CLE - A Conversation on Bias and Juries

When
April 6, 2018, 12:15 to 1:15 pm
Where
Walter F. Mondale Hall
Room 25

University of Minnesota Law School
229 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

The Diversity Committee of the Federal Bar Association-Minnesota Chapter and the Federal Bar Association-University of Minnesota Law School Chapter are pleased to host a CLE event featuring a panel discussion on the issue of bias—both explicit and implicit—and juries. The panel will include Judge Mark Bennett, who has conducted extensive research on the impact of implicit bias in the courtroom. He was the first judge in the United States to instruct jurors on implicit bias. Judge Bennett will be joined by distinguished panelists with prosecutorial, defense, and judicial perspectives on the issue.

 

CLE Credits
One hour of elimination of bias CLE credit has been applied for.
Parking Information
Who
JaneAnne Murray (Moderator/Panelist)

Professor of Practice and Director of the Clemency Project at the University of Minnesota Law School

Judge Mark W. Bennett

Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Judge Kate M. Menendez

Magistrate Judge and Former Assistant Federal Defender of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Andrew M. Luger

Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota

Judge Stephen L. Smith

District Court Judge for the Minnesota Second Judicial District (Ramsey County) and former Assistant State Public Defender in the Minnesota Appellate Defender's Office. 

Sponsored by

The Diversity Committee of the Federal Bar Association-Minnesota Chapter and the Federal Bar Association-University of Minnesota Law School Chapter.

Co-Sponsors: the Civil Litigation Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association; the University of Minnesota Law School Diversity Committee; and the University of Minnesota Law School Criminal Justice League. 

Contact
Devin Driscoll