Jennifer Chacón, Professor of Law, University of California – Irvine School of Law
Ruthie Epstein, Human Rights First
Panel 1: Alternatives to Detention – Models and Best Practices
Garry Herceg, Director of the Office of Pretrial Services, Santa Clara County
Anna Campbell, National Network Coordinator, Access to Justice, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
David Muhammad, former Chief Probation Officer, Alameda County Probation Department
Moderator: James Austin, Ph.D., correctional planning and research expert, former director of the Institute on Crimes, Justice and Corrections at George Washington University (Los Angeles)
Panel 2: Tools to Advance Reform – California As Case Study
Michael Bien, partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP (San Francisco)
Jakada Imani, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (Oakland)
Ahilan T. Arulanantham, Deputy Legal Director, ACLU of Southern California (Los Angeles)
Moderator: James Austin, Ph.D., correctional planning and research expert, former director of the Institute on Crimes, Justice and Corrections at George Washington University (Los Angeles)
Introduction: Eleanor Acer, Director, Refugee Protection Program, Human Rights First
Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California – Irvine School of Law
Raha Jorjani, Staff Attorney, University of California – Davis School of Law Clinical Programs
Moderator: Jennifer Chacón, Professor of Law, University of California – Irvine School of Law
Panel 4: What Is “Civil” Detention?
Ruthie Epstein, Human Rights First
Kate Jastram, former legal advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees; Director of Research and Programs, Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, Lecturer in Residence, University of California – Berkeley, School of Law; member, ABA Commission on Immigration civil immigration standards advisory task force
Sheriff Gary Raney, Ada County, Idaho
Moderator and Panelist: Anil Kalhan, Associate Professor of Law, Drexel University
Access to Counsel for Immigration Detainees: Remarks by Judge M. Margaret McKeown Panel 5: Jailed and No Lawyer: Representation Gaps and Models for Expanding High Quality Legal Representation for Indigent Detainees
Erika Pinheiro, Lead Immigration Attorney, Adult Programs, Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Catholic Charities of Los Angeles
Veronica Barba, Director, American Bar Association Immigration Justice Project (San Diego)
Davina Chen, Attorney, Officer of the Federal Public Defender (Los Angeles)
Talia Inlender, Staff Attorney, Immigrants’ Rights Project, Public Counsel (Los Angeles)
Moderator: Marcellus McRae, partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Human Rights First Board of Advocates member (Los Angeles)
