The PJLC Joins Panel on Law and Racism Hosted by BASF
Today, the San Francisco Bar Foundation hosted a panel of experts on law and racism from across the state to discuss “Narratives of Diverse Communities in the Law.” Among the three panelists was the PJLC’s Sean Garcia-Leys. The conversation focused on the biases of judges against people of color, the fear of moderate legislators to enact the policies needed to purge bias from our judicial system, and the insufficient public support for elected officials who do take action. Panelists discussed their first-hand experiences with this bias when representing people of color in dependency court, criminal appeals, gang injunction cases, and in policy work. Attorney attendees received professional development credit from the State Bar Association for attendance.
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