On Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 4-5:30 p.m., join the Massachusetts Bar Association and the directors of the three Massachusetts innocence organizations for an interactive program about a new initiative to expand the capacity of their organizations to remedy wrongful convictions.
The panel members, who are nationally recognized leaders in litigating post-conviction innocence cases, will describe how MBA volunteers may assist their innocence organizations in meeting the many challenges of their rewarding work representing people who maintain they were wrongfully convicted for crimes they did not commit. The program will include the showing of a compelling video of exonerees speaking about their personal journeys to freedom from lengthy, unjust incarcerations.
Panelists will answer questions about all aspects of volunteering for this special MBA innocence initiative, which requires a limited time commitment, or a more substantial time commitment, depending on the circumstances and volunteers’ availabilities.
They will explain how MBA members can volunteer in one of two ways:
- Assisting the Committee for Public Counsel Services in evaluating applications for legal assistance on post-conviction claims of wrongful conviction, or
- Assisting Massachusetts innocence organizations in advanced case reviews or investigations of a post-conviction claim
RegisterFaculty members include:
Richard W. Cole, program chair, Richard W. Cole, West Roxbury
MBA President Damian J. Turco, opening remarks, Turco Legal PC, Newburyport
Sharon Beckman, panelist, director, Boston College Innocence Program, Boston
Lisa Kavanaugh, panelist, director, Innocence Program, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Roxbury
Radha Natarajan, panelist, executive director, New England Innocence Project, Cambridge