Criminal Justice Institute - Recent Events

Upcoming Conference on Neuroscience and the Law by CJI Faculty Affiliate Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at the Baylor College of Medicine: http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/neurolaw/Conference.html

“Presenting Child Victim Testimony in a Criminal Case” Presented by Denise Oncken, Chief of the Child Abuse Division, Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Mon. Nov. 3, 2008
Downloadable Audio File (mp3)

HBTLJ's Second Annual Symposium will be held at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.  The topic of discussion will be White Collar Crime: Issues in Tax Fraud.

Featuring:

• Professor Stuart P. Green
  Speaker - Morality Perspective
  Professor of Law at Rutgers University
  Author of Lying, Cheating, and Stealing: A Moral Theory of White Collar Crime (Oxford University Press, 2006).
  
• Mr. John A. Townsend
  Speaker - Defense/Practitioner Perspective
  University of Houston-Adjunct Professor of Law
  Partner, Townsend & Jones, LLP
  
• Mr. Robert Edwin Davis
  Speaker - Government/Enforcement Perspective
  Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP
  
• Professor Geraldine Moohr
  Symposium Moderator
  University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor

"Immigration Enforcement in the Southern District of Texas,” talk by Donald J. DeGabrielle, Jr., United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
October 14, 2008
Downloadable Audio File (mp3)
Power Point Presentation (pdf)

“What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Myths About Immigrants in the Criminal Justice System” featuring Michael Herman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas, presented by CJI
October 9, 2008
Downloadable Audio File (mp3)
Power Point Presentation (pdf)

Indigent Defense Symposium - Achieving Quality in Indigent Defense–Proposals, Prototypes, and Policymaking

The symposium Achieving Quality in Indigent Defense–Proposals, Prototypes, and Policymaking examines the state of indigent defense in our community and the options available to ensure that adequate and effective counsel is made available to those facing criminal charges but unable to afford a lawyer on their own.

Harris County, including the City of Houston, the fourth most populous city in the United States, is currently considering the creation of a Public Defender Office as an alternative to the current system of judicial appointments, a potentially historic change for the largest metropolitan area in the United States without a public defender office.

It is expected that the symposium, providing a forum for the debate of the issue by the foremost researchers, professors and practitioners in the area of indigent defense can provide the community with the necessary information to ensure quality defense for all of its citizens.

Date: Friday, September 5th, 2008
Location: Krost Hall, University of Houston Law Center (map)
Registration Starts: 8:30 a.m.
Registration Cost: $25 (Scholarships Available)CLE: 4.75 Hours General, 1 Hour Ethics (pending)

Will new discoveries in neuroscience alter the way we make laws, punish criminals, and develop rehabilitation? On Wednesday, April 9, the Criminal Justice Institute at the Law Center hosted a luncheon talk by David M. Eagleman, Ph.D., of the departments of neuroscience and psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Eagleman outlined Baylor’s collaborative initiative on Law, Brains and Behavior working to promote modern, evidence-based policy.