Insight from activists, academics, and lawyers on the police reform and abolition movements. Panelists will discuss the different perspectives within the movements and explain what must occur to meet those goals, whether it be complete abolition or reform. Lastly, panelists will discuss how these approaches will impact access to justice and diminish racial bias.

Moderator | Kathryn Miller, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Criminal Defense Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Keynote Speaker | Marbre Stahly-Butts, Executive Director of Law for Black Lives

Panelist | Mecole Jordan-McBride, Advocacy Director for Policing Project at NYU School of Law

Panelist | Kate Levine, Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Panelist| Benjamin B. Tucker, First Deputy Commissioner, New York City Police Department

Panelist | Kumar Rao, Senior Director of Strategy & Policy, New York Working Families Party

This online event is approved for 1.0 transitional/non-transitional New York State CLE credits in the category “Areas of Professional Practice” and 0.5 credits in the category “Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias” for attendance at the panel portion of the program. No credits are available for the keynote presentation. You must attend the “live” program in order to receive CLE credits. We cannot award CLE credits for watching a recorded version of this program.

Zoom webinar link will be sent out prior to the event.

For questions, please contact Tziona Breitbart, Cardozo.ersj@gmail.com.

Changing the Way We See Modern Policing: Reform or Abolition?

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