CLE-The Prosecution Symposium
National trends in prosecution have sparked debate about the role of the prosecutor in setting charging priorities, reducing incarceration, increasing diversion, removing racial disparities, and reforming litigation techniques. Please join us for a half-day symposium to discuss these issues and more with local and national stakeholders and experts.
Symposium Schedule
11:30am-1:00pm: (Thomas & Mack Moot Court Facility)
King County’s Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg will be discussing the history and evolution of the prosecutorial reform movement from his experience as Seattle’s lead prosecutor since 2007.
The session will be moderated by the Honorable Anne Traum - United States District Court Judge for the District of Nevada
Lunch will be served
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm: (William S. Boyd School of Law Room 102)
Screening of Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem, a short documentary that addresses problems in the policing and prosecution of low level crimes, followed by a panel discussion of local stakeholders, including:
Assistant Sheriff Andrew Walsh - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Leisa Moseley - Nevada State Director, The Fines and Fees Justice Center
Leslie Turner - Co-Director, Mass Liberation Project and Black Liberation Organizing Collective Fund
Athar Haseebullah, Executive Director, ACLU Nevada
Osvaldo "Ozzie" Fumo - Criminal Defense Attorney, Adjunct Professor of Law and Former State Assembly person
Session Moderator: Professor Frank Rudy Cooper - Director, Program on Race, Gender & Policing, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm: (William S. Boyd School of Law Room 102)
A panel of national experts on prosecution, including:
Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick - Director of Prosecutors and Politics Project, University of North Carolina
Professor India Thusi - Professor of Law, Senior Scientist, Kinsey Institute, University of Indiana Maurer School of Law
Professor Cynthia Godsoe - Director of the Edward V. Sparer Interest Law Fellowship, Brooklyn Law School
Professor Lara Bazelon - Director of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic and Racial Justice Clinic, University of San Francisco School of Law
Session Moderator: Associate Professor Eve Hanan - Co-Director of the Misdemeanor Clinic
Attendance in-person and streaming
Approved for 5 Nevada CLE Credits
Registration will close Friday, April 8 at 8:00 a.m.
In Collaboration With:
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Misdemeanor Clinic of the UNLV Thomas and Mack Legal Clinic
The UNLV Program on Race, Gender and Policing
The Fines and Fees Justice Center