Putting People First: People Centered Justice at Home and Abroad

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9:00 - 10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks

• Scott Carlson, ABA Associate Executive Director of the Center for Global Programs
• "Increasing Access to Justice in the US: Some Better Options" - Alan Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law & Professorial Lecturer in Law, GWU Law
• Opening Remarks - Justice Stephen Breyer, ABA ROLI’s Board Chair and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1994 to 2022 
• “What is People Centered Justice?” - Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director, World Justice Project
• "Office for Access to Justice" - Rachel Rossi, Director of the Office for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice 
• "Democracy, Rule of Law, and People-centered Justice" - Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, ABA ROLI’s Vice Board Chair and Senior Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

10:30 - 11:45 AM
Panel One: Co-designing Justice: Engaging Data and Justice Users to Improve Accessibility, Systems, and Outcomes

• Moderator: Andrew Solomon, Senior Rule of Law Advisor at USAID
• Malia Brink, Senior Policy Attorney, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law
  
• Honorable Maria Lucy Armendariz, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
• Judge Marcus DeLarge, New Orleans Criminal District Court- Section K
• Blerta Picari, Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, ABA Rule of Law Initiative

12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch Plenary featuring 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Winners

•  Introductions by Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, GWU Law Dean

• Honoring 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Winners – Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine) and Memorial (Russia)

1:15 - 3:00 PM
Panel Two: Increasing Access to Justice through Fundamental System Change and Service Delivery

• Moderator: Swati Mehta, Program Director, Justice for All, Pathfinders
• Paulette Brown, ABA President (2015-2016) and ABA Rule of Law Initiative Board Member
  
• Timothy Meyer, Senior Program Manager, Africa Division, ABA Rule of Law Initiative
• Adonia Simpson, Director of Policy and Pro Bono at the ABA Commission on Immigration
• Matthew Wechter, San Diego Public Defender and Member of the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty
  

3:15 - 4:00 PM
Closing Plenary

• Scott Carlson, ABA Associate Executive Director of the Center for Global Programs
  
• Dr. Sam Muller, Founding Director of The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law