“Oregon’s Criminal Legal System” (Lecture) at Harvard University Graduate School of Design on October 28th, 2022.
“Criminal Juries in Oregon Past, Present & Future” (CLE) at Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society Annual Meeting and CLE Program on October 26th 2022. With Ben Gutman and Laura Appleman
“The First Step” (Film screening and panel) at Portland Art Museum on October 6th, 2022. With N. Jauiss, S. Fowler, M. Marcose, DA Schmidt, and DA Auxier.
“Values-driven, Data-supported: Managing through the backlash” (panel) for the National Association of Sentencing Commissions 2022 Annual Conference in Portland, OR on August 8, 2022.
“Final report of CJRC’s Ramos Project” (Presentation) for Oregon Public Defense Services Commission in Salem, OR on May 19, 2022.
“The Role of Implicit Racial Bias in Forensics” (Lecture) in Phoenix, AZ for the National Innocence Network Conference on April 9, 2022.
Testimony to Senate and House Judiciary Committees SB1511 on Ramos Retroactivity Informational Hearing. Zoom, November 15, 2021.
“Executive Clemency in Oregon” (Panel) at Willamette College for the Transformative Justice Initiative on November 12th, 2021.
“Releasing our Clients: Efforts to expand opportunities for release or to increase releases through existing mechanisms” (Lecture) on zoom for Second Chances National Workgroup on November 9th, 2021.
“Junk Science: The Lag Between Science and the Law, and What to Do About It” (virtual lecture) at the 2022 Law Office Public Defenders of New Mexico Conference on June 16, 2022.
“Shape Shifting Bail: The Role of Bail in Transforming Pretrial Detention” (Panel)(on zoom) at the Oregon Women’s Lawyers Queen’s Bench Monthly Speaker Series on June 14, 2022 in Portland OR.
“Clemency in Oregon” (CLE) (on zoom) for the Alumni Board April 12, 2022.
“The Role of Implicit Racial Bias in Forensics” (Lecture) at the 74th Annual AAFS Scientific Conference in Seattle, WA on February 25, 2022.
“The Role of Implicit Bias in the Presumption of Guilt/The Role of Racial Bias in Faulty Forensics Testimony” (Lecture) at the Forensic Science Training, Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy on January 24, 2022.
“Testimony in Support of SB 1511” (Testimony) at Oregon State Capitol, on February 02, 2022.
“Oregon Clemency and SB 819” (Panel) at the OCDLA Winter Conference on December 3, 2021 in Portland OR.
“Ramos Retroactivity Informational Hearing” (Testimony) before the SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND BALLOT MEASURE 110 IMPLEMENTATION HEARING, (Zoom) on November 15, 2021.
Lecture on “Releasing our Clients: Efforts to expand opportunities for release or to increase releases through existing mechanisms” for FAMM, Second Chances Working Group on November 9, 2021. (Zoom)
Panelist for “Executive Clemency in Oregon” at the Transformative Justice Initiative at Willamette College, on November 12, 2021.
“MBA CLE: Understanding the Fallout of Ramos v. Louisiana and Edwards v. Vannoy on the Criminal Justice System in Oregon” with Ramos Project attorneys, Michaela Gore and Laney Ellisor, on July 22, 2021.
“DOC Update: Clemency and Senate Bill 819” (Lecture) at the Department of Corrections, on July 21, 2021.
“Still in Prison Virtual Town Hall” (Panelist) at Still in Prison Virtual Town Hall with ACLU of Oregon, We Out Here Magazine, Brown Hope, and Color Of Change, on April 22, 2021.
“The Death Penalty in Oregon” (Webinar) for What is All of Beaverton Read the Same Book? at Beaverton Library on January 14, 2021.
“Walking the Talk: Working with Youth Impacted by the Juvenile Justice System” (Panelist), Walking the Talk: Working with Youth Impacted by the Juvenile Justice System, October 21, 2020.
“Self-Evident and Sacred Truths: COVID19, Race and Prisoners” (CLE Lecture), Solomon’s Legacy, September 9, 2020.
“Criminal Justice Sabbath” (Lecture) at First Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR, February 23, 2020.
Oregon’s New Death Penalty Legislation (Lecture) for Women in Criminal Law: Oregon’s New Death Penalty Legislation, Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR, October 30, 2019.
Wrongful Conviction and the Role of Forensics (Lecture). Pacific Northwest Division of the International Association for Identification and Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists Conference, Portland, OR. With Janis Puracal, Forensic Justice Project, August 28, 2019.
Testimony to House Rules Committee in support of HJR 10: referral to end nonunanimous juries. Oregon Legislature, Salem OR. May 7, 2019.
Criminal Justice Reform Clinic’s Youth Legal Clinic at OYA (Panel). Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Juvenile Justice Conference. Newport, Oregon. April 12, 2019. With Anjana Kumar and Mieke de Vrind (3Ls).
Junk Science: The Lag Between Science and the Law, and What to Do About It (Lecture). NACDL Annual Forensics Seminar, Making Sense of Science: Forensic Science & the Law. Portland, OR, April 6, 2019. With Janis Puracal.
Testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee SB 1013 at the Hearing on SB 1013. Salem, OR. April 2, 2019.
Testimony Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee on Pardon Bill. Senate Judiciary Committee SB 388, Salem, OR. February 2, 2019.
Clinical Education/Pedagogy and the Impact on Criminal Justice Reform (panel). Criminal Justice Reform, Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Louisiana State University Law Clinics, Baton Rouge, LA. February 1, 2019.
Intro to Reentry. OWLS Community Service Committee CLE. Portland, Oregon. December 4, 2018. with Nikki Thompson.
Reentry and Collateral Consequences in Oregon. Workgroup on Reentry, Employment and Housing. Salem, OR. August 23, 2018. With Stacie Damazo.
Lecture, “Reentry and Collateral Consequences in Oregon,” Workgroup on Reentry, Employment and Housing, co-presented with Stacie Damazo, State Capitol, 8/23/2018
Commencement address. Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon. June 16, 2018.
“Nonunanimous Juries In Oregon.” Willamette Valley American Inn of Court, Chemeketa Community College, Oregon. April 19, 2018.
Interviewed by Brian Wood for “Prosecutors Drop Ballot Initiative to Require Unanimous Juries.” KATU, 02/01/2018.
Interviewed by Shane Kavanaugh for “Oregon District Attorneys Abandon Plan to Repeal Unusual Non-Unanimous Jury System.” Oregonian, 01/31/2018.
“Oregon’s Nonunanimous Jury Rule: A Relic of Our Discriminatory Past.” Overview of Nonunanimous Juries, Oregon House and Senate Judiciary Committee. November 15, 2017.
“Nonunanimous Juries in Oregon.” Eastside Democratic Club Monthly Meeting, Portland, Oregon. November 7, 2017.
Police Peace PDX: A Community Conversation (panel). The Center, Portland, Oregon. May 16, 2017.
“Overturning Apodaca v. Oregon Should Be Easy.” Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Winter Conference, Portland, Oregon. December 2, 2016.
“Making a Murderer’s Dean Strang and Jerry Buting: A Conversation on Justice” (interview). Newmark Theater, Portland, Oregon. June 19, 2016.
ACS Oregon Lawyer Chapter: The Future of the Death Penalty (panel). University of Oregon School of Law, Portland, Oregon. December 8, 2015. With Carrie Leonetti and C. Renée Manes.
Testimony on amending Post Conviction DNA Testing Law. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, Salem, Oregon. June 1, 2015.
Testimony on amending Post Conviction DNA Testing Law. House Judiciary Committee Hearing, Salem, Oregon. March 25, 2015.
On the Oregon Innocence Project. Washington County Public Affairs Forum, Aloha, Oregon. February 9, 2015. With Steve Wax, legal director of the Oregon Innocence Project.
“Eyewitness Identification: What’s New in the Law.” Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Eugene, Oregon. December 14, 2014.
“Wrongful Convictions: A Community Problem Needs a Community Solution.” Oregon District Attorney Association Winter Conference, Salishan, Oregon. December 4, 2014. With Steve Wax, legal director of the Oregon Innocence Project.
“First-Year Collaborations.” Bringing Outside In: Social Justice Collaborations in the Legal Writing Curriculum, Drexel University School of Law. June 2014.
“Student Involvement in Innocence Projects.” Engaging in Resistance, Lewis & Clark, Portland, Oregon. April 2014.
“Wrongful Convictions and the Oregon Innocence Project.” Multnomah Bar Association Partner Round Table, Portland, Oregon. April 2014.
“30 Years After Conviction and 10 Years After Exoneration.” Boston College Law School. March 2014.