Presidential Summit
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Total MCLE Credits: 1.00 (Diversity 1.00)
Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
#nysba18
Race, Slavery and Mass Incarceration
Wednesday, January 24 | New York Hilton Midtown | NYC
1.0 Total Credits in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias (Non-Transitional)
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom West
We all know that the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery, but few of us have really concentrated on the language employed. Section 1 reads: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except in the punishment for a crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." The exception for punishment for a crime began a second institution of slavery, and is acknowledged as a basis for the mass incarceration of people of color within our country. The award winning film, "13th" by Ava DuVernay, will be shown in its entirety. The film will be followed by a panel discussion, moderated by ABA President Hilarie Bass, exploring the issues of mass incarceration, implicit bias, wrongful conviction, fines and fees, and systemic litigation to counteract all of the factors which have resulted in the incarceration of so many men and women of color.
The showing of the movie is free to all.
2:00 – 2:05 p.m. Welcome
Sharon Stern Gerstman, Esq.
President, New York State Bar Association
2:05 – 3:45 p.m. Showing of the movie 13th
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 – 4:10 p.m. Speaker Introductions
4:10 – 5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
Moderator: Hilarie Bass, Esq.
President, American Bar Association
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Miami, Florida
Panelists: Honorable Darcel D. Clark
Bronx County District Attorney
Bronx
Chantá Parker, Esq.
Special Counsel For New Initiatives
The Innocence Project
New York City
Jeffery P. Robinson, Esq.
Deputy Legal Director and
Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
New York City