Gender in Jail, Prison, & Coming Home: Intersectional & Innovative Approaches to Advocacy

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While discussions about mass incarceration and criminal justice reform usually center the male perspective, this session will approach the topic through a gender-conscious lens. Our panel is a collaboration of diverse clinical professors who work with women and gender-nonconforming individuals across the criminal legal system, including those detained pretrial, those incarcerated post-conviction, and returning citizens. Seeking to address a gap in legal services, the presenters and their students provide representation or legal advice to women and gender-nonconforming individuals in a wide range of matters: criminal defense, post-conviction and parole work, family law, legal clinics in jails and prisons, reentry advocacy, legislative reform, community organizing, and transactional advocacy. The session will highlight the unique pedagogical and community benefits of working with this population while also unpacking some of the challenges, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will learn how to incorporate this kind of advocacy into new and pre-existing clinics.