Amy Bach!

Lawyers sleeping during death penalty trials. 

Public defenders pleading clients guilty with only 

scant knowledge about the circumstances of the case. 

Court-appointed attorneys who assume all of their 

clients are guilty. 

Judges convicting and sentencing criminal defendants 

without a trial or plea. 

Lawyers being paid $50 per criminal case. 

Amy Bach will discuss her groundbreaking book, Ordinary 

Injustice: How America Holds Court. In this revealing indictment of 

our criminal courts, Bach moves from southern Georgia to upstate 

New York, from Mississippi to Chicago, exposing courts that 

administer assembly-line justice in the name of efficiency and strip 

poor people of their most basic constitutional protections in the 

process. 

Tuesday, November 17.  12:30-1:45.  Room 10.  Lunch provided

Co-sponsored by the Death Penalty Clinic and the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law

Get a job.

Careers in Criminal Law: Beyond Defense & Prosecution

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Boalt 145

12:45-1:45 p.m.

Want to learn more about the wider spectrum of career possibilities in criminal law? Come meet practitioners and researchers engaged in innovative careers outside of criminal defense and prosecution roles.

Speakers will include:

Laura John Rifoldi (Boalt '05)

Juvenile Justice Policy Analyst, Burns Institute

Sujatha Baliga

Coordinator, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Dani Williams

Legal Director, TGI Justice Project

Angie Junck

Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Professor Jonathan Simon

Associate Dean, UC Berkeley Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, and Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Chair, Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice

David Onek

Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice

This event is jointly sponsored by Advocates for Youth Justice, the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, the Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights, and the Career Development Office.

The Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law Presents
Jeff Adachi
Public Defender of the City and County of San Francisco

Before being elected as Public Defender in 2002, Mr. Adachi served as a deputy
public defender since 1985. From 1998-2001, he served as the Chief Attorney of the office. Mr. Adachi has tried over 100 jury trials, which include numerous serious felony and homicide cases.

As the only elected public defender in the state of California and one of few elected public defenders in the United States, Mr. Adachi oversees an office that serves over 29,000 individuals each year and provides an array of programs, such as drug court, clean slate expungement services, and a full-service juvenile division.

Mr. Adachi will discuss the struggle of providing high-quality indigent defense in the midst of budget cuts and lay-offs.

Wednesday, October 14. 12:45-1:45.
Room 140.




Brought to you by the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law

BJCL Presents Jeff Adachi - Wow.

BJCL presents San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who will discuss the task of providing competent legal representation to poor and low-income individuals amidst budget cuts and lay-offs. As the elected leader of the city's only constitutionally-mandated office, which serves over 29,000 people each year, Mr. Adachi has been involved in a public struggle to provide quality legal defense in light of shrinking resources.

Mr. Adachi joined the Public Defender's Office in 1986 and was elected Public Defender in 2002.

Lunchtime Lecture with Laurel Beeler. Let's go.

The Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law Presents

Laurel Beeler

Assistant US Attorney for the Northern District of California

Ms. Beeler has served as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office Since 1995, where she specializes in complex white-collar crimes and has prosecuted violent crimes, public corruption, environmental crimes, and civil rights violations. She was recently the President for the Northern District of California’s Federal Bar Association and currently is a member of the board of directors for the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF). In addition to serving on BASF’s Criminal Advisory Committee, Criminal Justice Panel, and Marriage Fairness Task Force, Ms. Beeler is also a founding member of its teaching project for juvenile offenders.

Most recently, Ms. Beeler was selected to be a US Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California.

Wednesday, October 7. 12:30-1:45. Room10.

Light lunch provided.

Assistant US Attorney Laurel Beeler

BJCL presents Laurel Beeler, Assistant US Attorney for the Northern District of California. Beeler has prosecuted complex white-collar crimes as well as violent crimes, public corruption, and civil rights violations. She was the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, supervising a team of 70 attorneys, and she also supervised the Major Crimes group from 2002 to 2003. Most recently, Beeler was selected to serve as US Magistrate Judge in Oakland.

She will describe her various professional experiences as well as answer your questions regarding our federal criminal justice system.

Wednesday, October 7. 12:30-1:40. Room 10.

Brought to you by the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law.

Lunchtime Lecutre: Part Deux

Just a reminder that tomorrow (Wednesday) is the
lunchtime lecture series with the
Chief of the the US Attorney Office's
Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Unit (CHIP),
Matthew Parella.

Mr. Parella will discuss the mission of the CHIP unit
and including what kind of cases they handle and it will
an open forum for questions.

Before becoming the head of the CHIP unit in the
San Jose US Attorney's Office, Mr. Parella was
the San Jose Branch Chief. Mr. Parella is a
career prosecutor with over 23 years experience
in both US Attorney's Offices and
District Attorney's Offices across the nation.

He has prosecuted cases ranging from murder,
narcotic, money laundering, arson, computer hacking,
and economic espionage.

Besides his impressive resume, Mr. Parella is an extremely
approachable and affable guy whose insights will be a real benefit
to all who attend.

Lunch from Lucca's deli provided!! Rm 100 from 12:40-1:30. Wednesday 9/30.

BAKE SALE!!!!

Homemade chocolate chip cookies, magic bars, cupcakes, brownies, chocolate cake, and vegan bars. All items only $1!!! That's what's up.

10:30-4:30. Donor Lobby.

Lunchtime Lecture with Anne Irwin. Get there.

Come drink with us.

The Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law Presents

Wine & Crime

Come drink wine and mingle with members of

Berkeley’s criminal law community.

Wednesday September 9

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Steinhart Courtyard

Have a drink -- you earned it.

solidarity!
a bar review for the Student of Color & Social Justice Communities at Boalt.

Thursday, Aug 27^th at 8pm
at Thalassa,
2367 Shattuck Ave. between Durant and Channing Aves.

Featuring:
drink specials and the debut of the solidarity! cocktail

Co-sponsored by:

Coalition for Diversity, Women of Color Collective, National Lawyers Guild, Boalt Hall Queer Caucus, Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, Asian American Law Journal, Law Students of African Descent, South Asian Law Students Association, Advocates for Youth Justice, Middle Eastern Law Students Association, Berkeley Critical Race Scholars Society, Pilipino American Law Society, La Raza Law Students Association, Henderson Center, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Students for Environmental & Economic Justice, California Asylum Representation Clinic, Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Environmental Law Society, Boalt Hall Women’s Association, Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law

Brought to you by: Boaltsolidarity@gmail.com

Lunchtime Lecture Series: Let's Talk it Out

BJCL is creating a lunchtime lecture series, bringing you prominent figures from the criminal law field. Woo hoo. This fall features guests such as:

• Jeff Adachi (Public Defender of San Francisco)

• Laurel Beeler (Federal Prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office and recently-appointed US Magistrate Judge)

• Jodi Linker (Assistant Federal Public Defender)

• Anne Irwin (Deputy Attorney for the Public Defender of San Francisco)

• Brian Stretch (Criminal Chief for the US Attorney's Office)

More to come!

These lectures will be held on Wednesdays at 12:30 in Room 10. Mark your calendars.

First general meeting!

Hi everyone,
Just a heads up that BJCL's first general meeting will be this Wednesday at 12:30 in Room 10. Come grab a slice of Lanesplitters pizza, meeting current and future journal members, and find out all that we're up to this year.

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