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I. Research & Policies: Assist with survey of reentry programs that administered by the legal community, including prosecutors, public defenders, courts and corrections.
Our goal is to distribute the survey at the Nov. 5th Reentry Summit.
II. CLE Programming:
A. CLE on Title VII Litigation based on Criminal Record Discrimination: Host this program jointly with Labor and Employment Section, Business Law and Government Lawyers Section to discuss Title VII violations regarding hiring persons with criminal records and to discuss how discrimination claims impact hiring decisions within this employment sector.
B. CLE on Immigration and Collateral Consequences: work with Immigration Committee (Sarah Dill) to co-sponsor an CLE on Immigration Consequences.
III. Policy: Compile summary of ABA policy on reentry and choose one policy recommendation to focus on implementation.
IV. Membership: Increase the number and involvement of committee members by increasing access to meetings through teleconference. In addition, we will reach out to the local communities within the cities where section meetings are held to increase participation.
V. Reentry Conference: Assist Criminal Justice Section in organizing the Fall Reentry Conference in Washington, DC on November 5 & 6.
VI. Communications: Enhance interest in Committee activities by improving the Committee Website by adding up to date information relating to reentry. We also plan to issue periodic newsletters to the membership from our committee.
Our goal is to feature clients stories on reentry committee webpage and feature success stories.
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