Zimroth Center Annual Conference

The Zimroth Center's annual conference will focus on the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Salerno, which led to an explosion in pretrial detention at both the state and federal levels. Although pretrial detention seems commonplace today, it is a recent phenomenon that is at odds with much of American history. The conference will detail the historical right to bail at the Founding and the steady erosion of this right beginning in the 1960s, culminating in the 1984 Bail Reform Act and the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Salerno, and will discuss legal and policy strategies designed to counter the ill effects of Salerno. Panelists include:

Rachel Barkow, Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU Law School and Faculty Director, Zimroth Center

Laura Bennett, Director, The Center for Just Journalism

Kellen E. Funk, Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School

Andrew Grindrod, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia

Justine Olderman, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law and Scholar in Residence, Center on Race, Inequality and the Law at NYU Law School

Alison Siegler, Lillian E. Kraemer Clinical Professor in Public Interest Law, Director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic, University of Chicago Law School,

Carson White, Civil Rights Corp

New York CLE credit is pending.