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Program Agenda
| 3:30 pm |
Early Registration & Exhibits |
| 7:00 pm |
NACDL Welcoming Reception (The Westin Copley Hotel) - Enjoy Cocktails & Hors D'oeuvres (additional charges apply, see registration form for more details) |
| 7:30 am |
Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 am |
Network Roundtable- Interact with your fellow colleagues in discussing key initiatives in your state, past successes and future projects |
| 9:15 am |
Greetings - Cynthia Hujar Orr, NACDL Incoming President |
| 9:25 am |
State of the States:Criminal Justice Policies in the Age of Budgetary Constraints
This panel will review recent state reform efforts based on budget priorities and cuts and examine possibilities
for future legislative reform
Moderator: Rick Jones, Executive Director; Neighborhood Defender Service, NY
Marc Mauer, Executive Director; Sentencing Project
Judy Greene, Principal; Justice Strategies
Peter Wagner, Executive Director; Prison Policy Initiative
Tracy Velázquez, Executive Director; Justice Policy Institute
Richard Jerome, Project Manager; Pew Center on the States |
| 11:05 am |
Sentencing Reform: If Not Now When?
Moderator: Anthony Benedetti, General Counsel Committee for Public Counsel Service
Lori Albin, Maryland Public Defender
Barb Dougan, FAMM Massachusetts Project Director
Scott Ehlers, Senior Policy Analyst, the office of State Senator Rodney Ellis |
| 12:05 pm |
Lunch Break
Grab lunch and join us back in the room for screening of Tulia, Texas. Discussion to follow with Vanita Gupta, lead Counsel in the Tulia case
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| 1:35 pm |
Breakout Sessions (Select One) |
| Option 1 |
Behind and Beyond the Wall: Coordinated Legal and Community Organizing Strategies for Successful Reform Campaigns
Moderator: Cathy Ansheles, Executive Director; New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers
Laura Sager, Director; Campaign for Justice
Karalyn Aanenson, Social Worker, LGSW
Lois Ahrens, Co-Author of The Real Cost of Prisons Comix and Editor of The Real Cost of Prisons Book
Jotaka Eaddy, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO; NAACP (invited) |
| Option 2 |
Adam Walsh ACT: Protecting Children or Futilely Obligating States?
Moderator: Mike Iacopino, Partner; Brennan, Caron, Lenehan & Iacopino
Amy Borror, Public Information Officer, Office of the Ohio Public Defender
Alisa Klein, Public Policy Consultant; Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Nicole Pittman, Juvenile Justice Policy Analyst; Defender Association of Philadelphia
Pamela Hunt, Senior Counsel; Office of the Attorney General, Massachusetts |
| 3:00 pm |
Minor Crimes, Massive Waste Repairing a Broken Indigent Defense System
Moderator: Maureen Dimino, Indigent Defense Counsel; NACDL
Bob Boruchowitz, Professor; Seattle University
William Leahy, Chief Counsel; Committee for Public Counsel Services
Deborah Small, Executive Director; Break the Chains |
| 4:05 pm |
Juvenile Justice Reform Efforts & Alternatives to Detention
Moderator: Angelyn C. Frazer
Tara Andrews, Deputy Executive Director for Policy & Programs; Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Josh Dohan, Director; Committee for Public Counsel Services-Youth Advocacy Project
Jody Kent, National Coordinator; Fair Sentencing of Youth |
| 5:05 pm |
Behind Closed Doors: Trauma Survivors and the Psychiatric System
Tonier Cain; Team Leader National Association of Mental Health Program Directors
Ms. Cain will conduct a workshop in which she describes how suffering traumatic experiences during childhood led her to drug abuse, mental illness, prison and homelessness. Ms. Cain’s story of surviving the cruel and inhumane criminal justice system is an amazing one of courage and hope. Ms. Cain passionately and effectively speaks nationally on issues related to trauma and mental illness and is the subject of an upcoming documentary.
The 20 minute documentary Behind Closed Doors, the Story of Four Women Struggling to Reconcile Violence Within the Psychiatric System, will also be shown.
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| 7:00 pm |
Free SLN Cocktail Reception
Enjoy drinks and appetizers with your fellow conference attendees.
Location: The Lir Lounge, 903 Boylston Ave.
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| 7:30 am |
Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Up Against the Wall: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice Policies, Prison Expansion and the Profession
This panel will examine how criminal justice system policies have led to the disparate numbers of people of color in prison, as well as, explore the challenges people of color face in the professional sphere of criminal justice policy reform
Moderator: Nicole Austin Hillery, Director; Brennan Center Washington, D.C. Office
Geneva Vanderhorst, Attorney at Law; NACDL Member
Divine Pryor, Deputy Executive Director; Nu Leadership Policy Group
Vincent Southerland, Assistant Counsel; LDF Criminal Justice Project
Kate Rhee, Director; Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives
Judith Browne-Dianis, Co-Director; Advancement Project, D.C.
Brian Roberts, General Counsel; DC Public Defender Service |
| 10:35 am |
Drug Courts 20 Years Later: Aiding or Impeding Successful Recovery of the Addicted
Moderator: Rick Jones, Executive Director; Neighborhood Defender Service
Marvin Schechter, Attorney at Law; New York
Vicki Young, Attorney at Law & NACDL Board Member
Gail Shifman, Attorney at Law & NACDL Board Member
Joel Schumm, Professor; Indiana University School of Law School |
| 11:40 am |
Lunch on Your Own |
| 1:00 pm |
Innocent, Not Proven Guilty: Issues and Trends in Forensics
Moderator: Anne Goldbach, Forensics Services Director; Committee for Public Counsel Services
Sara Chu, Forensic Policy Associate; Innocence Project
Marvin Schechter, Attorney at Law
John Hardenbergh, Assistant State Legislative Counsel; ACLU-D.C.
Alan Crotzer, Intervention Specialist; Florida Department of Juvenile Justice |
| 2:05 pm |
Death Penalty: Efforts Toward Exoneration and Repeal
Moderator: Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director; National Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Viki Elkey; Executive Director New Mexico Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Rep. Gail Chasey, State Legislator New Mexico |
| 3:20 pm |
Inhibiting Success: Overcoming Collateral Consequences on the Road to Re-Entry
Moderator: Dara Baldwin, Consultant; NLADA
April Frazier, Community Reentry Coordinator; Community Defender Division-DC Public Defender Services
Divine Pryor, Deputy Executive Director; Nu Leadership Policy Group
Lawrence Garrison, Project Director & Mentor; Learning Research Center
Len Engel, Policy & Project Coordinator; Community Resources for Justice |
| 4:25 pm |
The Messages Project Workshop - Featuring Carolyn LeCroy, CNN Hero
The Messages Project is focused on the children left behind when a parent is incarcerated. The workshop will be conducted by Carolyn LeCroy an award-winning film and video producer and formerly incarcerated mother who decided upon release to use her media skills to develop video messages from parents on the inside to their kids on the outside. Ms. LeCroy was a 2008 CNN Hero and finalist in the top ten as Hero of the Year, and received a Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Award from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Ms. LeCroy’s work is a poignant and necessary reminder of how important it is to maintain the bond between incarcerated parents and their children to the greatest degree possible. |
| 5:25 pm |
Conference Adjourns |
| 7:00 pm |
 Friday Night Reception
Location: Top of the Hub at the Prudential Tower
Co-Sponsored by our Friends at Thomson Reuters |
| 7:30 - 9:30am |
Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 9:30am |
NACDL Committee Meetings - All are encouraged to participate. |
| 9:30 - 2:00pm |
NACDL Board Meeting - All are welcomed to attend. |
| 2:00 pm |
Enjoy Boston! |
Questions? Contact NACDL's State Legislative Affairs Director Angelyn Frazer at angelyn@nacdl.org or call (202) 872-8600 x 242.
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