The 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting was converted to a virtual meeting due to COVID-19. Many of the CJS committees were able to meet during February 17–20 virtually, and the Section cosponsored six resolutions that passed in the ABA House of Delegates. The CJS hosted three virtual programs:
July 20, 2021 Section News
Midyear Meeting
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- Data and Racial Justice: Using Data to Drive Change
- Military Justice—Learning and Leading Change in American Criminal Justice
- The Prosecution and Defense of Physicians in Civil and Criminal Opioid Death Cases
View the CJS Midyear programs on the CJS YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/ABACriminalJustice.
The First Step Act
The Criminal Justice Section has released a report from its Task Force on the Implementation of the First Step Act (Chair Jim Felman) that includes three concerns surrounding the implementation of the criminal justice reform law that was enacted in 2018. View the report at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/criminal_justice/committees/taskforces.
CJS Podcasts
The JustPod podcasts cover current issues in criminal justice reform, policy, and the Supreme Court. Additionally, the podcast discusses the work of the Section. The JustPod streams on iTunes, Spotify, and Buzzsprout.
Recent episodes:
- Resolutions: Midyear 2021—featuring Steve Saltzburg
- Task Force Ops: Initial Findings from the Women in Criminal Justice Task Force—featuring Maryam Ahranjani
- A Review of Policing—featuring Paul Henderson
- Congressional Investigations—featuring Trey Gowdy
- Questions of Ethics—featuring Bruce Green
- Cybercrimes—featuring Jason Gonzalez, Jody Westby, Matthew Esworthy
- A Review of Criminal Liability—featuring Joe Whitley
Member News
Anthony Musto received the Tobias Simmons Pro Bono Service Award on January 28, 2021. The award, given by the Supreme Court of the State of Florida, “is intended to encourage and recognize extraordinary contributions by Florida lawyers in making legal services available to persons who otherwise could not afford them.”
Judge Arthur Burnett Sr. has been selected as Top Judge of the Decade by the International Association of Top Professionals. Additionally, Judge Burnett has been selected as the Top Civil Rights Attorney in the United States for 2020 by Roundtable Magazine.
Ilene Jaroslaw was named in CRAIN’s New York Business “Notable Women in Law 2021.”
Upcoming Events
- Sept. 8–10: The Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute, Braselton, Georgia
- Oct. 11–12: The London White Collar Crime Institute, London, United Kingdom
- Oct. 27–29: The National White Collar Crime Institute, Miami, Florida
- Nov. 19–20: Thirteenth Annual Fall Institute (“Community Corrections (Probation & Parole) Reform & Best Practices”), Washington, DC
For the complete list of CJS events, see http://www.ambar.org/cjsevents.
Recent Publications
The White Collar Crime Committee Newsletter
Featured articles (Winter/Spring 2021 edition): Fraud Emerges as Telehealth Surges; White Collar Criminal Investigations Slowing Down? Think Again … The Increase in Employment Tax Prosecutions; Getting Real—A Discussion with Veronica and Michelle (women lawyers in white collar criminal defense); AMLA 2020: Sweeping New AML Laws Have Broad Impacts on All Financial Crimes; Reforming Securities Fraud Sentencing: An Alternative Proposal to a Loss-Based Approach.
The International Committee Newsletter
The focus issue in the Winter 2021 edition: Canadian Court Condemns “The Penalization of the Simple Act of Making a Refugee Claim” in America.
For information on CJS publications, see http://www.ambar.org/cjsbooks.