November 19, 2024 — An expert virtual roundtable discussion exploring new areas for problem solving from public health, crime control, economics, law, justice, politics and the media. Panelists included Panelists will include: Kami Chavis, JD (William & Mary Law School Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Reform), Philip Cook, PhD (Duke University Sanford School of […]
Year: 2024
Beyond Bars: The Hidden Costs of the Criminal Legal System
October 10, 2024 — A discussion of the wide-ranging impacts of the criminal legal system on individuals and communities. Members of our Duke Law community involved in criminal defense were in conversation with artist Sherrill Roland, in conjunction with the exhibition, Processing Systems: Numbers by Sherrill Roland on display at the Nasher Museum of Art. […]
Community-Based Solutions to Gun Violence
September 30, 2024 — This panel discussion focused on community-based solutions to gun violence, including those based in violence intervention, diversion programs, and restorative justice. Panelists included speakers Dana Bazelon, Senior Manager, Quattrone Center at Penn Carey Law School; Krystal Harris, Director of Community Intervention & Support Services, Durham County; and Marcia Owen, Co-Director of […]
Ronnie Long: Exoneration in North Carolina
May 2, 2024 — Ronnie Long in Conversation with Professor Jamie Lau of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic. This was part of the Thirteenth Conference on the Future of Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems, hosted May 2-3, 2024 at UNC School of Law and Duke Law School. The conference series, “The Future of Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems” […]
Uncovering Injustice: A Discussion on Policing, Race, Violence, and Accountability
March 27, 2024 — The onset of the #BlackLivesMatter Era has opened scrutiny over what exactly should be police’s goals and responsibilities in today’s society. Can the police be trusted guardians of security and justice simultaneously? What are the pathways toward institutional change, whatever that may look like? And how are police departments themselves strategically […]
Ensuring Justice: Navigating the Path to Police Accountability
March 4, 2024 — The recent high-profile murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others have brought renewed attention to the dangers of police misconduct and the resulting harm to Black and Brown people and communities, in particular. How do we ensure public safety for all, including those harmed by or at risk of harm […]
Novel Justice | Radical Acts of Justice with Jocelyn Simonson
February 29, 2024 — Jocelyn Simonson is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and author of Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People are Dismantling Mass Incarceration. Simonson’s scholarship explores bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal system, such as bail funds, copwatching, courtwatching, and participatory defense, asking how these real-life interventions should inform […]
Novel Justice | Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth with Kristin Henning
February 5, 2024 — Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law. She previously worked for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where she was Lead Attorney for the Juvenile Unit. Henning discussed her book The Rage of Innocence: How […]