Learning Lab

Choose this track if you intend on attending primarily BPDA sessions, and also if you plan to attend any BPDA Member Only closed sessions. You may still choose to participant in any open sessions from other tracks.

Speaking Truth to Power: Hip Hop's Impact on the Racial Justice Movement, Guy Lang, Christina Tavares, and George Jackson

Using Data to Promote Racial Justice In and Out of the Courtroom, Stanford Hickman and Vickie Mwitanti

Bias in the Defender Community, Natalie Peeples and Sheneka McKenzie-Sage

Restorative Justice and Forgiveness: Unlikely Allies, JoEllyn L. Jones and Ryan Young

Well-Being for the Black Defender (Closed to BPDA Members ONLY), Alyxandra Darensbourg

From Trauma to Triumph Bonding: Testimony Service & Brainstorming Solutions (Closed to BPDA Members ONLY, Jasmine Hope

Applying a Willful Flight Standard to Promote Pretrial Liberty, Shavonte Keaton

Criminal Defense in the Wake of Dobbs, Lauren A. Johnson 

Just Juries: Educating Our People About Jury Service & Jury Nullification, Porsha Shaf'on Venable 

Addressing Racial Microaggressions in the Workplace, Angela Bailey, Brianna Scott, Dan Lew, and Edith Brown

Being Black While Facing Anti-Black Racism, Theresa Coney (Closed to BPDA Members ONLY)  

Holistic Defense in Practice, Nicole Okung   

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