WHAT:

House Judiciary Committee Briefing on Solutions to the Indigent Defense Crisis

WHO:

Welcome and Introduction:

Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-14), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary
Dean Robert Ackerman, Dean, Wayne State University Law School
Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, President , Detroit Branch NAACP

Speaker:

Honorable Marilyn J. Kelly, Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court

Panelists:

Honorable Cynthia D. Stephens, Judge, First District, Michigan Court of Appeals
Honorable Fred L. Borchard, Judge, 10th Circuit Court, Michigan
Honorable Dennis Archer, Chairman, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Former Associate Justice of Michigan Supreme Court, Mayor of Detroit, and President of ABA
Rep. Bob Constan, Chair, Indigent Defense Subcommittee of Michigan House Judiciary Committee
Rep. Justin Amash, Vice Chair, Indigent Defense Subcommittee of Michigan House Judiciary Committee
Barry Scheck, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Innocence Project
Jo-Ann Wallace, President and CEO, National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
Robin Dahlberg, Sr. Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program
Ginny Sloan, President, Constitution Project
Dawn Van Hoek, Chief Dep. Director, Michigan State Appellate Defender Office
Robert Sedler, Professor, Wayne State University Law School
Norman Lefstein, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Indiana University School of Law
Anthony T. Chambers, Defense Attorney, Detroit, Michigan

WHERE:

Wayne State University, 5221 Gullen Mall, Student Center Ballroom   http://campusmap.wayne.edu/

WHEN:

Monday, December 14, 2009, 9:00 a.m.