"Children Are Different" Oct. 4 Symposium on Juvenile Sentencing

The University of Minnesota’s Journal of Law & Inequality invites you to attend their 2012 Symposium, this October 4:

“Children are Different”: Culpability and the Mandatory Sentencing of Juveniles after Miller v. Alabama & Jackson v. Hobbs

The symposium brings together many leading scholars in the field of juvenile justice to analyze the practice of juvenile justice, especially in regards to sentencing, after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision this summer outlawing mandatory life without parole for all persons younger than 18 years old.  Topics include:

• The Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs cases
• The practical implications the Supreme Court's ruling will have on practitioners in both juvenile prosecution and juvenile defense
• The neuroscience of child development underlying the Court's decision in Miller & Jackson
• Race trends and the effects of juvenile sentencing in disparity in the juvenile justice system
• Proposed policies for the future of juvenile sentencing

Find out more and register at http://www.law.umn.edu/lawineq/symposiummain.html - registration is also available with cash or check the day of the event.  This event is free for all students and university faculty and staff.

This event has been approved for 4 General CLE Credits and 1 Elimination of Bias Credit.