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Online Event: NACDL Presidential Summit & Symposium on Sentencing

Another OIA-recognized Leader in overcriminalization reform, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, is hosting an online symposium on criminal sentencing from October 19-22. Although sentencing is not directly related to mens rea and related topics explored here on OIA, the event features legal luminaries from across the political and ideological spectrum that should pique the interest of anyone interested in learning abou criminal law and reform.

For lawyers, the event is worth 5 CLE credit hours, and you can sign up on the NACDL’s website here.

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Online Event: Cato Constitution Day 9/17/20

Every year on September 17, the Cato Institute puts on a great all-day program celebrating Constitution Day. Geared for lawyers but interesting to anyone concerned with the state of American law, the event focuses on the most compelling cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The day features several different panels focused on themes the Court addressed during the most recent term, and one panel dedicated to the cases slated for the upcoming October term. To close out the event, Cato brings in a distinguished practitioner or other eminent legal figure to give the annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture on Constitutional Thought. This year’s lecture, “Flunking the Founding: Civic Illiteracy and the Rule of Law,” will be presented by Fifth Circuit Judge Don Willett.

Perhaps of particular interest to OIA readers, there is a criminal law panel from 1PM-2PM ET, featuring Paul Larkin of the Heritage Foundation, Nick Mosvick of the National Constitution Center, and Jay Schweikert of the Cato Institute. The panel will be moderated by Cato’s Clark Neily.

The full lineup and schedule for the event can be found here. Registration for the event is here. Five hours of CLE credit are available for lawyers in Virginia.

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Transparency in Criminal Justice: A 2020 Vision – April 1 – April 3

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We are excited to announce the Quattrone Center’s Spring Symposium, which will kick off with a conversation with world-famous recording artist and criminal justice reform advocate John Legend and exoneree and member of the Central Park Five Dr. Yusef Salaam on Wednesday, April 1 at the National Constitution Center. The symposium will conclude with a discussion with Sarah Koenig, the Host and Co-Creator of the Serial podcast, at Penn Law on Friday, April 3.

As in past years, the symposium will gather leading criminal justice reformers – practitioners, scholars, activists, and others – to discuss important issues and trends in criminal justice reform. Topics will include:

  •  The role of “court watchers” in reducing incarceration and improving outcomes in pretrial and misdemeanor courts;
  •  How “Big Data” is changing policing;
  •  How plea bargaining affects disclosure of exculpatory evidence;
  •  The role of courts in ensuring accurate eyewitness identifications;
  •  Transparency in prosecutorial accountability; 
  •  Judicial Resistance to Prosecutors’ Conviction Review Efforts; and 
  •  The role of the media in promoting criminal justice transparency