National Police Accountability Project

A Project of the National Lawyers Guild

Dedicated to Ending Police Abuse

Bringing Systemic Changes to Troubled Police Departments -Consent Decrees and Collaborative Agreements
This workshop panel will discuss accountability mechanisms, such as consent decrees and collaborative agreements, that complement damages actions for individual clients and have the potential to effect long-lasting systemic reforms in troubled departments. This workshop will allow police misconduct practitioners and activists to become familiar with accountability mechanisms beyond individual damages litigation, and learn from the experience of our panelists who are involved in such efforts. There will be a special focus on involving community organization through collaborative agreements and special amicus status. Collaborative agreements and 'amicus status' for community organizations are tools based on the important principle that the communities affected by police brutality and misconduct need to have a seat at the table when reform efforts are discussed.

The workshop schedule is still being finalized; this NPAP workshop will take place either on Friday, October 25 or Saturday, October 26, 2013. Panelists: J. Ashlee Albies, Creighton & Rose, PC, Portland OR John Burris, Law Offices of John L. Burris, Oakland CA Sunita Patel, Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, NYC NY William Ramirez, Executive Director of the ACLU of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR

Please note that this workshop is offered as part of the NLG Law for the People Convention, please register with the NLG at www.nlg.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=3

When: October 25th, 2013 8:30 AM through 10:00 AM Location: Conrad Condado Plaza 999 Ashford Avenue San Juan, PR 00907 United States