Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)
Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)
SIEPR Policy Forum on Crime, Policing, and Incarceration
Room offsiteSIEPR Policy Forum on Crime, Policing, and Incarceration SIEPR Gunn Building Koret-Taube Conference Center 366 Galvez St. Stanford University Rethink our criminal justice system with leading practitioners and experts from business, policy, and academia in a half-day of discussions. Attend one or more sessions throughout the day. We gratefully acknowledge the support of […]
Breaking the Cycle: Effective responses to child-on-child sexual harm
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us in welcoming Sujatha Balinga and Nicole Pittman for this lunchtime panel event. Lunch will be served. RSVP here Sujatha Baliga Vice President and Director, Restorative Justice Project Sujatha Baliga’s work is characterized by an equal dedication to victims and persons accused of crime. A former victim advocate and public […]
Family Impacts of Sentencing and Incarceration
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA lunch event on the impacts of sentencing and incarceration on families. RSVP Co-sponsored by the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition (SPARC) and Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United States5:00 - 7:00 pm - Discussion Paul Brest Hall, Stanford University 555 Salvatierra Walk Stanford, CA 94305 Register Now Join us for an evening to discuss the themes raised in Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr.’s new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. Professor Forman is […]
Out in the Night, Documentary Screening and Discussion
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford's Race and Criminal Justice Reading Group, BLSA, OutLaw, and ACS are co-sponsoring a screening of Out in the Night, a documentary about the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in the criminal justice system. Refreshments will be served.
Project ReMADE: Final Business Plan Presentations and Graduation
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEntrepreneurs who have completed the Project ReMADE curriculum, and have developed a formal business plan, will present their business plan and pitch to a local panel of Bay Area microfinance directors. Following these presentations, entrepreneurs will partake in graduation ceremonies from the ReMADE program, followed by a reception in nearby Neukom Terrace. RSVP here.
Cultural Competency Training for SF Jail Legal Services Volunteers
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLarry Krasner
@ SLS: Room N102 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome meet Larry Krasner '87 who is running for District Attorney in Philadelphia on a reform platform.
Repairing Prosecution: Avoiding and Correcting Wrongful Convictions
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States4:30 - 6:00pm - Program 6:00 - 6:30pm - Reception Room 190, Stanford Law School Register Now Prosecutors yield tremendous power in the criminal justice system. How is their power checked? What can District Attorneys and defense attorneys do to limit Brady violations and other forms of misconduct? This discussion will center around a piece […]
21st Century Prosecutors: A Panel Discussion with Reform-Minded District Attorneys
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDavid Sklansky (moderator) Panelists: Diana Becton, District Attorney, Contra Costa County, CA Sherry Boston, District Attorney, Decatur, GA Mark Gonzalez, District Attorney, Corpus Christi, TX Miriam Aroni Krinsky, Executive Director, Fair and Just Prosecution Tori Verber-Salazar, District Attorney, San Joaquin, CA Full panelist bios This event is being co-sponsored by Fair and Just Prosecution. […]
Leading from the Inside Out
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition (SPARC) for a panel highlighting the leadership of formerly incarcerated people in criminal justice reform efforts. Our speakers: Daniela Medina grew up in Oakland, California and was incarcerated from the age of 21 to 31 years old. During her incarceration, she completed her GED and later on, her AA. […]
Renewing Communities Funders Mtg
@ SLS: Room 355 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDanielle Allen / Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDanielle Allen speaks about her new book Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. (Liveright, 2017). It will be available for purchase at the event. The author will be signing copies after her talk. Danielle Allen is Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is […]
Matt Gonzalez: Defending the Politically Unpopular in Criminal Court
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation with Matt Gonzalez, SLS alumnus and Chief Attorney of the San Francisco Public Defender's Office. Mr. Gonzalez recently won the acquittal of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a […]
Race and Criminal Justice Reading Group
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Race and Criminal Justice Reading Group for a discussion of Gilbert King's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn […]
Feminist Public Defense
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWhat does it mean to identify as a feminist and defend indigent people accused of domestic violence and sex crimes? What do feminism and public defense have in common? Join us for a discussion with […]
Opioid Crisis: Discussion with Keith Humphreys, Rob MacCoun and Jennifer Hah
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Criminal Justice Center is hosting a discussion on Monday, January 29 from 12:45-2:00 pm on the opioid crisis with Stanford colleagues and national experts: Law Professor Rob MacCoun, Psychiatry Professor Keith Humphreys, and Dr. Jennifer Hah. Law Professor Bob Weisberg will moderate the discussion on the legal and policy issues, including how and […]
Supporting Trans People in Prisons and Jails
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition, Outlaw, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center and Women of Color Collective for a discussion about issues facing trans people in prisons and jails. Lunch will be provided.
Policing the Black Man with Angela Davis
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPolicing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing. Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of racism in the criminal justice system to an examination of modern-day police […]
Breaking the Mold: Alternative Public Defense Models
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessor Ron Tyler from the Criminal Defense Clinic will moderate a discussion about models of public defense that incorporate immigration advocacy and family participation into representation. Feature Raha Jorjani, Director of the Public Defender Immigration Representation Project, Avi Singh of the Santa Clara Public Defender's Office and Raj Jayadev of Silicon Valley Debug. Lunch will be served. Room […]
Cultural Competency Training for SPEP
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesScreening of “Solitary”
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Race and Criminal Justice Reading Group for a screening of "Solitary," a documentary about a supermax prison in Virginia, followed by an informal discussion about the film.
Conversation with Tarra Simmons, Executive Director of Civil Survival
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesTarra Simmons struggled with intergenerational poverty and incarceration, childhood trauma, and substance use disorder which led to criminal justice system involvement. Despite the obstacles, she worked for many years as a Registered Nurse. After serving her prison sentence, Tarra decided to attend law school to reduce recidivism by helping others overcome barriers to reentry. She […]
Bruce Western in Conversation about his new book, Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHomeward: Life in the Year After Prison tells the stories of the men and women I met through the Boston Reentry Study, a series of interviews my research team and I conducted with people leaving prison for neighborhoods around Boston. We were trying to understand what happens when people return to a community, and the […]