WJI welcomes Alec Karakatsanis at noon on Thursday, April 29, for a discussion about "Prosecutors, Judges, and Public Defenders: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Mass Human Caging Bureaucracy."
Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit organization challenging systemic injustice in the U.S. legal system through advocacy and litigation. Karakatsanis, author of "Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System," doesn’t think people who have gone to law school, passed the bar, and sworn to uphold the Constitution should be complicit in the mass caging of human beings – an everyday brutality inflicted disproportionately on poor people and people of color and for which the legal system has never offered sufficient justification.
The event will be held via Zoom and the link will be included in your receipt for the event.
The presentation will begin at noon, followed by a Q&A session. Feel free to log on at 11:45 a.m. to chat with friends. The event will end no later than 1:30 p.m. The event is free, although donations are appreciated. Register here.
Thank you to our sponsors of this event:
Justice Reform Level – Birdsall Obear & Associates, Wisconsin Law Journal
Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit organization challenging systemic injustice in the U.S. legal system through advocacy and litigation. Karakatsanis, author of "Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System," doesn’t think people who have gone to law school, passed the bar, and sworn to uphold the Constitution should be complicit in the mass caging of human beings – an everyday brutality inflicted disproportionately on poor people and people of color and for which the legal system has never offered sufficient justification.
The event will be held via Zoom and the link will be included in your receipt for the event.
The presentation will begin at noon, followed by a Q&A session. Feel free to log on at 11:45 a.m. to chat with friends. The event will end no later than 1:30 p.m. The event is free, although donations are appreciated. Register here.
Thank you to our sponsors of this event:
Justice Reform Level – Birdsall Obear & Associates, Wisconsin Law Journal
Indigent Defense Level – Jackie Boynton, Christy Brooks, Julilly Kohler, Martin Law Office, Milwaukee Turners, National Lawyers Guild – Milwaukee Chapter, Leonard Sobczak.
Equal Rights Level – Aneeq Ahmad, Joe Czarnezki, Jim Gramling, David Gruber, Craig Johnson, Margo Kirchner, Edgar Lin, Gretchen Schuldt, Lisa Schuldt, Eric Schulenburg
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Margo Kirchner at margo@wjiinc.org.
From WISDOM
April 15 is this week! That means it's time to be sure you are registered for Madison Action Day!
The morning plenary session, from 10 a.m. to noon, will be moderated by Joy Cardin (formerly of Wisconsin Public Radio). It will include information and inspiration and – if we get the technology right – even a chance to interact with other WISDOM members from around the state.
In the afternoon, we will be meeting with our state senators and state Assembly representatives, or their representatives. We even have a book that has been compiled for the day that we'd like to get to you in hard copy before the 15th.
But, to be part of all that, you need to register!
Please just click on this Madison Action Day Registration Link and encourage your friends to do the same!
April 15 is this week! That means it's time to be sure you are registered for Madison Action Day!
The morning plenary session, from 10 a.m. to noon, will be moderated by Joy Cardin (formerly of Wisconsin Public Radio). It will include information and inspiration and – if we get the technology right – even a chance to interact with other WISDOM members from around the state.
In the afternoon, we will be meeting with our state senators and state Assembly representatives, or their representatives. We even have a book that has been compiled for the day that we'd like to get to you in hard copy before the 15th.
But, to be part of all that, you need to register!
Please just click on this Madison Action Day Registration Link and encourage your friends to do the same!