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Awesome ABA conference on sentencing

By Douglas A. Berman

I just got this official brochure for a conference being put on by the ABA this October titled, "Sentencing Advocacy, Practice and Reform Institute."  I was excited when invited to participate in the conference earlier this year; I am now even more excited to be able to attend now that I see the extraordinary set of topics and participants the ABA Criminal Justice Section has put together.  Here are just some of the topics/panels that look great: The State of the Sentencing Union: Rates of Incarceration, Sentencing Trends, Racial Issues, A Brief Overview of Alternatives to Imprisonment and Recent Legislation Alternatives to Imprisonment: Mediation, Diversion, Drug Courts Update on Sentencing Law: Supreme Court, Appellate, Legislation (N...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 28, 2008 (boomark / email).