March 2013: National Criminal Justice Month
by Michelle Saport |
The Justice Center, Justice Club and the Pre-Law Society are sponsoring a series of lectures for National Criminal
Justice Month in March. This is the third annual series of presentations focusing
on criminal justice issues.
All events are free and open to UAA students, faculty, staff and the public. Parking is free in the library surface lots.
Working in Institutional and Community Corrections
Friday, March 1, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307
- Anthony Piper, Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP) program manager, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
- Rebecca Tozer, probation officer II, Alaska Department of Corrections
- Alaska Department of Corrections recruiters (TBA)
Gideon v. Wainwright: Celebrating 50 Years of Public Defenders for Criminal Offenses
and a Proposal for a "Civil Gideon"
Thursday, March 7, 6:30-7 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307
- Professor Richard Curtner, federal defender, Federal Defender's Office
- Michael Schwaiger, assistant public defender, Alaska Public Defender Agency
- Nikole Nelson, executive director, Alaska Legal Services Corporation
Tribal Courts in Alaska: Past, Present and Future
Wednesday, March 27, 7-9 p.m. (note different start time)
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307
- Walt Monegan, Alaska Native Justice Center CEO, moderator
- Kevin Illingworth, Tribal Management Program head and assistant professor, Interior-Aleutians Campus, UAF
- Lisa Jaeger, tribal government specialist, Tanana Chiefs Conference
- Natalie Landreth, staff attorney, Native American Rights Fund
- Magistrate Judge Christopher McLain, Alaska Court System
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