NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Introductory Remarks

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• Dean William Treanor, Dean and Executive Vice President, Georgetown University Law Center
• Chris Adams, President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Rethinking Prison – Lessons from Scandinavia

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• Moderator: Professor Steven Chanenson, Professor of Law, Director of the Villanova Sentencing Workshop, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
• Dr. Synøve Andersen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo
• Dr. Jordan Hyatt, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology & Justice Studies, Drexel University

Rethinking Prisons – Implementing Reform at Home and Abroad

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• Moderator: Dr. Jordan Hyatt, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology & Justice Studies, Drexel University
• Dr. Synøve Andersen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo
• Patricia Connor-Council, Unit Manager, State Correctional Institution Chester, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
• Superintendent Kenneth Eason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution Chester, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
• Governor Are Hoidal, Governor, Halden Prison

Is Prison Necessary?

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• Moderator: Susan Marcus, Criminal Defense Attorney, Law Firm of Susan K Marcus LLC
• sujatha baliga, Senior Fellow, Restorative Justice Project
• Anne Oredeko, Supervising Attorney, Racial Justice Unit, Legal Aid Society
• Jorge Antonio Renaud, Regional Director of Policy and Advocacy, LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Prison Abolition, and a Mule

• Professor Paul Butler, The Albert Brick Professor in Law, Georgetown University Law Center

5th, 6th & 8th Amendments - Innovative Constitutional Sentencing Arguments *

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• Moderator: Professor Douglas Berman, Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, Director of the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
• Professor William Berry III, Montague Professor of Law, The University of Mississippi School of Law
• Professor Jelani Jefferson Exum, Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
• Professor Corinna Lain, S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law
• Professor Michael Mannheimer, Professor of Law, Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law 
• Professor Megan Ryan, Associate Dean for Research, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
• Professor John Stinneford, Professor of Law, Assistant Director Criminal Justice Center, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Stepping-Up Implementation of the First Step Act *

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• Moderator: Elizabeth Blackwood, Counsel & Project Director, First Step Act Resource Direct, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Davina Chen, National Sentencing Resource Counsel, Federal Public and Community Defenders
• John Gleeson, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Mary Price, General Counsel, FAMM

Back-End Advocacy: Second Chances and Second Looks *

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• Moderator: Norman Reimer, Executive Director, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 
• Professor Rachel Barkow, Vice Dean and Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law
• Patricia Cummings, Supervisor, Conviction Integrity & Special Investigations Unit, District Attorney's Office
• David Singleton, Executive Director, Attorney at Law, Ohio Justice & Policy Center

Judicial Remarks

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• Chief Judge Colleen McMahon, Chief United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Client Perspectives - Centering Impacted Persons in Reform

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• Moderator: Professor Shon Hopwood, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Joshua Boyer, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate, Prison Consultant, and Paralegal
• Sekwan Merritt
• Brandon Sample, Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer, Brandon Sample PLC

Enlightened Prosecutors and Reform: Re-Envisioning Justice

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• Moderator: Somil Trivedi, Senior Staff Attorney, Criminal Law Reform Project, American Civil Liberties Union
• District Attorney Larry Krasner, District Attorney of Philadelphia
• Miriam Krinsky, Executive Director, Fair and Just Prosecution
• Arthur Rizer, Director, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties, Resident Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
• Brett Tolman, Former United States Attorney for the District of Utah, Founder of the Tolman Group

The Future of Sentencing Reform: Leveling Up and Ratcheting Down

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• Moderator: Professor Vida Johnson, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center 
• Amy Fettig, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
• Mark Holden, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Koch Industries, Inc., Retired
• Professor Shon Hopwood, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

The Death Penalty and Sentencing: Applying Lessons Learned from Capital Sentencing and the Graham-Miller Resentencing to Sentencing in all Cases

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• Professor Stephen Bright, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Susan Marcus, Criminal Defense Attorney, Law Firm of Susan K Marcus LLC

Mitigation: Framing Sentencing at Every Stage *

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• Moderator: James Felman, Partner, Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A.
• Yasmin Cader, Founder, Cader Adams Trial Lawyers
• Vivianne Guevara, Director of Social Work and Mitigation, Federal Defenders of New York in the Eastern District
• Professor JaneAnne Murray, Professor of Practice, University of Minnesota Law School

Mental Illness: Misconceptions and the Multiplier Effect *

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• Moderator: Bonnie Hoffman, Director of Public Defense Reform and Training, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Akin Adepoju, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defender’s Office
• Professor Deborah Denno, Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law, Founding Director of the Neuroscience and Law Center, Fordham University School of Law
• Professor E. Lea Johnston, University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, University Term Professor, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Juvenile Sentencing Reform: Law, Policy and Prevention *

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• Moderator: Professor Eduardo Ferrer, Visiting Professor at the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic and the Policy Director of the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Initiative, Georgetown University of Law Center  
• Professor Cara Drinan, Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
• Halim Flowers, Artist, Writer, Activist
• Tyrone Walker, Associate and Project Director, Justice Police Institute