Please join us on our campus for a special evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the J. Skelly Wright Professor at Yale Law School, James Forman, Jr.

Professor Forman will deliver a distinguished lecture on how to achieve meaningful and lasting criminal justice reform, drawing from his most recent book, Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change. Following the lecture, LLS Professor and criminal justice scholar Michael Serota will moderate a lively panel discussion with three of the nation’s leading voices on criminal justice issues: Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU Yasmin Cader; renowned community organizer Raj Jayadev; and LLS Professor and criminal justice scholar Priscilla Ocen. Book signing and outdoor reception to follow with live music from Geoff Gallegos ’20 LLS, award-winning musician and frequent collaborator with Grammy-winning artists.

Dismantling Mass Incarceration is a first-of-its-kind anthology of actionable policy solutions to the imprisonment crisis in the United States, as proposed by reform advocates, policy experts, community organizers, and those who’ve been formerly incarcerated. The anthology is co-edited by Professors Premal Dharia (Harvard), James Forman, Jr. (Yale), and Maria Hawilo (Loyola Chicago).

Free copies of Dismantling Mass Incarceration will be given to the first 150 attendees.