Pathways to Justice 2024: Full Schedule

3:15pm PDT

Fair Chance Employment: from Idea to Reality

Tuesday October 29, 2024 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT

MCLE: Yes (1, General)

The panel will address the policy aims, lived experiences, constitutional obstacles, and legal crafting involved in the modern movement to eliminate stigmatization of formerly incarcerated persons in the workforce. The "ban-the-box" model, concepts of fair chance and just access, and antidiscrimination related to arrest, charge, and conviction history will be discussed. Social scientific research will be reviewed, as well as recent legal developments at a local, state, and national scale. Should be of interest both to newcomers to the subject as well as to experienced advocates, as attempts at rethinking received strategies will be highlighted.

Speakers

Beth Avery

Fair Chance Program Director, National Employment Law Project (NELP)

Sandra Johnson

Racial Justice Workers' Advocate, Legal Aid at Work

Eric C. Sapp

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

Tuesday October 29, 2024 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
Benicia A/B

Employment Law Criminal Justice

1:30pm PDT

Restitution

Wednesday October 30, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT

Sequoia

MCLE: Pending

The program will be a discussion about the way restitution has failed Defendants, survivors, and families. The discussion will center on the current and new laws concerning restitution and suggestions on how they can be amended to become an effective and equitable tool in the criminal law system.

Moderators

Criminal Justice

Pathways to Justice 2024

3:15pm PDT

Beth Avery

Sandra Johnson

Eric C. Sapp

1:30pm PDT

Kellie Walters

Delaney Green

LaVell Baylor

Gena Castro Rodriguez