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[PAST EVENT] The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth with Kris Henning

March 27, 2024
12:50pm - 1:50pm
Location
Law School, Room 124
613 S Henry St
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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Guest Lecturer Kris Henning, Director, Juvenile Clinic & Initiative at Georgetown Law (left) & Kami Chavis, Haynes Professor of Law, Director of the W&M Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Reform

Professor Kris Henning (Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative, Georgetown) will be discussing her research on race, adolescence, and policing in her new book, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth. Henning is a nationally-recognized voice on juvenile justice and has developed a number of reform-focused training programs for defenders, in addition to having served as an expert consultant for several state and federal juvenile justice agencies. Haynes Professor of Law and Director of the W&M Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Reform Kami N. Chavis will moderate this discussion.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Prior to joining Georgetown’s faculty, Henning served as Lead Attorney in the Washington, D.C. Public Defender’s Juvenile Unit. Professor Henning received her B.A. at Duke, her J.D. at Yale, and her LL.M. at Georgetown. 

Sponsored by: The Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Reform, W&M Law School and The Institute for the Study of Education, Democracy & Justice

Contact

Kami Chavis, [[knchavis]]