Convening Yale: James Forman Jr. LAW ‘92. Race and Criminal Justice in America

Event time: 
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 11:45am to 12:45pm
Location: 
Edward P. Evans Hall - School of Management (EVANS) See map
165 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511

Professor Forman has represented juveniles as a public defender in Washington, DC, co-started a charter school for dropouts and youth who have previously been arrested, and is the author a newbook entitled Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.

The book is a Washington Post bestseller and a New York Times Editor’s Choice.

James N. Baron, William S. Beinecke Professor of Management, will moderate the event and a significant amount of time will be reserved for audience questions.

Copies of Professor Forman’s book will be available for sale at
the event and he will stay after the talk to sign books.

Open to: 
undergraduate