2009 Annual Conference

Second Annual Public Defense Task Force Conference

"Reforming Michigan's Public Defense System: The Economic, Social and Human Benefits"

Thank you to those that attended our second annual conference on Thursday, May 21, 2009! Click here to read the press release.

Click here for the information packet provided at the conference, complete with workshop descriptions and biographies of speakers!

Videos from the conference will be posted in the near future.

Presentations:

"A Public Defense System for Michigan's 21st Century" - Norman Lefstein [Keynote address]

Presentation by Laura Sager, Campaign for Justice

"Color of Injustice" - Johanna Steinberg, NAACP Legal Defense Fund [Color of Injustice workshop]

"A Child's Cry: Leaving Juvenile Defendants Defenseless" - Angela Reyes, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation [Collateral consequences workshop]

Misdemeanor Project presentation by Maureen Dimino, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [Collateral consequences workshop]

A big thank you goes out to everyone who came to the Second Annual Public Defense Task Force Conference on May 21, 2009.  We also want to thank the Michigan State Bar Foundation for their generous grant that help fund this amazing event.  If you have feedback or suggestions for next year’s conference, please email info@mijustice.org.

Questions about the 2009 conference may be directed to Kat Birrell, Campaign for Justice Program Coordinator, at info@mijustice.org or (517) 372-3050.