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. Panelists included Sherill Roland (Artist and Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), James E. Coleman, Jr. (John S. Bradway Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law and Director of the Wrongful Conviction Clinic and Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility), Elana Fogel (Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic), Max Tinter (Duke Law ’26 and Research Assistant with the Wilson Center for Science and Justice and member of the Duke Decarceration Project). Cosponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, Duke Law Alumni and Development Office, Duke Law Triangle, the FHI Social Practice Lab, the Duke Artistic Research Initiative supported by Mellon Foundation, and the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies Visiting Artists Series.