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This 2nd annual event was designed to help practitioners identify and confront issues of racial bias in our courts, the law enforcement community, by prosecutors, and yes, even the defense team. Attendees heard from trial lawyers, academics, and formerly incarcerated individuals who offered their personal perspectives, strategies, and ideas on why Race Matters. This program was created to intentionally challenge you to push the envelope on your understanding of and willingness to attack racial bias in the criminal justice system.
Presented by Drew Findling, NACDL President (2018-2019), criminal defense attorney, Atlanta, GA
Race Matters II: The Impact of Race on Criminal Justice January 10-11, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA
Presented by Nicole Porter, Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project
Presented by Alisa Rachelle Blair, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender
Presented by Todd Pugh, criminal defense attorney, Chicago, IL
Presented by Professor Devon W. Carbado, Associate Vice Chancellor of BruinX for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Presented by Eric Davis, Chief of the Felony Trial Division, Harris County Public Defender (Houston, TX)
Presented by Gina Pruski, Director of Training and Development, Wisconsin State Public Defender
Presented by Professor Barbara Creel, Professor of Law and Director of the Southwest Indian Law Clinic, University of New Mexico School of Law
Presented by Cynthia W. Roseberry, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Wilberforce University
Presented by Callie Glanton Steele, Senior Litigator, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Presented by Isaac Bryan, Master of Public Policy candidate, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Presented by Dr. Ifetayo Ojelade, PhD, licensed psychologist and expert on trauma recovery, Atlanta, GA
Presented by Nan Whitfield, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender
