april 2023
Event Details
The Collaboration Between New York Law School and the Suffolk County Prosecutor
DATE
Thursday, April 20, 2023
TIME
12:50 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
Pizza will be served.
LOCATION
W520
In 2019, the Conviction Integrity Bureau of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the NYLS Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic, was awarded a two-year federal grant to support joint efforts to identify and investigate wrongful conviction claims. Panelists will describe their collaboration, investigation strategy, brainstorming sessions, ethical challenges, and—key to it all—student participation.
SPEAKERS
Craig McElwee, Chief, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Bureau
Dan Fisher, Deputy Chief, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Bureau
Professor Adele Bernhard, Co-Director,
Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic, New York Law School
MODERATOR
Gaynor Cunningham, Co-Director, Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic, New York Law School
The Criminal Justice Institute is housed within the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law.