Thursday, October 10 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
McLaren Complex — 251
2024 Barnett Chair Symposium
Second Chance Summit: Resentencing, Rehabilitation & Reentry
Resentencing, rehabilitation, and reentry programs hold the key to welcoming back those who have paid their debt to society while keeping our communities safe.
Join us for the 2024 Barnett Chair Second Chance Summit for wide-ranging discussions exploring how innovative legislation, programs, and outside-the-box thinking are propelling the movement for criminal justice reform. This full-day symposium features voices from across the criminal justice system including members of the judiciary, public defenders, prosecutors, victims’ advocates and community organizers. Alameda County Chief Public Defender Brendon Woods JD ’96 will give the keynote address with a reception to follow.
Schedule and Speaker List
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Welcome Remarks
9:30 - 10:00am
Asm. Phil Ting
Panel 1- Rehabilitation & Reentry: Community + Public Safety Perspectives
10:00-11:15 a.m.
As the CA legislature has expanded opportunities for incarcerated Californians to leave prison, the need for effective rehabilitation, robust reentry services, and meaningful support for crime survivors has never been more urgent. This panel includes perspectives from law enforcement, the California Department of Correction & Rehabilitation, crime survivors, and restorative justice practitioners on the successes and failures of the prison system to provide rehabilitation and reentry support, and what meaningful public safety and community healing can look like.
Moderator:
Tom Nosewicz
Committee on Revision of the Penal Code
Panelists:
LaNaisha Edwards
Alliance for Safety and Justice
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
Jennifer Shaffer
California Board of Parole Hearings
Panel 2 - Judges on Discretionary Resentencing: What Might Make a Judge Consider Giving Somebody a Second Chance?
11:30-12:45 p.m.
This panel features California superior court judges with extensive experience presiding over post-conviction and resentencing cases. They will share insights on the factors that might make a judge consider giving someone a second chance, what advocates can do to support the court in evaluating a potential resentencing case, and the challenges courts are facing as judges apply new legislation to the high volume of cases presented to them.
Moderator:
Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret)
Panelists:
Judge Brendan Conroy
Superior Court of San Francisco County
Judge Daniel Lowenthal
Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Judge Lisa Rodriguez
San Diego Superior Court
Judge Thomas E. Stevens
Superior Court, County of Alameda
Lunch
1:00 - 2:30pm
Heidi Rummel
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Danielle Wilkins
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Panel 3: Discretionary Resentencing: Implementation & Collaboration, Challenges & Opportunities
2:45-4:00 p.m.
With new pathways for incarcerated Californians to go back to court to challenge their conviction or sentence come new challenges for implementing these new laws. During this panel, we will hear from prosecutors and defense advocates about how they have approached various resentencing efforts, including how they have collaborated with other key stakeholders in the criminal legal system to identify eligible candidates and to streamline efforts to get back into court.
Moderator:
Kate Chatfield ’06
Office of California State Senator Nancy Skinner
Panelists:
David Angel
Office of the District Attorney, County of Santa Clara
Rebecca Brackman
Contra Costa Public Defenders
Michael Romano
Stanford Law School
Keynote Address
4:00 - 4:30pm
Public Defender Brendon Woods ’96
Chief Public Defender
Alameda County Public Defenders
Closing Remarks
4:00pm
MCLE Credits:
Earn up to 3.75 hours of CLE credit.*
Questions? Email Kenji Quijano or call (415) 422-5896.
*This activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 3.75 credit hours. The University of San Francisco School of Law is an approved provider of MCLE and certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved educational activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
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