Rutgers Law School Event: Juvenile Court And School Exclusion

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Rachael Rollins, the Suffolk County, MA District Attorney who Boston Magazine dubbed “Boston’s greatest hope to overhaul the criminal justice system and bring it into the wide, woke 21st century” will keynote “Disrupted Youth: Juvenile Court and School Exclusion,” an upcoming conference at Rutgers Law School.

Rollins and an interdisciplinary group of nationally-known experts will discuss the harms that children experience when they are pushed out of school and into the legal system; the connection between the jurisdictional boundaries of juvenile court and the school-to-prison pipeline; and evidence-based, effective alternatives to police in schools, arrest and prosecution.

Rutgers Law School in Newark will host a one-day conference exploring the ways in which juvenile justice in New Jersey can be improved to better reflect international standards as well as the science of human development. The conference is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, January 31 at 123 Washington St. in Newark. Registration is free and open to the public, by clicking on this Disrupt Conference Link.

Topics at the conference will include setting a jurisdictional floor for juvenile court, extending jurisdiction past 18, reforming waiver to adult court laws, and the education disruption caused to youth who are involved in the system.

In addition to Ms. Rollins, confirmed speakers include Ana Bermudez, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Probation; Mary Ann Scali, Executive Director of the National Juvenile Defender Center; Professor Peter Leone of the University of Maryland; Lisa Minutola, Chief of Legal Services for the Delaware Office of Defense Services; Jennifer LeBaron, Acting Executive Director of the N.J. Juvenile Justice Commission; Kristina Kersey, Assistant Deputy Defender of the N.J. Office of the Public Defender; Professor Anne Gregory of Rutgers University; Kimberley Doyle-Maloney of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families; Professor Paul Boxer of Rutgers University; Huwe Burton, recent exoneree and motivational speaker; Eric Campbell, founder and director of SPUD.inc.; Esther Canty-Barnes, Clinical Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School; and Laura Cohen, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. Conference sponsors include the Rutgers Center on Youth Justice and Human Development, Northeast Regional Juvenile Defender Center, Rutgers Education and Health Law Clinic, Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, and the Rutgers Institute for Professional Education.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided to conference guests.

The conference is free for non-CLE guests and $100 for attorneys seeking CLE credit. Public interest attorneys pay $50 with promo code PUBLIC693. CLE credit is being offered. If you would like CLE credit, log into this CLE link to register

Conference sponsors include the Rutgers Center on Youth Justice and Human Development, Northeast Regional Juvenile Defender Center, Rutgers Education and Health Law Clinic, Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, and the Rutgers Institute for Professional Education.

For more information about the conference, please contact Habibah Johnson , Program Coordinator, at hj291@law.rutgers.edu or 973-353-3276.

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