Hamline University School of Law Offers Program Exploring Bias in Jury Selection.ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. -- Hamline University School of Law:
WHAT: Hamline School of Law Multicultural Law Student
Association and Two Local Law Firms to Co-Sponsor
the Program, "Just How 'Just' is Justice?"
WHEN: Saturday, April 22
WHERE: Klas Center on the Hamline University campus, near
the corner of Snelling and Hewitt Avenues in St.
Paul from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
COST: The cost is $25 for practicing attorneys; $5 for
members of the public; and free for students.
REGISTRATION: Call Deb Lange at 651-523-2122 or email
dlange@hamline.edu
MORE INFORMATION: The public can obtain more information about the
program at hamlinemclsa@gmail.com .
Lawyers, students and anyone generally interested in the American system of justice should plan to attend "Just How "Just" is Justice? Examining Bias in Jury Selection," a CLE Cle total elimination clearance. seminar hosted by Hamline University School of Law Multicultural Law Student Association (MCLSA MCLSA Marion County Legal Support Association (Florida, USA) ) and co-sponsored by the law firms of Leonard Street and Deinard, and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . The program will examine bias in jury selection, discuss legal responses to bias in the jury system, showcase a mock jury selection to show how bias can occur, and provide a variety of perspectives on this issue from distinguished judges, prosecutors, public defenders, defense attorneys, jury analysts, professors, and community activists. Speakers will include Elizabeth Cutter, prosecutor in the Ramsey County Attorney's Office; David DeSmidt, a private defense attorney; Hamline University School of Law professors Tom Romero and Peter Thompson; Ann McCaughan, a state public defender; Jeremy Rose, a jury analyst with the National Jury Project; Nathaniel Khaliq, community activist with the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. and William Ward, chief public defender in the 10th Judicial District. Hamline University School of Law educates students to become competent, professional and ethical lawyers who apply legal knowledge with disciplined imagination and a global perspective that allows them to strengthen society. Hamline's Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures for settling disputes by means other than litigation; e.g., by Arbitration, mediation, or minitrials. Such procedures, which are usually less costly and more expeditious than litigation, are increasingly being used in commercial and labor disputes, Divorce Center is ranked fifth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. . |
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