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“A Crime on the Bayou” – Learning from Civil Rights Litigators & Activists About Fighting Systemic Racism in the Justice System
November 1, 2022From ReelTime Creative Learning Experiences
November 18th @ 11 am – 2 pm CST
Qualifies for 3.0 CPD Hours, all of which qualify for Ethics
In 2020, many Law Society of Saskatchewan members attended Just Mercy and Access to Justice: Illuminating Bias, Confronting Systemic Racism, And Doing the Hard Work That Needs to Be Done. To further critical conversations about systemic racism in criminal justice systems, ReelTime Creative Learning Experiences now presents “A Crime on the Bayou”—Learning from Civil Rights Litigators & Activists about Fighting Systemic Racism in the Justice System. “A Crime on the Bayou” is an award-winning documentary and behind-the scenes exploration of two civil rights era arrests in Louisiana that led to landmark constitutional law cases.
Although American in context, this informative program is designed to help lawyers and legal service providers, regardless of location, to:
- gain better understandings of the persistent injustices that plague judicial systems and the critical importance of pro bono service
- consider how they can develop the motivation and resilience necessary to fight such injustices
- draw lessons for navigating issues of bias, discrimination, and systemic racism in justice systems.
Join participants from across North America for this live, interactive event with guests:
- Gary Duncan, the protagonist of “A Crime on the Bayou” and Civil Rights Leader
- Armand Derfner, Esq., civil rights attorney, and co-author of “Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court”
- Lolis Elie, Jr., writer, filmmaker, and son of celebrated civil rights lawyer, Lolis Elis, Sr., who served as the star witness in the Sobol v Perez case featured in “A Crime on the Bayou”
- Professor LaJuana Davis, Professor of Law and Director of Clinics at Cumberland School of Law and former attorney with Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama
- Valerie A. Jackson, Esq., Deputy Public Defender and Managing Attorney, Office of the Public Defender – State of New Jersey
- Professor Sean O’Brien, Professor of Law and Clinical Director at University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
AGENDA
Each segment will include provocative film clips and a lively roundtable discussion with our special guests.
| 60 minutes | Discussion of the “crime” on the bayou, systemic racism, and U.S. Supreme Court decision in Duncan vs. State of Louisiana |
| 30 minutes | Discussion of Sobol v. Perez and the crucial role of pro bono service |
| 60 minutes | Contextualizing Crime on the Bayou in light of current civil rights challenges |
| 30 minutes | Practical & Sustainable Strategies for Managing Vicarious Trauma and Maintaining Well-Being in All Areas of Practice
Thinking differently about why we don’t do more pro bono work—and how to change that. |
Register now via Zoom. Please note that if you haven’t already registered for a free account with Zoom you will need one to attend. When registering you will be asked to provide an email address and your own unique Zoom password. This information may be needed when it’s time to login for the program. Your spot is NOT RESERVED until you complete the registration process on the Zoom registration site, which looks like this:
Please submit any registration questions to: [email protected].