10:30AM - 12:30PM: Opening Remarks and Panel
Marginalized groups and social movements have long looked to our legal system for justice and to effect change. With the growing attention to immigration and police reform, racial and economic justice, and gender equality, what should be the role of lawyers and the courts? What are the important conversations lawyers, judges, and other stakeholders in the judicial system should be having about social justice? How can each of these groups serve to protect the civil liberties and civil rights of all people and give hope to vulnerable communities? What are the limits of the law in serving as a tool for social reform and justice?
In this session, Professor Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, will moderate a discussion between California Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins, United States District Court Judge Consuelo Marshall, and Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Charles Wilson on the role of the judiciary in achieving social justice. Participants will consider the value and importance of social justice reform, how they have used their positions to promote social justice in the legal system and beyond, and how these issues take shape or should take shape within the law.
The panel will be followed by breakout sessions which seek to provide judicial officers a safe space to talk, listen, and learn by having open and honest conversations with their colleagues from every corner of the state. Participants will have the opportunity to connect and share current issues that impact our lives on and off the bench.
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