The JustPod The Criminal Justice Section of the ABA

Featuring: Wayne McKenzie, General Counsel at NYC Department of Probation
Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section.

Wayne joins us to give an update on what the Section has been up to and what plans they have for the coming months. We discuss in-person events like the recent white collar crime institutes and our upcoming CJS Fall Institute. We also discuss the other work of the Section in policy, new books, new reports and more.

With the CJS Fall Institute next week and Thanksgiving the week after that, we will sign off for Season 3. We will take a break for the months of December and January and return again in February.

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Featuring: Raul Ayala, Deputy Federal Public Defender at Office of the Federal Public Defender in the Central District of California and the collaborative court supervising attorney.

Ellen Yaroshefsky, The Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor in Legal Ethics and Professor of Law.

Raul and Ellen join us to share what a day in the life is like for them as a public defender and an academic, respectively. Each shares their daily activities in addition to reflections on pivotal career moments that got them to where they are. Finally, they reflect on what they wish they would have known before working in their respective roles.


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Featuring: Maryam Ahranjani, Associate Professor and Don L. & Mabel F. Dickason Professor with the University of New Mexico School of Law. Reporter of the Task Force: Women in Criminal Justice.
Yaamini Rao, Deputy Public Defender at Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office. Advisory Board member and Data Committee Co-chair.

The Task Force: Women in Criminal Justice join us to discuss their final report “Pulling Back the Curtain”. Further we discuss the impact of the listening sessions conducted by the Task Force and models for how these reports can help criminal justice practitioners across the country. And now that the report is published, the Task Force has plans to pressure test their recommendations. Maryam shares with us their plans and what we should expect looking forward.

Pulling Back the Curtain

"Toughen Up, Buttercup" versus #TimesUp: Initial Findings of the ABA Women in Criminal Justice Task Force

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Featuring: Jody Westby, Global Cyber Risk LLC and Adjunct Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Computer Science
Matthew Esworthy Partner with Bowie & Jensen

There has been a surge in cybercrime over the last 18 months, escalating the need for more uniform laws in this space both globally and domestically. Jody and Matt join us to give us background on the escalation in cybercrime and what the gaps are in our laws. Further we discuss how these laws impact investigations and where the laws currently stand.

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Featuring: Hon. Rachel L. Pickering, Third Judicial District; Shawnee County Kansas
Elizabeth Rosen, Assistant State's Attorney at The Office of the State's Attorney, Howard County

Judge Pickering  and Elizabeth share what a day in the life is like for them as a judge and a prosecutor, respectively. Each shares their daily activities in addition to reflections on pivotal career moments that got them to where they are. Finally, they reflect on what they wish they would have known before working as a judge or prosecutor, respectively.

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Featuring: Kristina Kersey, Senior Youth Defense Counsel

We are revisiting  Jones v. Mississippi as the decision came as a shock and disappointment to juvenile justice advocates across the country. With recent Miller and Montgomery decisions, the expectation was that the court would rule to reduce the sentence of Jones. Kristina helps us review Jones' path to the Supreme Court and what the potential impact of this decision might be.

 Keeping up with the Joneses

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