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2001-03 Theme: Race, Class, and the Criminal Justice System

Wayne Morse Chair Professors

Charles J. Ogletree is the Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law,
and Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for
Race and Justice.
Robert P. Mosteller is the Harry R. Chadwick Sr. Professor of Law at Duke University, where he teaches Evidence and Criminal Procedure.


Resident Scholar

Merle Weiner, Professor of Law, University of Oregon


Distinguished Speakers

Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
“Corrections Policy in an Era of Fiscal Restraint” (audio and videotapes are available)
January 24, 2003.

Sister Helen Prejean, Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille, author of Dead Man Walking
“The Journey Continues” (audio and videotapes are available)
March. 2, 2002.

Stephen B. Bright, President, Southern Center for Human Rights and Visiting Lecturer, Yale University School of Law  “The Whole World Is Watching: The Future of the Death Penalty in America” (audio and videotapes are available)
March. 1, 2002.

George H. Ryan, former Governor, State of Illinois
“Until I Can Be Sure: How Governor Ryan Decided to Suspend Capital Executions in Illinois” (audio and videotapes are available).


Wayne Morse Center Events

Understanding the Context of Race and Criminal Justice: The New Reparations Movement Symposium sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center and UO School of Law. Audio and videotapes available.

The Law and Politics of the Death Penalty: Abolition, Moratorium, or Reform? Conference sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center. Conference proceedings are published in part in a special edition of Oregon Law Review.

Racial Equity in the Criminal Justice System
Conference sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center.

Race, Class, and the Criminal Justice System in Lane County Roundtable discussion sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center.


Project Grants

Restorative Justice Conference sponsored by UO School of Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Program and Professor Jane Gordon.

Prison and Prison Labor Course sponsored by UO History Department and Professor Randall McGowen.

Cops and Kids: Sharing Stories, Building Relationships and Working Together; Race and Community Policing. Community forum sponsored by Eugene Police Department.

The Influence of Race and Class on the Future of Policing
Event organized by the UO Criminal Law Students Association.

Prison Labor Monitoring Project. Research sponsored by UO Labor Education and Research Center and Professor Gordon Lafer.

Parenting from Prison. Research and handbook publication sponsored by Carole Pope.

Race, Class, and the Administration of Justice. Course sponsored by UO School of Law and Adjunct Professor Peter Ozanne.

Racial Equity in the Criminal Justice System. Symposium sponsored by Portland State University, Youth Law Center (San Francisco), Multnomah County Public Safety Project, and Adjunct Professor Peter Ozanne.

The Great Writ: Post Conviction Process in Capital and Non-Capital Cases. Course sponsored by UO School of Law and Adjunct Professor Rita Radostitz.

Race, Class, and the Criminal Justice System (Death Penalty). Film festival organized by Bijou Art Cinemas and Eugene Weekly.

Law, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse. Research sponsored by Resident Scholar Merle Weiner.

Death Penalty. Art exhibit organized by the UO Cultural Forum.

Left Behind: Child Custody Issues for Women Prisoners. Conference sponsored by Project Linkup, UO Women's Law Forum, Carole Pope, and Professor Barbara Aldave.

Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Public Sphere. Conference sponsored by Oregon Humanities Center and UO Center for Asian and Pacific Studies.

Prison Growth: Political, Economic, and Social Issues. Conference sponsored by UO School of Law and UO Sociology Department.

The Death Penalty in Historical Perspective: The European and American Experience, 1600 to the Present. Class sponsored by Professor Randall McGowen, UO Department of History.

Project Linkup. Sponsored by Carole Pope, former inmate and prison activist, and Professor Barbara Aldave, UO School of Law.

 








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