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Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Jody Westby, Global Cyber Risk LLC and Adjunct Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Computer Science Matthew Esworthy Partner with Bowie & Jensen There has been a surge in cybercrime over the last 18 months, escalating the need for more uniform laws in this space both globally and domestically. Jody and Matt join us to give us background on the esca...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Hon. Rachel L. Pickering, Third Judicial District; Shawnee County Kansas Elizabeth Rosen, Assistant State's Attorney at The Office of the State's Attorney, Howard County Judge Pickering  and Elizabeth share what a day in the life is like for them as a judge and a prosecutor, respectively. Each shares their daily activities in addition to reflections on pivotal...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Kristina Kersey, Senior Youth Defense Counsel We are revisiting  Jones v. Mississippi as the decision came as a shock and disappointment to juvenile justice advocates across the country. With recent Miller and Montgomery decisions, the expectation was that the court would rule to reduce the sentence of Jones. Kristina helps us review Jones' path to the Supreme Cour...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Emily Galvin-Almanza,  Co-Founder and Executive Director of Partners for Justice Emily joins us to recommend ways that public defenders can be a leader in criminal justice reform. We talk discuss early interventions that can help mitigate caused to defendants when they intersect with the criminal justice system. Partners for Justice Want to get involved with the Crimina...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Dean Madeleine Landrieu of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Dean Sudha Setty of Western New England University School of Law Madeleine & Sudha join us to discuss a new initiative of the ABA, housed within CJS, the Legal Education Police Practices Consortium. What is the Consortium? Why was it created? What does it hope to accomplish? Want to get involved...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Hadar Avriam Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law Sharon Dolovich Professor of Law and Director, UCLA Covid-19 Behind Bars Data Project Director, Prison Law and Policy Program UCLA School of Law In May of 2020, we discussed the impact of COVID on prisoners during the pandemic. It’s been over a year since that discussion so Hadar and Sharon provide a review o...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Michael Moore, Beadle County State's Attorney, co-chair of ABACJS Prosecution Function Committee and Past President of the National District Attorney's Association. Is Bill Cosby free due to prosecutorial misconduct? Michael helps answer the question "What happens when a prosecutor is accused of misconduct?" We also take the time to discuss the param...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Neal Sonnett, Criminal Defense Attorney and former CJS Chair. Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law. Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program at George Washington University School of Law. Former CJS Chair. The ABA policymaking body met Aug. 9-10 at the Hybrid Annual Meeting  to debate and vote on a wide range o...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: April Frazier Camara, CJS Chair and Chief, Lifelong Learning with National Legal Aid & Defender Association Wayne McKenzie Incoming Criminal Justice Section Chair and General Counsel at NYC Department of Probation April and Wayne joins us to give an update on recent events for the Section but also to formally pass the gavel from one chair to the next. April reflects...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Faraz Mohammadi, Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California Faraz joins us to discuss the current state of legislation banning conversion therapy. We discuss current statutes, their limitations, the prevalence of conversion therapy and the need for a federal ban. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanb...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Roy Austin Jr., Vice President for Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel, Civil Rights at Facebook. Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice. It's been a year since the racial justice protests of 2020 following the murder of Geor...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Rory Little, Joseph W. Cotchett Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of the Law. Rory joins us again to help us review the criminal cases of the Supreme Court October 2020 Term. Rory helps provide background, summaries and insight from the most impactful cases of this term like Van Buren, 4th Amendment cases, Jones v. Mississippi and more. Want to get involved with t...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Bruce Zagaris of Berliner Corcoran and Rowe Bruce joins us to discuss the new Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. Bruce walks us through the enforcement changes that will be implemented by Act. Additionally, Bruce discusses the comment period for this Act and how CJS will be participating. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.ameri...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Daryl Atkinson and Jeremy Travis from Columbia University's Square One Project. Daryl and Jeremy join us to discuss their recent publication and proposal to use the "Power of Parsimony" to transform the criminal justice system. The Power of Parsimony Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanbar.org/membership/jo...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: CJS Chair, April Frazier Camara Our Chair, April joins us to give an update on upcoming events. Spoiler alert: in-person events are returning this Fall! April provides an update on all the other activities going on with the Section. CJS Events CJ Magazine: Racial Justice Issue Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanbar.org/m...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Dr. Leslie Anne Ross, Psy. D Dr. Ross joins us to share strategies and resources for managing vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue or empathic strain. Many attorneys in criminal law are at risk of experiencing these strains do to the nature of the work. What are the self reflective questions to ask yourself? How do set your own standards to measure your well being? L...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Arjun Sethi,  political rights writer, human rights lawyer, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Vanderbilt University Law School. Arjun is also the  Co-Chair of the ABACJS Committee on Homeland Security, Terrorism & Treatment of Enemy Combatants. Arjun breaks down the recent actions taken on the federal level to mitigate hate crime,...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: William Merriweather, 2L New England Law Cynthia Orr, Managing Partner with Goldstein & Orr Rory Little, Joseph W. Cotchett, Jr., Professor of Law at U.C. Hastings College of the Law Avis Sanders, Director of the Externship Program American University Washington College of Law We are joined by four guests to share their best advice for securing an internship. We dis...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Olinda Moyd, adjunct Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law. Olinda joins us to discuss potential reform for the parole system. We discuss the potential impact of implicit bias training, increased diversity of parole boards, reducing supervision periods, providing better resources and more. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! ht...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring Jonathan Gitlen, Law Office of Jonathan Gitlen and former Director of the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction Project. Jonathan joins us for a discussion of the origins and impact of collateral consequences of conviction. Jonathan also details the work of the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction Project, ma...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Patricia Richman, National Sentencing Resource Counsel for Federal Public and Community Defenders. Patricia walks us through the history of scheduling Fentanyl Analogues, including the 2018 class-wide scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues as Schedule I drugs. We discuss the potential impact of scheduling Fentanyl Analogues as Schedule I drugs and what the data from the last...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring: Linda Seabrook , General Counsel and Director of Workplace Safety & Equity for Futures Without Violence and Rebecca Henry , Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence for the American Bar Association. Linda and Rebecca join us on the podcast to discuss the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021. After a brief history of the...

Send us Fan Mail Janet I. Levine of  Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP joins us to share tips and best practices for laying a foundation at trial. Levine leads us through the steps from authenticating evidence to requests for judicial notice. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanbar.org/membership/join-now

Send us Fan Mail Jim Felman, Partner with Kynes Markman & Felman and Chair of the Task Force on the Implementation of the First Step Act joins us to walk us through the recent report published by the Task Force. You can read the full report on our website . Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us!  https://www.americanbar.org/membership/join-now

Send us Fan Mail Cameron McBride, Principal with Oster McBride Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes of Passaic County, New Jersey Honorable Denise Langford Morris, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge These three women in criminal justice share the journey of their respective career paths. Join us as they share pivotal moments, things they wish they had known and keys to success. Want to get involved with t...