Speakers announced: Socially distanced justice webinars

Speakers announced: Socially distanced justice webinars

We're pleased to announce further details on three webinars looking at ongoing changes to criminal justice administration in light of responses to COVID-19.

In partnership with the Open University, the webinars will look specifically at criminal justice in relation to lockdowns, social distancing and the use of digital technologies.

Webinar 1, Thursday 4 June, 9.00 - 10.30am (Watch event video)

The focus will be on the changes, practical challenges, and unintended consequences of instituting social distancing in various criminal justice settings. 

Speakers

  • Jon Collins, Magistrates Association
  • Pippa Goodfellow, Standing Committee for Youth Justice
  • John Podmore, former prison governor
  • Fergus McNeill, University of Glasgow

Webinar 2, Thursday 11 June, 9.00 - 10.30am (Watch event video)

This session will explore the political dimensions to the COVID-19 changes, and the implications for criminal justice. 

Speakers

  • John Pratt, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Mary Corcoran, Keele University
  • Leandro Ayres França, Faculdade Estácio Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre

Webinar 3, Thursday 18 June, 9.00 - 10.30am (Registration closed)

The third and final webinar will be considering the longer-term implications, and how a positive legacy for criminal justice might be achieved.

Speakers

  • Vera Baird DBE QC, Independent Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales
  • Adam Elliott-Cooper, University of Greenwich and Board Member of The Monitoring Group
  • Kathy Evans, Children England
  • Liz Fekete, Institute of Race Relations
  • Lachlan Stuart, former advisor to Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP