PMC Speaker Series: Modern Juries, Modern Courts
On behalf of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, we invite you to Modern Juries, Modern Courts. This series highlights the crucial role of jury service in upholding fairness, democracy, civic engagement, and the rule of law. Through expert insights, we’ll explore how juries ensure impartiality, represent diverse communities, and deliver justice.
April 3, Philadelphia: Our first speaker is Professor Nancy Marder, Director of the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center and Co-Director of the Institute for Law and the Humanities. She is the author of The Power of the Jury: Transforming Citizens into Jurors (2022), which examines how jury processes turn reluctant citizens into just decision-makers.
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June 10, Pittsburgh: Our second speaker is Professor Emily Coward, Director of the Inclusive Juries Project at Duke University School of Law's Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility. From 2012 to 2021, she was an attorney with the UNC School of Government's Public Defense Education group and coauthored the award-winning book "Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases."
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October 6, Harrisburg: Our third speaker is James Binnall, Professor of Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice, and Executive Director of Project Rebound. Dr. Binnall researches the exclusion of individuals with felony convictions from the jury process. He has testified for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the California Senate and has presented to the American Bar Association Jury Commission. He authored "Twenty Million Angry Men: The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury Process."
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Date TBD, Location TBD: Our fourth and final speaker is the Honorable Katherine Forrest (Retired), formerly U.S. District Court Judge for the SDNY and a partner at Paul Weiss in the Litigation Department. She has authored two books about jury service: "When Machines Can Be Judge, Jury and Executioner: Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" and "Is Justice Real When 'Reality' Is Not?: Constructing Ethical Digital Environments."
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