedmont
Erica Smith-Ingram, Senator
Kim Taylor, Kimberly S. Taylor, PLLC
Deonte Thomas, Assistant Public Defender, Wake County
Noell Tin, Tin Fulton Walker & Owen
Don Vaughan, Don Vaughan and Associates
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