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A Discussion with David Steinberg

Criminal Law Society Event featuring David Steinberg, professor of law at Thomas Jefferson. Related Media

Darryl Hunt

Mr. Hunt is an African American man from Winston-Salem, North Carolina who was wrongly imprisoned for 18 years after being convicted of raping and killing a white woman. Since being exonerated by DNA evidence, Mr. Hunt has committed his life to criminal justice reform through his foundation, the Darryl Hunt Project. Mr. Hunt's story has […]

Law and (Dis)Order

Dinner and an episode of "Law and Order." Professors Weisberg and Mills discuss the legals aspects of an episode of "Law and Order" in a Mystery Science Theatre style dialogue. Related Media

Orleans Public Defenders: William Boggs

This speaker event will focus on the work of the Orleans Public Defenders (OPD). William Boggs, a supervising attorney at OPD, will discuss reform efforts at the OPD in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and opportunities to work at OPD this summer and beyond. Related Media

Criminal Law Summer Job Panel

A informational panel of current 2Ls and 3Ls who had criminal law jobs. Hear from students who worked at the Department of Justice, the United States Attorney Offices, Public Defenders, and impact litigation organizations. Find out who to contact for crim law summer jobs, and how to go about the job search.

TGIF “Big Lebowski” Style

TGIF "Big Lebowski" Style, sponsored by the Criminal Law Society and the Environmental Law Society TGIF "Big Lebowski" Style, sponsored by the Criminal Law Society and the Environmental Law Society Related Media

“Last Chances: Executive Clemency and the Death Penalty”

Presented by the Stanford Criminal Law Society Presented by the Stanford Criminal Law Society Speakers: Professor Lawrence Marshall Co-founder of the center on wrongful convictions and involved in nine of the original 13 wrongful conviction cases that moved Governor Ryan to commute the death sentences of all death row inmates in Illinois Jonathan Harris (BA […]

Litigating the Patriot Act: The Mayfield Case

Speaker: Elden Rosenthal, SLS '72 Elden Rosenthal '72, recently won a $2M settlement and public apology from the federal government for his client Brandon Mayfield, who was wrongfully jailed for two weeks as a presumed terrorist in connection with the Madrid bombings. The settlement preserved Mayfield's right to sue over the constitutionality of the PATRIOT […]

Jurisdictional Untangling

Sponsored by the Criminal Law Society The focus of this event is to draw out the differences between working for a federal prosecutor’s office, a local prosecutor’s office, a federal public defender’s office, a local public defender’s office, the main Department of Justice in DC, and a state attorney general’s office. Professor George Fisher will […]