| Event Name: | Community Forums on Public Defense |
| Description: | Want to learn more about public defense in Michigan? This event consists of two forums - a morning panel and an afternoon panel. The afternoon panel is geared toward legal/criminal justice professionals and features Ron Sullivan, director of the Harvard Criminal Justice Institute and former director of Public Defender Services in the District of Columbia. The event is hosted by the Campaign for Justice, Detroit Branch NAACP, Wolverine Bar Association, and Freedom Weekend 2009! |
| Event Date: | 05-01-09
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| Event Time: | 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. |
| Location: | Cobo Center, Room TBA
1 Washington Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226
click here for map... |
| Contact Person: | Amit Weitzer and Stephanie Chang
(phone: 313-310-5666) |
| Details: | This event is *free* and open to the public.
10:00am. "Justice Undelivered: Michigan's Failing Public Defense System"
Featured Panelists:
Walter Swift - Southfield Resident and Recent Exoneree
Regina Daniels Thomas - Chief Counsel of the Juvenile Law Group, Legal Aid and Defender Association
Laura Sager - Director of the Campaign for Justice
1:00pm. "Opportunity in Crisis: Community Oriented Defense"
***LUNCH WILL BE SERVED***
Featured Speaker:
Ron Sullivan - Director of the Harvard Criminal Justice Institute and former Director of the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia
Moderated by Laura Sager, Director of the Campaign for Justice
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Flyer for Freedom Weekend forums!!
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