Schedule of Events
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8:00 - 8:30

Registration

8:30 - 8:50

Greeting & Commencement

9:00 - 10:15

Panel I: Alternatives to Incarceration

Moderator:
Professor Sarah Salter: New England School of Law, Boston, MA

Ms. Kathleen Dennehy: Massachusetts Commissioner of Correction

Ms. Lynn Bissonnette: Superintendent MCI-Framingham

Mr. Ryan King:Sentencing Project, Policy Analyst

The Honorable Judge Fearey: Juvenile Court Judge

10:25 - 11:35

Panel II: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

Moderator:
Professor David Siegel:

Sheriff Andrea Cabral: Sheriff, Suffolk County Massachusetts

Ms. Wendy Murphy: Attorney

Mr. Sean Kealy: Legal Counsel for Senator Cynthia Stone Creem

11:40 - 12:40

Panel III: Reproductive Rights and Health

Moderator:
Tecla Morasca

Ms. Jennifer McAllister-Nevins: ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

Ms. Kim Buchanan: Center for Reproductive Rights

J. Shoshanna Ehrlich Associate Professor of Law, Family Law, and Women's Legal Issues. University of Massachusetts Boston

1:00 - 2:15

Luncheon: Maggiano's Little Italy
(4 Columbus Avenue, Boston)

2:30 - 3:30

Panel IV: Child custody and Visitation

Moderator:
Professor Elizabeth Spahn: New England School of Law, Boston, MA

Ms. Martha Bagley: Attorney

The Honorable Peter DiGangi: Family & Probate Court Judge

Mr. Gary Zalkin: Attorney & Mental Health Professional

3:30 - 4:00

Keynote

Ms. Cristina Rathbone: Author, A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars