2024 Annual Conference

The Zimroth Center at NYU Law School invites you to its 2024 annual conference on April 16, 2024, from 9:00 AM -12:45 PM in the Greenberg Lounge of Vanderbilt Hall. This year's conference focuses on the Zimroth Center's forthcoming report on prosecutorial misconduct in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner will give a keynote address, followed by two-panel discussions that analyze the Zimroth Center's report and recommendations.

The event has been approved for 3 New York State CLE credits in the category of Ethics. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys. Please note that attendance to each panel is worth 1.5 CLE credits and attendance to the entire event is worth 3 CLE credits.

 

9:00–9:30 AM | Keynote Address

Larry Krasner, Philadelphia District Attorney

 

9:45–11:00 AM | Panel I

Prosecutorial Misconduct in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office 

Courtney M. Oliva, Executive Director, Zimroth Center at NYU Law

Patricia Cummings, Esq. Zimroth Center Research Scholar, Former Supervisor, Conviction Integrity Unit at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office

Chester Hollman, III Exoneree

Justin Murray, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School

 

11:15 AM–12:30 PM | Panel II

Next Steps: Prosecutors’ Offices and Beyond

Patricia Cummings, Esq. Zimroth Center Research Scholar, Former Supervisor, Conviction Integrity Unit at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office

Barry Scheck Founder, Innocence Project Professor, Cardozo School of Law

Matthew Stiegler, Esq. Counsel to the Philadelphia District Attorney

Diana Teran, Esq. Assistant District Attorney of what, LA County District Attorney’s Office

 

Register for the event here.