Lives in the Law with Adeola Ogunkeyede

William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

“Fighting for Justice Through Institution Building: The First Two Years of the Travis County Public Defender’s Office”

Eidman Courtroom - University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Eidman Courtroom followed by boxed lunches in Jamail PavilionAdeola Ogunkeyede, Chief Public Defender of the Travis County Public Defender’s Office, will talk about her work for social justice through building and leading a new office. She’ll reflect on the work to fulfill the five goals in the office’s initial founding grant and her team’s work at the client level and the systemic level, highlighting some of the opportunities and challenges they’ve embraced and faced along the way.As the first Chief Public Defender, Ogunkeyede has worked since 2020 to develop the office’s holistic practice from the ground up. Previously, she served as the inaugural director for the Civil Rights &amp; Racial Justice Program at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Virginia. Prior to her work in Virginia, she was the director of staff development and litigation supervisor of the criminal practice at The Bronx Defenders, where she began her career as a staff attorney. She graduated from Tulane Law School. For more information about her current role, visit: https://www.traviscountytx.gov/public-defender/staff

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