Join us for an engaging discussion with two accomplished prosecutors from the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office as they explore what reform-minded prosecutors can accomplish in 2025. Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 | 12:50 - 2:00 PM Berkeley Law, Room 132 Lunch Provided Featured Speakers: Peter Andrews, Supervisor of Federal Litigation Peter oversees the Philadelphia DAO's responses […]
Join Defenders at Berkeley, the Berkeley Law Criminal Law & Justice Center, and the Women+ of Color Collective for a panel discussion about the experiences of public defenders of color in the Bay Area, including the value of diversity and inclusion in criminal defense, the challenges attorneys of color face, and how their identities affect […]
This interdisciplinary symposium examines how extreme heat, flooding, wildfires, and other climate disasters impact the health of incarcerated people, while exploring potential mitigation strategies and remedies. Panel Topics: Mapping What We Know About Climate Impacts in Correctional Facilities Strategic Alliances Between Lawyers, Advocates, Journalists, and Experts Research Approaches to Climate and Carceral Health Political Will […]
The Criminal Law & Justice Center presents a screening of "And So I Stayed," an award-winning documentary by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson that follows survivors of abuse who fought for their lives and subsequently spent years behind bars. This compelling film explores the complex stories of criminalized survivors, shedding light on the intersection […]
Thank you for joining UC Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center for a very special screening of The Alabama Solution, followed by a Q&A discussion with a member of the film crew! Food will be provided. Set inside America’s deadliest prison system, The Alabama Solution gives audiences a rare, unfiltered view of America’s carceral crisis […]
Prosecutor in Residence Series UC Berkeley Criminal Law and Justice Center Featured Speaker: Kim Foxx Former Cook County State's Attorney (2016-2024) Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 12:50 - 2:00 PM Berkeley Law West, 2680 Bancroft Way Join us for an engaging discussion exploring how prosecutors at both state and federal levels play a critical role in criminal justice […]
The Criminal Law & Justice Center cordially invites you to attend a compelling book talk with Alec Karakatsanis on November 20th. About Our Speaker Alec Karakatsanis is the Founder and Executive Director of Civil Rights Corps, where he has pioneered groundbreaking constitutional civil rights cases challenging the size, power, profit, and everyday brutality of the punishment bureaucracy across the United […]
To understand the delivery of state punishment as legitimate material and symbolic violence trained on unruly bodies, it is essential to drill deep into the ordinary functioning of the criminal court as the “throughput” agency transforming the “input” of the police into the “output” of probation and incarceration. I draw on a three-year ethnography of […]
Join Us for a Conversation with P.G. Sittenfeld! Join us at the Criminal Law & Justice Center for a conversation with P.G. Sittenfeld, a former Cincinnati City Council member who will share his experience being prosecuted in an FBI sting operation, receiving a Presidential pardon in May 2025, and making the unprecedented decision to continue […]
This Community Listening Session is convened to advance Alameda County's reparations efforts by centering the voices of residents impacted by the criminal justice system. This event is co-sponsored by UC Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Where: Cal Alumni Association 1 Alumni House, Berkeley When: February 25th, […]
Please join the Criminal Law & Justice Center (CLJC) for a panel discussion on restorative justice practices in prisons and our communities. When: Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 12:50–2:00 PM Where: Room 110, […]
Please join Defenders at Berkeley and the Criminal Law & Justice Center for an informal conversation with Dominik Stammbach of the Center for Information Technology Policy and the Polaris Lab […]
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