Criminal justice reform has been a hot political topic for several years now, bringing together otherwise strange bedfellows in a common cause to address issues such as over-criminalization and mass incarceration. Although some academics have participated in reform discussions, their engagement has tended to be intermittent and their scholarship has been inaccessible to policymakers and reform proponents. Recently, however, a coalition of scholars known as the “Academy for Justice” has sought to help bridge the wide gap between scholarship on the books and the reform of criminal justice on the ground, with the goal of making the law and literature accessible to policymakers, practitioners, and the public. In this Teleforum, three scholars involved in the project will discuss the Academy’s new report on the criminal justice system, the relevance of academic scholarship for real-world policy, and the prospects for bipartisan reform efforts.

Featuring:

Paul G. Cassell, Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Utah, and former U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Utah
Brandon L. Garrett, Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law and White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs, University of Virginia
Moderator: Erik Luna, Amelia D. Lewis Professor of Constitutional & Criminal Law, Arizona State University, and Director of the Academy for Justice


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