March 04, 2017

Join Us During Crime Victims’ Rights Week

Click here to join NCVLI and the Oregon Department of Justice for an MCLE and Community Awareness Event from 8:30AM to 12:00PM on April 4, 2017.

Criminal Justice Resiliency: Understanding and Overcoming Impacts of Implicit Bias
Tue, April 4, 2017

8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Join NCVLI and the Oregon Department of Justice’s Crime Victims’ Services Division as we raise our voices for justice by hosting a community celebration & awareness raising event entitled Criminal Justice Resiliency: Understanding and Overcoming Impacts of Implicit Bias.

The program includes opening remarks with Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, an expert talk on the neuroscience of bias, and a panel discussion of bias in the criminal justice system.

Dr. Larry Sherman is a Professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology and in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at OHSU. The panelists include Attorney Jeff Howes, Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office; Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Adrienne Nelson; Attorney Chanpone Sinlapasai, Marandas Sinlapasai, P.C.; Chief Attorney Elizabeth Wakefield, Metropolitan Public Defender Services; facilitated by Meg Garvin, Executive Director, National Crime Victim Law Institute.

MCLE Registration begins at 8:30AM, please arrive early as seating is limited.

MCLE begins at 9:00AM

This event is free but registration is required and seating is limited. Click here to register.

An application for approval of 2.0 general MCLE credit will be submitted to the Oregon State Bar.