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Recorded on: Oct. 4, 2012

Taken from the Web Program White Collar Crime 2012: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak Recorded October, 2012 in New York A New Facet to the Special Relationship: Cooperation in White Collar Investigations Between the U.S. and U.K. [01:00:44] An overview of the authorities in the U.K. charged with enforcing the laws against white collar crime Trends in U.K. enforcement and how it affects U.S. citizens and U.S. counsel How do U.S. ...

From the program: Approaching Veterans Issues: A Legal Overview Including an Update of California Penal Code Section 1170.9

Released on: Jun. 7, 2013

Certain laws and courtroom practices have the potential to impact veterans differently than the rest of the population. This three hour overview will provide useful information to attorneys, judicial officers and others who interact with veterans about the implications of certain laws and practices with regards to veterans’ pasts and futures. The program will focus on Penal Code 1170.9, especially with regard to the 2013 enhancements and will address ...

From the program: Mental Health Issues & the New York State Courts (Free)

Released on: Aug. 23, 2013

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in a 12-month period, 26.2% of American adults will have a diagnosable mental disorder, and 5.8% will have a mental illness classified as severe. The prevalence of mental disorders among individuals involved in the criminal justice system and some areas of the civil legal system is even higher.  This timely program will focus on the intersection of individuals living with mental illness and ...

Recorded on: Aug. 16, 2013

MEREDITH DESAUTELS: And to kick off our first panel, what I'm going to do is speak briefly about why my organization, a civil rights and social justice organization, has decided to focus on criminal justice and reentry issues. But before I do that, I'd like to go ahead and briefly introduce our panelists. So you have their full bios in your materials, but I do want to say a few words about each of the great folks that you're going to be hearing from ...

From the program: Re-Entry Issues: Overcoming Employment and Housing Challenges Due to a Prior Arrest or Conviction (Free)

Released on: Aug. 30, 2013

In the past three decades, incarceration rates have exploded in the U.S., such that today we incarcerate over two million people, more than any other country in the world. The result is that many more people encounter the criminal justice system at some point in their lives. Indeed, an estimated 1 in 4 adults in California has an arrest or conviction record, and people of color are disproportionately affected.A person with a prior record faces significant ...

Recorded on: Aug. 16, 2013

MEREDITH DESAUTELS: Great. Thank you. And thank you all. Welcome back. We are going to move into our third and final session where we're going to be looking more in depth into special topics related to employment screening. Most of the clients that we see through the Second Chance Legal Clinic are motivated to come see us because they're having employment issues. And I'll introduce our two panelists, who are going to discuss, first, background check ...

Recorded on: Aug. 16, 2013

MEREDITH DESAUTELS: OK, we are going to keep moving quickly. Thanks so much for sticking with us. We've got an exciting second session here that we're going to jump into, and before we do, I'd like to introduce our presenter, Eliza Hersh. Eliza is the director of the Clean Slate Practice at the East Bay Community Law Center, the East Bay's largest provider of free legal services and a teaching clinic of Berkeley Law School. The Clean Slate Practice ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

Taken from the briefing Update on CA Penal Code 1170.9 for Veterans recorded February, 2013. Learn about the restorative relief now available to veterans under subdivision (h) of the California Penal Code 1170.9, effective as of January 1, 2013! Under Penal Code 1170.9, where a veteran alleges and the court concludes that a veteran committed a criminal offense as a result of sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress ...

From the program: Veterans Issues: Family Law, Consumer Rights, Job Protection and Diversionary Courts

Recorded on: Nov. 9, 2011

Taken from the Web Program Veterans Issues: Family Law, Consumer Rights, Job Protection and Diversionary Courts recorded November, 2011 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [01:00:56] Veterans in the Criminal Justice System: Diversionary Courts  [01:00:56] Several counties in California have established Veterans Courts, as well as other diversionary courts that are appropriate for veterans in need of treatment. Panelists include judges, ...

From the program: White Collar Crime 2013: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak

Recorded on: Oct. 9, 2013

Taken from the Web Program White Collar Crime 2013: Prosecutors and Regulators Speak recorded October, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:14:49]Case Study: Investigations of Libor and Benchmark Interest Rates  [01:14:49] A close examination of the global LIBOR and other benchmark interest rate investigations Do the LIBOR cases represent a new paradigm for cross-border white collar enforcement? Do corporate resolutions that involve ...