Please join BCDC for an evening of mingling and discussion with a trio of leading advocates for criminal justice reform! The authors of Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change-- Premal Dharia '00, Pulitzer-winning author James Forman, Jr. '88, and Maria Hawilo--will join us for informal, intimate conversation over drinks at Penn Quarter's Free State Bar.
This special meeting with the authors, all of whom have roots as DC public defenders, will follow a panel discussion about the book at Politics & Prose the previous evening. All Brunonians and friends/family are welcome to register!
Tickets include a first round of drinks. Copies of the book will be available to purchase at a discount. Space is strictly limited to allow for meaningful conversation, so be sure to secure your spot today! Attendees are asked to adhere to all BCDC events policies.
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About the authors
Premal Dharia '00 is the executive director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School and is coeditor in chief of Inquest. She has written for The Washington Post, CNN, Slate and other publications. She spent nearly 15 years as a public defender in three different places: the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Baltimore, Maryland, and the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
James Forman, Jr. '88 is a professor of law at Yale Law School. He has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, numerous law reviews, and other publications. A former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, he spent six years as a public defender in Washington, D.C., where he cofounded the Maya Angelou Public Charter School. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize—winning Locking Up Our Own.
Maria Hawilo is a distinguished professor in residence at Loyola University Law School, Chicago. She has written for The Appeal, Injustice Watch, and other publications. She is a former supervising attorney for the District of Columbia’s Public Defender Service.