Criminal Law Fall Update 2015 - Race and the Criminal Justice System Out of Stock
Co-sponsored by the Criminal Law Section of the CBA, Sam Cary Bar Association, Asian Pacific America
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October 2015
Criminal Law Fall Update - Race and the Criminal Justice System
Co-sponsored by the:
- Criminal Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
- Sam Cary Bar Association
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado
- Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
- Colorado Indian Bar Association
- South Asian Bar Association of Colorado
Program Highlights:
- Overview of the Issues on Race in the Criminal Justice System
- The Work of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ)
- The Crime Prevention and Control Commission and Their Efforts
- Overrepresentation of Minorities in the Criminal Justice System: What Can the Judicial Branch Do?
- Having the Uncomfortable Conversation About Racial Inequalities—A Panel Presentation
- The Milwaukee Experiment: Prosecutors Being Judged by Their Success in Reducing Mass Incarceration and Achieving Racial Equality
Program Description:
It is not new information that minorities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. One difficult question we may ask ourselves is how do we as members of the legal profession contribute to this problem? And yet more difficult … can we do anything to change it?
The recent deaths of unarmed African-American men at the hands of white police officers have brought racial inequality back to the forefront of the American consciousness. Social science research shows striking racial disparities at nearly every level—from arrest rates, to bail amounts, to sentence lengths, to probation hearing outcomes. A quick look at the numbers:
- 2.2 million: The number of prisoners in the U.S. -- which has quadrupled from only 500,000 in 1980.
- 25 percent: The share of the world's prisoners that are in the U.S., even though we're only home to 5 percent of the world's population.
- 60 percent: The share of U.S. prisoners that are either African American or Latino. "About one in every 35 African American men, one in every 88 Latino men is serving time right now," the President said. "Among white men, that number is one in 214."
- $80 billion: The amount we spend each year to keep people incarcerated in America.*
Attend this year's Criminal Law Fall Update to join the difficult conversation about race in the criminal justice system, and to join in being proactive in your daily practice to be part of the solution toward racial equality … in the cell … in the courtroom … and in our community.
REGISTER TODAY!
*https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/07/15/president-obama-our-criminal-justice-system-isnt-smart-it-should-be
Agenda:
8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: Honorable Steve Bernard
9:10am
Race and the Criminal Justice System: An Overview of the Issues
We as a society are engaged in an ongoing, and often passionate, conversation about race, racism, and the criminal justice system. Professor Robin Walker Sterling will provide an overview of the many facets of this conversation, from questions of disproportionate minority contact at the point of arrest to the role of race in sentencing decision making. The session is intended to assist participants in understanding the issues at stake and the parameters of this ongoing societal discourse.
Presented by Professor Robin Walker Sterling
10:00am
Networking Break
10:10am
The Work of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) on Race in the Criminal Justice System
Presented by Kevin Paletta, Chief, Lakewood Police Department, and Stan Hilkey, Executive Director, Department of Public Safety
11:10am
The Crime Prevention and Control Commission and Their Efforts on Overrepresentation of Minorities in the Criminal Justice System
Presented by Regina Huerter, Executive Director
12:10pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:30pm
Overrepresentation of Minorities in the Criminal Justice System: What Can the Judicial Branch Do?
Presented by the Honorable Timothy Schutz and the Honorable Christopher Cross
2:30pm
Having the Uncomfortable Conversation About Racial Inequalities Inside the Legal Profession and Inside the System —A Panel Presentation
Ask the Difficult Questions; Discuss Possible Solutions; How to be Thoughtful in Our Practices
Panelists:
Darryl Shockley, Esq., Denver Deputy District Attorney
Kathleen McGuire, Esq.
Ron Thomas, Commander, Denver Police Department
Moderator: Honorable Christopher Cross
4:00pm
The Milwaukee Experiment: Prosecutors Being Judged by Their Success in Reducing Mass Incarceration and Achieving Racial Equality
Presented by John Chisholm, Esq., District Attorney, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, WI
5:00pm
Adjourn
- CLE Pass Price *FREE! - exclusions may apply
- Standard Price $349.00 USD
- Member Price $299.00 USD
- General Credits 7.00
- Ethics Credits 0.00
- EDI Credits