28th Annual Arthur Liman Center Colloquium: Safety and Insecurity — Facets of a Complex Landscape

Apr. 3, 2025
4:10PM - 6:00PM
SLB Room 127
Open to the YLS Community Only

A felt lack of security has shaped agendas, problems, policies, and law. Our questions include how public and private sectors can be responsive to concerns about the safety of shared spaces, understand the reasons for widespread unease, reframe decisions on allocation of resources, and build/rebuild communities inclusive of people with all kinds of needs. 

Speakers include:

  • Jorge L. Barón, Council Member, King County Council, District 4, Seattle, Washington 
  • Dwayne Betts, Founder and Director, Freedom Reads, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Lisa Daugaard, Co-Executive Director, Purpose Dignity Action, Seattle, Washington 
  • Risa Goluboff, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of History, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Virginia 
  • Reena Kapoor, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Jamelia Morgan, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Center for Racial and Disability Justice Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, Illinois 
  • Eli Savit, Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, Michigan 
  • Michael K.T. Tan, Executive Director, The Movement Project, Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut

Introductory remarks by Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, and Kate Braner, Executive Director, Liman Center.

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Liman Center for Public Interest Law

Brennan Center

Fines and Fees Justice Center

Berkeley Law's Policy Advocacy Clinic

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