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The Long Overdue Reform of California’s Sentencing Practice and Policy
November 7, 2014 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
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Sponsored by the McGeorge Law Review and the Capital Center for Public Law & Policy at the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
About
Ten years ago, McGeorge School of Law hosted a symposium on reforming California’s sentencing scheme that resulted in a report co-authored by several prominent scholars outlining a proposal for reforming California’s sentencing scheme. Since then, Clark Kelso, one of the organizers of that symposium, has been at the center of the controversy over sentencing reform in his role as the California Correctional Health Care Receiver for the state’s prison health care system. A decade later, California is on the verge of addressing the unsustainable reliance on prison as its solution to crime. It is time to revisit reforming California’s sentencing practice and policy.
MCLE Credit
This program has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 4.75 hours. Pacific McGeorge School of Law certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of The State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
Registration
Students & General Admission – Free
MCLE Credit / McGeorge Alimni – $50
MCLE Credit / Non Alumni – $100
Program
8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. — Registration & Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. — Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Francis J. Mootz III, Dean & Professor of Law Pacific McGeorge School of Law
9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Moderator
- Clark Kelso, Associate Dean, Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Reforming California Sentencing Practice and Policy: Are We There Yet?
- Michael Vitiello, Distinguished Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Substance and Procedure in the Reform of Criminal Sentencing
- Franklin E. Zimring, William G. Simon Professor of Law, Berkeley School of Law
The Congress, the Courts, and the Structural Injunction: From Prison Reform to Sentencing Reform
- Brian Landsberg, Distinguished Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Moderator
- Leslie Jacobs, Capital Center for Public Law & Policy Director and Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Reforming the California Division of Juvenile Justice: Lessons Learned
- Barry Krisberg, Director of Research and Policy, Berkeley School of Law
Redesigning Sentencing: Can Design Thinking Help California Finally Create a Sentencing Commission?
- W. David Ball, Assistant Professor of Law, Santa Clara School of Law
Re-envisioning California Habeas Corpus as a Mechanism for Reducing Over-Incarceration
- Emily Garcia Uhrig, Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. — Lunch (Provided)
1:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Moderator
- Raquel Aldana, Associate Dean, Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Alcohol- and Drug-free Housing: A Key Strategy in Breaking the Cycle of Addiction and Recidivism
- Richard Harris, former Director of Oregon’s Department of Human Services Addiction and Mental Health Office
- Susan Mandiberg, Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar, Professor, Lewis and Clark Law School
San Francisco’s Programs Reducing Recidivism
- Wendy Still, Chief Adult Probation Officer, City and County of San Francisco
The Rhetoric of Sentencing and Corrections
- Clark Kelso, Associate Dean, Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law
New Developments in Reentry Programs
- Jeffrey Beard, Ph.D. Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation