The Criminalization of Poverty

Topics:
  • Criminal Law
  • Legal Services

A panel discussion on the treatment of low-income people as criminals simply because of their poverty and what needs to be done about it.

Panelists: 
Nusrat Choudhury, Deputy Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program
Peter Edelman, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy, Georgetown University Law Center
Hon. Lisa Foster (ret.), Co-Director, Fines and Fees Justice Center
Robert Robinson, NYC Coalition on the Continuum of Care and National Economic & Social Rights Initiative

Moderator:

Beth Fertig, Senior Reporter, WNYC News

1.5 CLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice (NY transitional and non-transitional). Networking Reception to follow panel.

Event begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. with CLE sign in from 5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Networking Reception from 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
New York Law School, Auditorium
185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013.

$15 for general admission, $10 for NYLS alumni, free for NYLS Students, Staff, Faculty, and low-income individuals.