March 2013: Justice Center offers three panels for Nat'l Criminal Justice Month

Friday, March 1, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 6:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 7-9 p.m. (note differing start time) UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

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. The series will be held in the UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307. Parking is free in the library surface lots.

MARCH 1

The topic for Friday, March 1 is "Working in Institutional and Community Corrections."

• Anthony Piper, Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP) Program Manager
• Rebecca Tozer, Probation Officer II, Alaska Department of Corrections
• Lt. Scott Dial and Sgt. Rodney Ramirez, Alaska Department of Corrections

MARCH 7

The topic for Thursday, March 7 is "Gideon v. Wainwright: Celebrating 50 Years of Public Defenders for Criminal Offenses and a Proposal for a 'Civil Gideon' "

• Prof. 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

MARCH 27

The topic for Wednesday, March 27 is "Tribal Courts in Alaska: Past, Present, and Future"

• 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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