Center for Justice and Law Events

The Center for Justice and Law is excited to announce our 2019-2020 Poverty Series. Featuring a wide range of prominent speakers, these events aim to further the Center’s mission of advancing justice through education and action.

Follow the links below to register for upcoming events and join our mailing list to receive event updates.

Continuing Education Credits Available

Participants are eligible to receive Continued Legal Education (CLE) or Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits. Explore the events below for more details.

2019-2020 Events

Upcoming Hamline Events

Sep. 20
We Are All Criminals
1 - 4:30 p.m.
Stories of those who committed crimes, those who got away with them, and those who have been directly affected by the criminal justice system.
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Oct. 4
Wrongful Convictions: Race, Culture, and Poverty
1 - 4:30 p.m.
Come hear the experiences of Julie Jonas from the Minnesota Innocence Project and Koua Fong Lee, who was wrongly convicted of killing three people in 2006 in the Twin Cities.
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Nov. 8
Storytelling Through the Arts: Poverty, Trauma, and Incarceration
5:30 - 8 p.m.
Discover how the arts can help the public understand and connect with the personal narratives of people incarcerated.
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Criminalization of Poverty

The Center for Justice and Law will launch a year-long series on the Criminalization of Poverty devoted to developing creative, concrete, and equitable policy solutions. We invite you to this half-day event on February 22 to help us vision and plan the upcoming year.

Life After Conviction

On Thursday, October 25 Hamline University will be the site of a full-day conference addressing the challenges that individuals face after criminal conviction including access to housing, employment, parenting, and voting rights. Presented by the Hamline Center for Justice and Law and the Minnesota Second Chance Coalition.

Wrongful Conviction Event

On October 2, a packed house in the Giddens Learning Center observed Wrongful Conviction Day with a program examining the case of Audrey Edmunds. The event is part of a series from the Center for Justice and Law. The next event is a conference focusing on life after conviction on October 15.