Events Justice Roundtable Assembly The next Justice Roundtable Assembly will be June 6th at 10 a.m. In addition to updates from the Working Groups, the feature presentation will be Eric Columbus, Senior Counsel to Deputy Attorney General and Just Detention International addressing the recently released DOJ standards to end sexual abuse in U.S. Correctional facilities. Please RSVP to Andrew Maisel. More Information » Visitors Service Center Annual Awards Celebration On May 31st, at 5:30 p.m., please join the Visitors Service Center as they honor CURE’s Pauline Sullivan and others for their contributions to the field with the Community Hero Award. The presentation and reception will take place at the Law Offices of Covington and Burling LLP. More Information » PDS Community Reentry and Expungement Summit On June 1st at the Washington Convention Center, The Public Defenders Service will be holding the Eighth Annual Community Reentry and Expungement Summit. The Summit will assist persons with criminal records by providing reentry support services and helping individuals determine if they are eligible to get their arrest or conviction record sealed or expunged. The goal of the Summit is to offer tools to DC residents on “How to Succeed with a Criminal Record.” The event is free to the public. More Information » NEW TIME: NDD Town Hall Meeting: Understanding the Sequester & Uniting Against It On June 4th at 3 p.m., please join a new coalition of coalitions representing the full breadth of Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) communities from education and public health, to science and law enforcement, to environment and human rights, to workforce and foreign affairs. This summit of 60 coalition leaders will work to develop a coordinated, communitywide strategy to educate policymakers and the public about the value of nondefense discretionary programs, the impact of cuts these programs have sustained, and the impact of future cuts under a sequester. More Information » American Constitution Society National Convention On June 14th-16th, please join the American Constitution Society for their annual convention in Washington D.C. Featured speakers include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, and California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu. Discuss and debate the pressing legal and policy issues of the day and network with the nation’s leading progressive legal thinkers. More Information » Children’s Defense Fund National Conference On July 21st-25th, join The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) for their national conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conference will convene 3,000 leading child advocates, including 1,500 young adult leaders, to focus our energy and efforts on Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor with Urgency and Persistence. Register today. More Information » News & Announcements Deadline Approaching: Center for Juvenile Justice Reform’s 2012 Certificate Programs More Information » Reports and Other Readings “Ex-prisoners deserve a chance: More Resources Will Help Overall Justice System”, Columbia Daily Tribune Read More » “Cruel and Unusual: U.S. Sentencing Practices in a Global Context”, University of San Francisco Center for Law and Global Justice Read More » “Congressional Leader Calls for Investigation of the Pardon Office”, ProPublica Read More » “When Will Obama Reform Presidential Pardons?”, Townhall.com Read More » “A Tough Judge’s Proposal for Fairer Sentencing”, NY Times Read More » “The Inside Story: The U.S. Prison System”, The Guardian Read More » “New Survey Results Show Majority of Adult Males Arrested in 10 U.S. Cities Test Positive for Illegal Drugs At Time of Arrest” Read More » “A Few Thoughts on Crack Cocaine and Love”, ACS Blog: By Gregory Jordan about Willie Aikens Read More » CURE Newsletter about ADA and Deaf Prisoners Read More » Louisiana Incarcerated: How We Built the World’s Prison Capitol, The Times-Picayune Read More » Clips Video from OSF and ACS event: “Reimagining the Constitutional Pardon Power: Does the President Have a Role in Making Drug Sentences Fairer?” View » Opportunities Director of Development, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Job Description » Fiscal Policy Director, National Juvenile Justice Network Job Description » Project Associate, ABA Death Penalty Representation Project Job Description » State Policy Advocate, Innocence Project Job Description » Director of State Legislative Reform, Innocence Project Job Description » Join a Working Group Learn more about the Justice Roundtable Working Groups. Upcoming Working Group meetings: Sentencing Reform, Reentry, DC Reentry Justice Roundtable Convener Notes E-blast Archives: May 21, 2012 May 15, 2012 May 8, 2012 May 1, 2012 April 16, 2012 To be removed from this list, email justicer...@osi-dc.org. | 
