Tackling the Crisis of Racialized Mass Incarceration

​​Tackling the Crisis of Racialized Mass Incarceration 
 

As a North Carolina attorney, you are all too aware of the gross racial and ethnic disparities characterizing the State’s legal system. But do you have the tools in your toolkit to challenge racialized mass incarceration in your individual cases, in the court system, and in your community? At NCAJ’s annual award-winning seminar on addressing racial bias and racial disparities in the criminal justice system, Program Co-Chairs Emily Coward and James Williams have lined up leading state and national experts who will arm you with the facts, tools, and strategies necessary to advocate for racially just processes and outcomes at critical stages of the criminal process, including drug law enforcement, pretrial release, assessment of costs and fees, and jury selection. This seminar will fill up quickly. Reserve Your Spot and Register Today!

Registration includes seminar materials (in electronic format) and 5.75 CLE hours.

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AGENDA

8:00 am               Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 am               Welcoming Remarks – Program Co-Chairs

                              Emily Coward, Project Attorney, UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill

  James Williams, Former Chief Public Defender, NC IDS, District 15B, Orange   and Chatham Counties

9:00 am               Morning Keynote – Race, Policing, and the Role of the Criminal Defense Attorney

Drew Findling, President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Atlanta, GA

9:45 am               Bridging the Adversarial Divide: Strategic Partnerships to Build a More Equitable Criminal Justice System

                              Spencer Merriweather, Mecklenburg County District Attorney, Charlotte

                              Kevin Tully, Chief Public Defender, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte            

 Daniel Bowes, Staff Attorney, NC Justice Center, Raleigh

                              Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director, Carolina Justice Policy Center, Durham

10:45 am            Break

11:00 am            Talking about Race During Voir Dire

                              Emily Coward, Project Attorney, UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill

                              Johanna Jennings, Staff Attorney, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Durham

​Norman Butler, ​​Law Office of Norman Butler, Charlotte

12:15 pm            Lunch

1:15 pm               Afternoon Keynote – Lasting Criminal Justice Reform: What Will it Take?

                              Daryl Atkinson, Co-Director, Forward Justice, Durham

2:00 pm               Litigating Challenges to Costs, Fines, and Fees

                              Cristina Becker, Staff Attorney, ACLU of North Carolina, Raleigh

2:30 pm               Break

2:45 pm               Breathing New Life into the Fair Cross Section Guarantee

                              Nina Chernoff, Associate Professor, CUNY School of Law, Long Island City, NY

​​ Hannah Autry, ​Staff Attorney, Center of Death Penalty Litigation, Durham

4:15 pm               Adjourn              

SEMINAR MATERIALS

All of our seminar materials are PAPERLESS! Please be on the lookout for an email 72 hours prior to the seminar that includes an electronic link to the seminar materials to download and print. 

CLE Season Ticket Holders: To register, call NCAJ at 919.832.1413 or 800.688.1413.

This seminar will also be WEBCAST LIVE!

If you can't attend in person, join us online. Watch the seminar from the comfort of your home or office with no travel time, no traffic hassles. To register for the live webcast go to http://ncaj.fastcle.com/ or call 866.702.3278. Please note that if you register for the Live Webcast, you will NOT be registered to attend the seminar in person.

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Raleigh, NC 27608

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Cancellations received by March 26 are refunded less a $35 service charge. Refunds cannot be given after this date. Substitutions are welcomed and may be made until the date of the seminar. For registrants who wish to transfer their registration to another NCAJ seminar, transfer requests received by 12:00 noon the third working day prior to the seminar are subject to a $50 transfer fee. Transfer requests received after this time are subject to a $110 transfer fee. Registrations may be transferred once and only to seminars scheduled through June 30, 2019.