Monday, October 31, 2011

Symposium On Mass Incarceration

A symposium on Mass Incarceration is taking place Saturday, November 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at The John Marshall Law School, 215 S. Plymouth Court, Room 420, Chicago.

Featuring Steven Shobat, Defense Attorney and Professor of Prisoners' Rights; Nathson Fields, who has brought prison conditions lawsuits while in prison and on death row for a crime he did not commit; Jim Chapman, prison conditions litigator and teacher at Stateville Correctional Center; and Dr. Scott Chavez, Vice President of National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

The Symposium is in conjunction with the Prisoners Book Drive.
Bring any books you wish to donate to the event!
Email jmls.nlg@gmail.com to register for CLE Credit.
Free and open to the public.
RSVP: jmls.nlg@gmail.com

Sponsored by the John Marshall Chapter of the National Lawyer's Guild and the John Marshall Democrats

The agenda is as follows:
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Panel
Featuring Defense Attorney MiAngel Cody, State’s Attorney Steve Rosenblum and Federal Defender Carol Brooks.
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Free Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Prison Conditions Panel

Featuring Steven Shobat, Defense Attorney and Professor of Prisoners’ Rights
Nathason Fields, who brought prison conditions lawsuits while in prison and on death row for a crime he did not commit
Jim Chapman – prison conditions litigator and teacher at Stateville Correctional Center
Dr. Scot Chavez, Vice President of National Commission on Correctional Health Care

This Symposium is in conjunction with the Prisoners Book Drive – bring any books you wish to donate to the event.

E-mail imls.nlg@gmail.com to register for CLE Credit

Free and open to the public RSVP imls.nlg@gmail.com

Sponsored by the John Marshall Chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild and the John Marshall Democrats.

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