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Fordham Law School

Rikers: An American Jail

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
6 – 6:30 p.m., reception | 6:30 – 8 p.m., program

Fordham Law School
150 West 62nd Street, New York NY 10023

Join the A2J Initiative at Fordham Law for a screening of excerpts from the powerful documentary “Rikers: An American Jail” and a panel discussion about the future of Rikers Island, including the hard choices to be confronted and the next essential steps to be taken.

MODERATOR

Scott Pelley
Journalist; Correspondent on 60 Minutes, CBS

INTRODUCTION

Bill Moyers
Journalist; Executive Editor of “Rikers: An American Jail”

PANELISTS

Elizabeth Crowley
Former New York City Council Member for the 30th District

Eric Gonzalez
District Attorney for Kings County, New York

Michael Jacobson
Executive Director of the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance

Jonathan Lippman
Former Chief Judge of New York; Chair of the Independent Commission on NYC Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform

Tracey L. Meares
Walton Hale Professor of Law and Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School; Bacon-Kilkenny Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Fordham Law School (Spring 2018)

Stanley Richards
Senior Vice President of The Fortune Society

Watch the Film Trailer

Co-sponsored by the National Center for Access to Justice, Center on Race, Law & Justice, and Urban Law Journal at Fordham Law.

The A2J Initiative at Fordham Law focuses the collective public service energy of the School to deliver on the promise of equal justice, which lies at the core of our concerns as a service-oriented institution and is the foundational bedrock of our constitutional society, through teaching, direct service, and scholarship, research and advocacy.

The following centers and institutes, in particular, pursue access to justice issues in their work:
• Center on Race, Law and Justice
• Feerick Center for Social Justice
• Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer’s Work
• Leitner Center for International Law and Justice
• National Center for Access to Justice
• Public Interest Resource Center
• Stein Center for Law and Ethics
• Urban Law Center

law.fordham.edu

Fordham Law School | 150 W 62nd St | New York, NY 10023 US

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