This panel will focus on discussing and examining courageous leadership and its role in shifting the criminal legal system toward equity and justice. The topic of leadership is too often overlooked in the legal and social justice profession. Courageous leaders are an essential ingredient to sustainable social change. When you examine every chapter in advancing social justice in American history, you will find brilliant legal minds that created new laws and policies. Behind those legal minds were courage and leadership, this discussion will focus on how courageous leadership is a vital part of advancing a fair and just criminal legal system.
Moderator:
April Camara, President & CEO, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Washington, DC
Panelists:
Alvin Bragg, New York County District Attorney, Manhattan, NY
Hon. Bernice Donald, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Eads, TN
Jessica Yeary, B.C.S., Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL
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