The State Appellate Defender Office is excited to announce a special two-part training on litigating racial justice in the criminal and juvenile legal systems.
Part I of “Litigating Race and the Traumatic Effects of Policing in Communities of Color” will take place Friday, January 19, from noon to 2 p.m. Part II will be offered Friday, February 9. Both sessions will be presented via Zoom.
For many people of color, the daily surveillance and discriminatory encounters with police are overwhelming and traumatic. In this interactive workshop, defenders will learn how to incorporate research on racial bias, stereotype threat, and the traumatic effects of policing in their advocacy at every stage of a criminal case, including client interviews, search and seizure, police interrogation, pre-trial detention, prosecutorial discretion, mens rea, sentencing, and post-conviction proceedings.
Speaking at Part I will be Kristin Henning, the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law. She was previously the lead attorney of the Juvenile Unit at the D.C. Public Defender Service and is the co-founder of a number of initiatives to combat racial inequities in the juvenile legal system, including the Ambassadors for Racial Justice program and a Racial Justice Toolkit for youth defenders. She has published many articles, essays, and anthologies on race, adolescence, and policing, including her recent book, “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.”
This training is restricted to defense attorneys and members of defense teams. To register for Part I, visit www.sado.org/go/LitigatingRace. Anyone with questions may contact Josh Pease at jpease@sado.org or 517-334-1205.
Part I of “Litigating Race and the Traumatic Effects of Policing in Communities of Color” will take place Friday, January 19, from noon to 2 p.m. Part II will be offered Friday, February 9. Both sessions will be presented via Zoom.
For many people of color, the daily surveillance and discriminatory encounters with police are overwhelming and traumatic. In this interactive workshop, defenders will learn how to incorporate research on racial bias, stereotype threat, and the traumatic effects of policing in their advocacy at every stage of a criminal case, including client interviews, search and seizure, police interrogation, pre-trial detention, prosecutorial discretion, mens rea, sentencing, and post-conviction proceedings.
Speaking at Part I will be Kristin Henning, the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law. She was previously the lead attorney of the Juvenile Unit at the D.C. Public Defender Service and is the co-founder of a number of initiatives to combat racial inequities in the juvenile legal system, including the Ambassadors for Racial Justice program and a Racial Justice Toolkit for youth defenders. She has published many articles, essays, and anthologies on race, adolescence, and policing, including her recent book, “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.”
This training is restricted to defense attorneys and members of defense teams. To register for Part I, visit www.sado.org/go/LitigatingRace. Anyone with questions may contact Josh Pease at jpease@sado.org or 517-334-1205.
