Events
The Center regularly hosts conferences and panels on criminal law topics, focusing on good government and prosecutor practices.The Center regularly hosts conferences and panels on criminal law topics, focusing on good government and prosecutor practices. The Center hosts one annual major conference on criminal prosecution, choosing a different substantive or procedural focus each year. The Center also holds small panels and events during the year on prosecution and sentencing topics. These events involve leading academics from across various fields and expert practitioners.
2011-2012 Fourth Annual Major Conference: "New Frontiers in Race and Criminal Justice"
The Center's fourth annual major conference will be held on April 17, 2012. The keynote speaker will be Professor Michelle Alexander of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2010). RSVP here.
2010-2011 Third Annual Major Conference: "Policing, Regulating, and Prosecuting Corruption" (co-hosted with the NYU Annual Survey of American Law Spring 2011 Symposium)
The Center's third annual major conference was held on Friday, March 25, 2011. It was co-hosted by the Center and the NYU Annual Survey of American Law Spring 2011 Symposium. The keynote speakers were Anne Milgram ('96), the former Attorney General of the State of New Jersey and a senior fellow at the Center, and Neil M. Barofsky ('95), at the time the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and now also a senior fellow at the Center. Read more information here; see video.
Conversations On Urban Crime
On February 7, 2012, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., will deliver a "Conversation on Urban Crime." RSVP here.
On October 25, 2010, the Center hosted a "Conversation on Urban Crime" with Cory A. Booker, Mayor of the City of Newark. See video here.
On November 18, 2010, at 5 p.m., the Center hosted a "Conversation on Urban Crime" with Raymond W. Kelly, Police Commissioner of the City of New York.
2009-2010 Second Annual Major Conference: "Allocating Prosecutorial Power: How Prosecutors Compete, Cooperate and Clash"
Patrick J. Fitzgerald delivered the keynote address. Read more. See the schedule. Watch video.
The Center's second annual major conference was held on April 23, 2010, and focused on inter-and intra-jurisdictional competition and cooperation among prosecutors. Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, delivered the keynote address. Read more here and see the schedule here. See video here.
Federal Sentencing at a Crossroads: A Call for Leadership
On Monday, May 24, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., the Center cosponsored a panel discussion, "Federal Sentencing at a Crossroads: A Call for Leadership." Read more about the event and see video here.
Public Address on White Collar Crime by Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
On November 19, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, delivered a Public Address on White Collar Crime. Read his prepared remarks, and read more about the event here.
New Perspectives on Brady and Other Disclosure Obligations: What Really Works?
The Center co-sponsored this conference, which was held at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on Sunday, November 15, 2009. Read more information here. Read papers generated out of the conference here.
Defending Detainees, the Constitution and the Rule of Law at Guantánamo: The Incredible Case of Mohammed Jawad
The Center co-sponsored this event on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Paul Butler, "Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice -- Should Good People Be Prosecutors?"
On October 28, 2009, Professor Paul Butler of George Washington University Law School discussed his recent book, "Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice," in particular, the chapter entitled, "Should Good People Be Prosecutors?" This event was offered as a part of NYU School of Law's "The Forum." Read more and see video of this event here.
Read about the Center's 2008-2009 Inaugural Annual Conference, "Regulation By Prosecutors," here. Read about the book comprised of papers generated for the event, here.