Partner Club Event (HLSA-OC): Creating a Prison to University Pipeline - Prison Education and the New "Clean Slate" Laws
Join the Harvard Law School Association of Orange County (HLSA-OC) along with UCI Professor Keramet Reiter (AB '03) and Nahal Kazemi (AB '02, JD '04) for this in-person CLE event (which satisfies the "Elimination of Bias" requirement).
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 @ 4:30PM Pacific Time
UC Irvine Law School, 401 E. Peltason Drive, Irvine, CA 92697
This CLE (satisfying the "Elimination of Bias" requirement) will provide an overview of LIFTED (Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Education), a new University of California, Irvine initiative offering a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) to incarcerated students and will address key legal policy issues facing incarcerated students, in particular, access to federal financial aid in and after prison. This CLE will also provide a review of the new and existing “clean slate” laws which help individuals expunge their criminal records after their release from prison.
Cost: The event is free, but registration is required. UCI Law will provide complimentary parking.
Register: Click here to register through the HLSA-OC Website
Questions: Contact Patty Le-Narula, HarvardInterviewer@gmail.com or 714-496-3514
Panelists:
Keramet Reiter (Harvard AB '03): UCI Criminology and Law Professor and Director of LIFTED
Katie Tinto: UCI Clinical Professor of Law and Criminal Justice Clinic Director
Hector Cervantes: Program Director, UCI Underground Scholars Initiative
**Moderated by Nahal Kazemi (Harvard AB '02, JD '04), Senior Counsel, Keller/Anderle LLP
Schedule:
Registration: 4:30PM
CLE Presentation: 5:00 PM
Reception: 6:00 PM