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2019 NLADA Annual Conference-Innovative Justice

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Mitchell Paolo Esteller

The Legal Aid Society of New York - The Decarceration Project
Staff Attorney
Brooklyn NY

unlockjustice.org

4:00pm EST

Orientation for New Members and First-Time Conference Attendees LaSalle AB

7:00pm EST

Welcome Reception Renaissance Foyer

7:30am EST

Continental Breakfast Renaissance Foyer Registration Renaissance Foyer

8:30am EST

Opening Plenary Session Columbus BallroomAllyson Maynard-Gibson • Rashida Tlaib • Dennis Archer

10:00am EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

10:30am EST

Defender Caucus: Criminalization of Race and Poverty Mackinac Ballroom WestAaron Salter • April • Loren Khogali • Melanca Clark • Chante Parker • Jonathan Sacks

12:00pm EST

Lunch on Your Own TBD

2:15pm EST

What’s the Value? Addressing Diversity and Implicit Bias in Your Legal Aid Organization Joliet ABTanya Douglas • Lillian Moy • Dina Shafey Scott

2:30pm EST

Juvenile Life without Parole in Michigan: History, Response, and What’s Next Richard BDemetrius Knuckles • Kimberly Thomas • Alyson Robbins • Jonathan Sacks • Tina Olson

3:45pm EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

4:30pm EST

The Parity Project: How to Advance Advocacy on the Principle of Equal Pay for Prosecution and Defense Richard ACurtis Watkins • Premal Dharia • Janet Sabel • Jared Trujillo

7:00pm EST

Client Reception Cartier Ballroom

7:30am EST

Continental Breakfast Renaissance Foyer

8:30am EST

Sign the FAIR Pledge: Don’t Let Fear or Over-Lawyering Stop You! Brule ALillian Moy • Rhodia Thomas • Jo-Ann Wallace Changing the Narrative about the Criminal Punishment System & Race Mackinac Ballroom EastANDREA NIEVES • Asia Johnson • Rabiah Burks • Vaidya Gullapalli • Marie Ndiaye

10:00am EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

10:30am EST

The Impact of Implicit Bias on Client Experience and Outcomes Mackinac Ballroom WestKimberly Jones Merchant How to Bring Race & Community into the Courtroom Duluth ABManohar Raju

2:30pm EST

The Impartial Jury: Is It a Real Thing? Duluth ABBrendon Woods

4:00pm EST

Break Renaissance Foyer

4:15pm EST

Appearance Advocacy: Using Technology to Engage Clients, Secure Better Dispositions, and Support Bail Reform Richard ASeann Riley • Ellen McDonnell

8:30am EST

Discussion Group: Oppression & Privilege: Black, White, Latino, LGBTQ- What can you do from your place of privilege? Richard AMichael Carter • Porsha Venable

10:30am EST

Movement Lawyering: How to Increase Power & Justice for Communities Affected by the System Richard ABryon Conway • Regina Kelly • Desiree Ferguson