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September 19, 2018
Opportunities for law students and recent law grads interested in prisoners’ rights
Sharon Dolovich, Professor of Law and Director of the Prison Law & Policy Program at the UCLA School of Law asked me to post the following. It is my pleasure to do so:
Below are two announcements for law students and recent law grads interested in prisoners’ rights:
About 18 months ago, the UCLA Prison Law and Policy Program launched Prison Law JD, a listserv for current law students and young lawyers interested in prisoners’ rights. The list is currently used to share job and fellowship announcements and other information of interest, and we are in the midst of creating mechanisms to allow members to connect to one another directly over issues of mutual interest. The ultimate aim is to forge a community among the next generation of prisoners’ rights advocates. If you know any law students or young lawyers who might want to join Prison Law JD, please invite them to contact me at [email protected].
The National Prisoners’ Advocates Conference will take place at University of Denver College of Law Oct 5-6, 2018. The day before, Thursday Oct 4, Prison Law JD will be hosting a pre-conference program. If you know anyone you think might like to participate in either part of this program, whether in person or remotely, please share this information with them.
From 3:30-5:15pm, there will be a panel discussion geared toward law students and recently graduated lawyers interested in doing this work. The panel will feature Sarah Grady of Loevy and Loevy on the nuts and bolts of prisoner litigation, Deb Golden of the Human Rights Defense Center on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), and Bret Grote of the Abolitionist Law Center on non-obvious routes to doing prisoners' rights work.
For those unable to attend in person, this panel will be broadcast at the link below:
Starting out as a Prisoners’ Rights Lawyer: What You Need to Know, 10/4/2018 (Thu)
Live stream from classroom starts at 3:20pm and ends at 5:30pm.
At 5:45pm, there will be a working group strategy session to think about how to build out the Prison Law JD community and best support the next generation of prisoners’ rights lawyers. Those who can’t be there in person are welcome to participate remotely. Here’s the call-in info:
Zoom Conference Call in Number and Meeting ID Number (Meeting Starts at 5:45 pm and Ends at 8:00 pm MDT)
Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID: 568 249 890 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aewKZAGStV
Any questions? Please contact Sharon Dolovich at [email protected]
September 19, 2018 at 10:30 PM | Permalink
