Register for Webinar Featuring Prosecutors Pursuing Juvenile Justice Reform

On Wednes­day, Feb. 5, the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion will host a webi­nar fea­tur­ing three pros­e­cut­ing attor­neys who are pur­su­ing less adver­sar­i­al and less puni­tive approach­es to young peo­ple in the juve­nile jus­tice sys­tem. The experts, each from a juris­dic­tion fol­low­ing the JDAI® core strate­gies, will dis­cuss their progress and chal­lenges in imple­ment­ing change and address­ing issues of account­abil­i­ty, fair­ness, equi­ty and efficiency.

“There is a wave of new pros­e­cu­tors redefin­ing their role in youth jus­tice,” says Mark Sol­er, the exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Cen­ter for Children’s Law and Pol­i­cy, a Casey part­ner and the mod­er­a­tor for this webi­nar. ​“Gone are the days of mea­sur­ing suc­cess in con­vic­tions and length of prison terms. Instead, these pros­e­cu­tors are using the pow­er they wield to lead sig­nif­i­cant reform movements.”

REG­IS­TER FOR THIS WEBINAR

What: Pros­e­cu­tors as Lead­ers of Juve­nile Jus­tice Reform

When: 1 p.m. ET, Wednes­day, Feb. 5, 2020

Mod­er­a­tor: Mark Sol­er, exec­u­tive direc­tor, Cen­ter for Children’s Law and Policy

Pan­elists:

• John Jor­dan, juve­nile divi­sion chief, Har­ris Coun­ty Dis­trict Attorney’s Office (Texas)
• Robert Lis­ten­bee, first assis­tant dis­trict attor­ney, Philadel­phia Office of the Dis­trict Attorney
• Philip Sanchez, senior deputy pros­e­cut­ing attor­ney, Juve­nile Divi­sion, King Coun­ty Pros­e­cut­ing Attorney’s Office (Wash­ing­ton State)

The Pre­tri­al Jus­tice Insti­tute — Casey’s JDAI train­ing part­ner — is orga­niz­ing the webi­nar for JDAIcon­nect. Reg­is­trants can par­tic­i­pate in the webi­nar with­out join­ing JDAIcon­nect, the Foundation’s free online com­mu­ni­ty for JDAI prac­ti­tion­ers and peo­ple inter­est­ed in youth jus­tice. Mem­bers of JDAIcon­nect will have the added ben­e­fit of access­ing online dis­cus­sions and addi­tion­al resources.