Coming Home: Bringing Knowledge and Power Back to Community
3:30-5:00 PM
Speakers:
Cayley Balser, Innovation for Justice
Canaan Nkamuhabwa, Justice Defenders
Devon Simmons, Paralegal Pathways Initiative
Moderator, Darren Breeden,RSMC Consulting
Jailhouse lawyers build identity, knowledge, and leadership through their years of legal practice while incarcerated. Coming home is still not easy due to collateral consequences to incarceration and restrictive policies like overly broad unauthorized practice of law regulations. This panel will explore the way that community members are carving their own new paths upon returning home and opening doors for those who follow.