A Blueprint for Bail Reform

March 18, 2021, 12:30 p.m. EST

Duke Law professor and Wilson Center Director Brandon Garrett was appointed last year as independent monitor for a landmark bail reform settlement in Texas that could become a national model for cash bail reform. He and deputy monitor Sandra Guerra Thompson, professor of law and director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, will discuss their work and the first two reports to the court. This event will also feature a Q&A.

Panelists:

• Brandon Garrett, Monitor and Wilson Center Director and the L. Neil Williams Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law
• Sandra Guerra Thompson, Deputy Monitor and professor of law and director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center
• Hunter Albritton, a 3L at Duke Law who has been working on the ODonnell monitorship

 Co-sponsored by the Duke Criminal Law Society, Duke Black Law Students Association, Duke Health Law Society, Duke Initiative for Science & Society, and the Duke Law Federalist Society.

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