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Juvenile Wrongful Conviction – Causes, Effects and Remedies – Topic of April 9 Symposium

National scholars and practitioners in juvenile justice policy, indigent defense, criminal law, and wrongful convictions will speak at the symposium “Righting the Wronged: Causes, Effects, and Remedies of Juvenile Wrongful Conviction,” to be held at Rutgers School of Law–Newark on Friday, April 9, 2010. Sponsored by the Rutgers Law Review, the National Juvenile Defender Center, and the Northeast Juvenile Defender Center, the program will consider interrogation and eyewitness identification techniques, adolescent development, racial and cultural disparity, and access to counsel – all of which contribute to the wrongful conviction of juveniles.

Admission to the symposium is free and open to the public but registration is required. CLE credits will be provided. Register at http://www.pegasus.rutgers.edu/~review/symposium10.php.

What:	“Righting the Wronged: Causes, Effects, and Remedies of Juvenile Wrongful Conviction,” sponsored by the Rutgers Law Review, National Juvenile Defender Center, and the Northeast Juvenile Defender Center
Who:	FEATURED SPEAKER Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative PANEL: CAUSES OF JUVENILE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Temple University Allison Redlich, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany Tamar R. Birckhead, Juvenile Justice Clinic, University of North Carolina School of Law Sandra Simkins, Children’s Justice Clinic, Rutgers School of Law–Camden, moderator LUNCH SPEAKER Yusef Salaam, Central Park Five Exoneree FEATURED SPEAKER Steven A. Drizin, Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law PANEL: ROLE OF COUNSEL Marsha Levick, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, Juvenile Law Center Patricia Puritz, Executive Director, National Juvenile Defender Center Kristin Henning, Professor and Co-Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center Steven A. Drizin, moderator PANEL: LESSONS LEARNED: INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL REMEDIES John J. Farmer, Jr., Dean and Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law–Newark Joshua A. Tepfer, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law Barry C. Scheck (invited), Co-Director, The Innocence Project, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Laura Cohen, Urban Legal Clinic, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator
When:	9 am – 5 pm, Friday, April 9, 2010
Where:	McCarter & English Lecture Hall (Room 70), Rutgers School of Law–Newark