Criminal Law and Justice

As recent events have made all too clear, Americans have centralized the needs of communities, specifically Black neighborhoods, through a lens of the police and law enforcement for far too long.  How do we model the future prioritizing community without that lens?

In CJRI's 2019 founding report, Ending This Place of Torment: A Framework for Transforming the Criminal Justice Continuum, we take a look at

People are being released from prisons during the pandemic, but what is happening in the communities they've returned to?

Joan Biskupic discusses the dynamic of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice Roberts’ great influence on it.

Panel 4: The Way Forward – Building a Bipartisan Solution A conversation between policy experts, government and public health officials

Panel 3: Criminal Justice Reform – Illuminating the Challenges & Reimagining the System This panel will bring together advocates and ar

Panel 2: Gun Violence- Breaking the Cycle of Fear and Death An intimate conversation on Gun Violence and its impact in communities acros

Former Senator Jeff Flake reflects on his career in conversation with Meryl Chertoff.

A panel of leading legal experts weighs in on how this term will impact the issues at the core of American life