On June 23, American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Law and Government presented “Defund the Police? Mapping a Reform Agenda,” discussing the ways in which criminal justice reform can be obtained. The virtual panel featured Roy Austin, former deputy assistant to President Barack Obama for the Office of Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity; AUWCL Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor Brenda Smith, co-director of the Community Economic Development Law Clinic, who previously served on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission; and AUWCL Professor Cynthia E. Jones, director of the law school’s Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy and Program, president of The Sentencing Project Board of Directors, and chair of the Board of the Civil Rights Corps. The discussion was moderated by Program on Law and Government Director Fernando Laguarda.

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