It provides a unique opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate public defense and the defender community while gaining new skills to elevate their work. Santa Cruz County Public Defender Heather Rogers, who is also a lecturer in the Legal Studies Program, says she is incredibly excited to include UCSC students in this training. The event is free, but separate registration is required. 23 with Bending the Arc of Justice: Reimagining the Criminal System, featuring author and criminal justice reform advocate Keeda J.
The summit will kick off on the evening of Feb. “This is the first time that Santa Cruz County has hosted such an event, and we are delighted to partner with the NACDL and county officials so that students benefit from attending this training for public defenders,” said Massoud. Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a former public defender, according to Mark Fathi Massoud, a politics professor and director of the Legal Studies Program. This is especially timely given that the newest U.S. The summit organizers are looking forward to welcoming students, who will have the opportunity to learn about career paths in this area of law. The summit, titled Strengthening the Sixth in Santa Cruz: Building Cases and Community Through Holistic Defense, will feature a variety of nationally-recognized public defenders, including attorneys, social workers, and investigators, who are doing cutting-edge work in public defense, focusing on early representation, vertical representation, holistic representation, and participatory defense. Interested in learning about the importance of public defense and criminal law? The UC Santa Cruz Legal Studies Program, in partnership with the Santa Cruz County Office of the Public Defender, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and the National Association for Public Defense, will host its first-ever National Public Defense Summit on February 24-25 at the Stevenson Event Center.
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