The San Francisco Public Defender is proud to present its 2013 Justice Summit
Gideon at 50: The Road to Equal Justice
Cost: This event is free but registration is required. Register at sfjusticesummit.com
Keynote Speaker: Karen Houppert, author of Chasing Gideon, the Elusive Quest for Poor People’s Justice.
Panel I: The Elusive Quest for Poor People’s Justice
Panel II: Forced Treatment and Constitutional Rights: Can They Coexist?
Panel III: The Price of Liberty: Reforming the Bail System
Panelists and moderators
- Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender
- Karen Houppert, Author, Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People’s Justice
- Dawn Porter, Director/Producer, Gideon’s Army
- Jonathan Rapping, Founder, Gideon’s Promise (formerly Southern Public Defender Training Center)
- Maurice Caldwell, Wrongfully Convicted of Murder
- Linda Starr, Co-Founder, Northern California Innocence Project
- Wendy Still, Chief, San Francisco Adult Probation
- John Diaz, Editorial Page Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
- Kara Chien, Attorney Manager, Mental Health Unit, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
- Candy Dewitt, Parent, Laura’s Law Advocate
- Dr. David Kan, Substance Abuse Treatment Expert, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Deni McLagan, Associate Director, Serial Inebriate Program, City of San Diego
- Greg Suhr, San Francisco Chief of Police
- Dr. Gary Tsai, Psychiatrist, Laura’s Law Advocate
- Matt Gonzalez, Chief Attorney, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
- Catherine McCracken, Director of Development and the Sentencing Service Program, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Sheriff
- George Gascón, San Francisco District Attorney
- Will Leong, CEO, San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project
- Jonathan Simon, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by Keker & Van Nest, Farella, Braun & Martel, Morrison & Foerster LLP, O’Brien & Associates, and Bar Association of San Francisco. 4.25 MCLE units earned.
