Center for Justice and Law Events

This half-day event focuses on the criminalization of poverty and homelessness in the Twin Cities. Participate in a poverty simulation led by MN Community Action Partnership, designed to help participants understand what it might be like to live in a low-income family. And, explore solutions with a panel of experts that you can take forward in your communities.

Revisit the development and privatization of the internet and considers the past, present, and future (the good, the bad, and the ugly) of the internet at this cross-disciplinary symposium.. What predictions made in 1994 came true? What has occurred since 1994 that was not predicted? How will the internet be used and regulated in the future?

This full-day event explores the complex issues of mental illness in the criminal justice system including policing, jails and prisons, solitary confinement, juvenile justice, women's issues, trauma, substance use, probation and parole, and reentry.