Inside Justice

Are you interested in understanding our criminal justice system in a more nuanced way? Experiencing various aspects of it up close? Appreciating the human element of it? The Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) organizes a series called “Inside Justice” to give small groups of law students the opportunity to experience various aspects of processes that comprise our criminal justice system. These opportunities include police ride-alongs; visits to local jails, state prisons, and juvenile detention facilities; and attendance at specialty courts, criminal sentencing proceedings, appellate hearings, and lifer parole hearings. For each trip, an individual faculty member leads the visit and debriefs with the group of students afterward. Stanford Law School students should be mindful of their class schedules so as not to conflict with class time. If more students are interested in attending than there is space, a lottery will take place to determine priority. Academic credit is not available.

In 2015-16 the SCJC launched a new series, called Inside Justice, to provide law students in-depth exposure to various aspects and processes within the criminal justice system. These opportunities will include visits to local jails, state prisons, juvenile detention facilities, specialty courts, criminal sentencing, appellate hearings, and lifer parole hearings. Stanford Law School students should be mindful of their class schedules so as not to conflict with class time.

For more information, contact Debbie Mukamal at dmukamal@law.stanford.edu.

Please note: Inside Justice trips are for Stanford Law School students only. If more students sign up than there is space, a lottery will take place to determine priority. RSVP links can be found on the individual session event pages (see below).

 

 

Read a first-hand account of the March 2017 Inside Justice trip to the CA Supreme Court by Zehava Robbins ’17 here.

 

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