BRENDA V. SMITH
EDUCATION
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER J.D., 1984
Honors Clark Foundation Scholar
Activities Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic (1983–84)
SPELMAN COLLEGE B.A., French and Political Science, 1980
Honors Magna cum laude; Charles E. Merrill Scholarship for Study Abroad; Haitian Summer Study Abroad Scholarship; National Achievement Scholar
Activities HaitianAmerican Institute, PortauPrince, Haiti, 1978 L'Université de Nantes, Nantes, France, 1979–80
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CO-DIRECTOR, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW September 1999 to present. Directed the Community Economic Development Law Clinic during AY 2001–2002, AY 2008–2009 and AY 2015-2016. Co-direct the seminar for the Community Economic Development Clinic and supervise law students representing non-profit organizations, small businesses, resident councils and other entities seeking to incorporate, obtain federal and state tax-exempt status, develop programs and secure funding. Teach upper level seminar on Women, Crime and Law to second and third year law students. Have taught Legal Ethics and supervised externship seminars in the past. Have taught on rule of law issues in WCL Programs in The Hague, Madrid, South Africa and Turkey.
PRACTITIONER-IN-RESIDENCE, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY- WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW July 1998 to August 1999. Co-taught the seminar for the Civil Practice Clinic and supervised eight law students representing indigent clients in a variety of civil matters including bankruptcy, divorce, public benefits, and landlord and tenant matters.
SELECT FACULTY SERVICE
Member, Interim Deputy Provost Consultative Committee AY 2020- As of 02/01/2017 Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 2
Member, Advisory Committee on Centers & Research AY 2019-2020 Member, Standards and Evaluation Committee AY 2018-2019 Member, MLS Advisory Committee AY 2018-2019 She Still Rises and Women’s Incarceration 2017-2018 Member, Planning Committee for the 2019 Workshop for Pretenured Law School Teachers of Color AY 2017- 2018 Chair, Special Projects Committee AY 2016–2017 (member AY 2018-2019) Member, Committee on the First-Year Experience AY 2016–2017, 2018-2019 Member, Dean’s Search Committee AY 2015–2016, 2018-2019 Chair, Committee on Career Development AY 2014–2015 Myers Law Scholarship Selection Committee Faculty Research Council AY 2014–2015 Research Systems Innovation Task Force AY 2013–2015 Acting Director of the Clinical Program, AY 2011–2012 Member, Space Committee, AY 2011-2013, 2018-2019 Chair, Appointments Committee, AY 2008–2009 (member AY 2006–2007, 2010–2011, 2017- 2018, 2018-2019) Chair, Curriculum Committee, AY 2007–2008 (member AY 2003–2004, 2018-2019) Member, Admissions Committee, AY 1999–2002 & 2004–2005
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
DIRECTOR, PROJECT ON ADDRESSING PRISON RAPE, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW September 1, 1999 to present. Direct grant-funded project that provides research, technical assistance, policy development and training assistance to federal, state and local policymakers on addressing sexual violence in custodial settings.
SENIOR COUNSEL FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY, NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER March 1988 to June 1998. Advocated for women's employment, education and economic security through litigation, legislative activity, legal research and public education. Developed and directed a grant-funded project, The Women in Prison Project, a legal services program for women in the criminal justice system. Acquired expertise on substance abuse prevention and treatment, HIV/AIDS and other health issues. Gained knowledge of programs that assist low- income families to move from poverty and which prevent criminal justice involvement and other negative outcomes including substance abuse and pregnancy.
ATTORNEY, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA October 1986 to March 1988. Represented indigent juveniles and adult criminal defendants in the District of Columbia Superior Court at all stages of criminal proceedings including trial and sentencing. Worked extensively on alternatives to incarceration.
LAW CLERK, THE HONORABLE GLADYS KESSLER: Associate Judge, Superior Court of the Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 3
District of Columbia September 1984 to September 1986. Researched and drafted judicial opinions and orders for judge during her tenure as the Presiding Judge of the Family Division of the District of Columbia Superior Court. Gained intimate knowledge of child welfare, housing, public health, and education systems. Assisted judge during tenure on Civil I calendar by managing discovery and drafting opinions and orders in complex civil litigation.
HONORS
2017 Pauline Ruyle Moore Scholar for Outstanding Scholarship Area of Public Law: Boys, Rape, and Masculinity: Reclaiming Boys’ Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody, 93 N.C. L. Rev. 1559 (2015).
Rapporteur, 25th International Association of Women Judges Conference Social Science Research (May 26, 2016 – May 29, 2016).
Co-Chair, Clinical Law Review Symposium, Rebellious Lawyering at 25 (April 30, 2016 – May 3, 2016).
Network, Top Ten Download List in Regulated Actors After Dothard: Female Correctional Workers And The Challenge To Employment Law (May 25, 2016 & May 11, 2016).
Social Science Research Network, Top Ten Download List in Victims Rights: Boys, Rape, and Masculinity: Reclaiming Boys’ Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody (Aug. 7, 2015).
U.S. Feminist Judgments Project (October 2014).
Faculty Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Center, American University (October 2014).
Morales v. Pallito, 2014 WL 1758163 (U.S. D.C. Vermont Apr. 29, 2014).
Research Profile, Annual Research Report for American University (June 2012).
Wood v. Beauclair, 692 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 2012): cited as authority for proposition that inmates, male or female, cannot consent to sex with correctional staff.
White House Fellows, Washington DC Regional Selection Panel (2010, 2011).
North Star Award, Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law (2010).
Selected for Exhibit, "Celebrating Spelman Women Changing the World” (2008).
Named Scholarship, Brenda V. Smith Scholarship Fund by Our Place, DC (2007). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 4
Emmalee C. Godsey Research Award, American University, Washington College of Law (2005).
District of Columbia Women’s Hall of Fame, District of Columbia Commission for Women (1998).
Champion of Liberty, District of Columbia Public Defender Service (1997).
Kellogg National Leadership Development Fellowship, Group XIII (1993-1996).
APPOINTED COMMISSIONS
Advisory Committee on Women’s Services (2013–Present). Appointed by Pamela Hyde, Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. ACWS provides advice to improve treatment, prevention and related services to women with respect to substance use and mental illness, and to promote mental health and protect legal rights of women.
National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (November 2003–August 2009). Appointed by House Minority Leader Mrs. Nancy Pelosi to federal commission established by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Public Law 108-79. The Commission completed a comprehensive legal and factual study of the penological, physical, mental, medical social and economic impacts of prison rape in the United States on federal, state and local governments and on communities, social institutions and individuals in those communities. The Commission submitted proposed national standards to prevent, reduce, and punish rape to the Attorney General of June 23, 2009. The Attorney General issued final standards, largely adopting the Commission’s proposed standards, on May 17, 2012.
EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE
Doe v. Macleod, et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-03191-SEM-TSH (C.D. IL). Retained as expert on issues of sexual abuse of female inmates.
Doe et al. v. Michigan Department of Corrections, Case No. 13-1196-CZ (E.D. MI). Retained as expert on issues of sexual abuse of youth in adult facilities.
Fontano v. Godinez et.al., Case No. 3:12-cv-3042 (C.D. IL) Retained as expert on sexual abuse of inmates in prison, investigations and medical care.
Doe v. Neveleff, Case No. 1:11-cv-00907 (W.D. TX) Retained as expert on sexual abuse on immigrant female detainees. Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 5
In Re Phillip Harkins, Expert Affidavit, IN THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS BEFORE THE GRAND CHAMBER, CASES OF HARKINS AND EDWARDS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (Application nos. 9146/07 and 32650/07) (submitted April 17, 2012).
Travis v. Gusman, (E. D. La. 2012) Retained as expert on abuse of LGBTI individuals in jails.
Jones v. Gusman; J.J. v. Gusman (“Orleans Parish Prison”). Case No. 2:11-CV-00225 (E.D. La. 2011). Retained by the Southern Poverty Law Center (“SPLC”) to provide expert consulting services on the Prison Rape Elimination Act, sexual misconduct and sexual violence in the above referenced matter.
Fernandez v. Morris, et al., Case 3:08-cv-00601-H-PCL (S.D. Cal. 2008.) Retained as expert on training in case involving sexual abuse of female inmates at Imperial County Jail.
Nunn, et al. v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., Case No. 96-CV-71416-DT (E.D. Mich. 2000). Retained as expert to evaluate status of training for female inmates on staff-inmate sexual misconduct. Issued expert report and recommendations about the design, structure and content of future training for female inmates.
In the Matter of Ava Marie Suah, A37-085-273, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Exec. Office for Immigration Rev., Office of the Immigration Judge (Miami, August 18, 2000). Retained as expert on the issue of women in prison. Testified about challenges women with criminal justice background have reintegrating into community and about realistic measures of progress and success for this population.
GRANTS AWARDED
Metropolitan Policy Center Faculty Award, Summer 2015. Granted award to assist in the creation of small museum on African American War Veterans.
Bureau of Justice Assistance, Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center, 2011-Present. Sub- grantee on multi-year grant to provide research, training, technical assistance and information to states and localities on strategies for addressing sexual violence in custodial settings.
Anonymous, 2009-2010. Principal investigator on multi-year grant to increase the capacity of staff and detained youth in three states to address sexual violence in custody through training, peer education and enhanced knowledge about sexuality, sexual violence and adolescent development.
Anonymous, 2014-2015. Research and advocacy on addressing sexual violence in custodial settings.
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National Institute of Corrections, 1999-Present. Principal Investigator on multi-year cooperative agreement funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections. Provide training programs to corrections and jail stakeholders on investigating and addressing staff sexual misconduct with inmates. Provide a range of services including training and technical assistance in the areas of gender and criminal justice. Direct specific projects, including training executives and managers in the legal and policy implications of sexual misconduct in prison. Provide technical assistance in reformulating training and technical assistance efforts so that they are more responsive to gender.
SELECT CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court (December 2-3, 2019). Provide PREA training and consultation.
United States Department of Justice, 2015-Present. Provide litigation consulting expertise.
Smith Consulting, 2002–Present. Consult in the areas of juvenile and criminal justice, leadership and training.
The Moss Group, Inc., 1999-2011. Provide technical assistance, training and legal analysis on sexual violence in institutional settings and related issues including confidentiality, criminal law, constitutional law and civil liability.
Center for Innovative Public Policy, Inc. 2006 - 2011. Completed research on criminal and civil liability for police, jails and lockups regarding sexual abuse of persons in custody. Developed a 50-state survey of criminal law in the area, a summary of relevant news stories, and case summaries of legal decisions in the area.
The Ford Foundation, 2000, 2002, 2003. Assisted Program Officer for the Women’s Rights portfolio to assess current grantmaking and made recommendations for future grantmaking with a view toward enhancing the visibility and effectiveness of women of color and women from the global south in the international human rights agenda.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1993-2000. Chaired and participated in peer review panel evaluating multi-year grant proposals in the area of substance abuse, mental health and HIV/AIDS. Prepared summaries and critiques of the proposals and made recommendations regarding approval for funding.
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 1998-1999. Prepared a report in conjunction with Hoytt and Associates analyzing efforts that grantees of The Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative had made to address disproportionate minority contact in their jurisdictions.
The CDM Group, 1997. Reviewed publication on the intersection of domestic violence and Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 7
substance abuse for style and content prior to publication.
INVITED LECTURES
Panelist, University of Baltimore, Reproductive Justice Behind Bars (September 18, 2017).
Featured Speaker, Second Chances for Success: Women, Girls and the Justice System, United State of Women, White House Summit, Second Chances for Success: Women, Girls and the Justice System (June 14, 2016).
White House Convening on Women and the Criminal Justice System, (March 30, 2016).
Panelist, University of Miami, Race and Social Justice Law Review, “Mass Incarceration: Prison Conditions and the Collateral Damage to Communities of Color” (March 18, 2016).
Presenter, Courage to Fight Violence Against Women, IPA Committee ON Women and Psychoanalysis COWAP Conference (March 5, 2016).
McClure Lecture, Rethinking Mass Incarceration in the South, University of Mississippi Law School (April 15, 2016) The McClure Lecture, University of Mississippi, Rethinking Mass Incarceration Conference in the South, Oxford, Mississippi (April 14-16, 2016) http://thedmonline.com/copy-chief-advocates-travel-oxford-mass-incarceration-conference/
Keynote Address, Meant to be Said[Read]out Loud: Stories of Race, Gender, and Class, New England Clinical Conference: Teaching Race, Gender and Class: Learning from our students, communities and each other, Harvard Law School, Boston, MA (November 6, 2015).
Boys, Rape and Masculinity: Reclaiming Boy’s Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody, Ohio State University (September 16, 2015) https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news- events/events/brenda-v-smith-boys-rape-and-masculinity-reclaiming-boys-narratives-sexual.
Deliberate Resistance: LGBT Prisoner Rights 20 Years After Farmer v. Brennan Ending Sexual Abuse in Detention: PREA and Other Realities, Columbia University, New York, NY (November 14, 2014).
Failure to Protect and Conditions of Confinement, Prison Law, Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY (October 30, 2014) http://www.pli.edu/Content/Seminar/Prison_Law_2014_Free/_/N- 4kZ1z12epe?ID=181150.
Boys, Rape and Masculinity: Reclaiming Male Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody, 15th Annual North Carolina Law Review Symposium, Vulnerable Defendants and the Criminal Justice System, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (October 10, 2014). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 8
Keynote Address, Women in Conflict with the Law – Missed in the Gap and Caught in the Net, Vermont Women’s Caucus, University of Vermont Law School, Royalton, VT (September 30, 2014).
Women in Prison: Orange is the New Black, Constitution Day Panel, The Constitution Project, Washington, DC (September 17, 2014) http://www.constitutionproject.org/events/constitution- day2014/?utm_source=Event%3A+Save+the+Date+Constitution+Day+2014_v3&utm_campaig n=Event%3A+Constitution+Day+2013&utm_medium=email.
Sexual Abuse in Custodial Setting in the United States, Sexual Offenses and Sexual Harassment in Custody (Cinsel Suclar ve Gozaltinda Cinsel Taciz), Turkish Women’s Bar Association, Istanbul, Turkey (June 11, 2014) http://www.istanbulbarosu.org.tr/Detail.asp?CatID=1&SubCatID=1&ID=9400.
Facilitator, Opening Plenary, The Pursuit of Happiness, American Association of Law Schools Clinical Conference, Chicago, IL (April 27, 2014).
Distinguished Guest Lecturer-in-Residence, Lectures on Violence Against Women and Comparative Criminal Justice, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA (February 10-14,2014).
Speaker, Minding the Gap: Reflections on the Achievement Gap Between Men and Women in the Workplace in 2013, Fitting Frameworks: Critiques of Judicial, Governmental, and Societal Responses to the Gap, Miami, FL (March 1, 2013).
Speaker, Plenary Session – Scholarship, 2012 Workshop for New Clinical Law School Teacher, 2012 AALS Conference, Washington, DC (June 20-21, 2012).
Panelist, Navigating the Academy, 2012 Workshop for New Clinical Law School Teacher, 2012 AALS Conference, Washington, DC (June 20-21, 2012).
Panelist, Overpoliced and Underprotected, Women Race and Criminalization, “Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Theorizing Female Correctional Workers’ Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody, January 27-28, 2012 (Los Angeles, CA).
Panelist, Strategic Impact Litigation: South African and U.S. Perspectives, SAIFAC (South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law) and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, March 10, 2010 (Johannesburg, South Africa).
Lecturer, Plotting the Course – Addressing Sexual Abuse of Women in Custody in the United States, University of Pretoria, March 8, 2010 (Pretoria, South Africa).
Panelist, From Classification to Reentry: Gender, Race and Incarceration, IMPRISONED, The Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 9
13th Annual Liman Public Interest Colloquium, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (March 4-5, 2010).
Keynote Speaker, Behind Bars: The Impact of Incarceration on Women and Their Families 2007 Women’s Rights Law Reporter Symposium, Rutgers University Women’s Rights Law Reporter, Rutgers, (March 7, 2007).
Panelist, Prison, Punishment and Sexuality, presenting paper, Rethinking Prison Sex, Symposium on Sexuality and the Law, Columbia Journal of Gender and the Law, New York, NY (February 24, 2006).
Speaker, Re(Discovering) Women’s Voices in the Struggle for Political, Economic and Social Justice, Martin Luther King Commemoration Program, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (February 8, 2005).
Visiting Faculty Speaker, Watching You, Watching Me: Judicial Response to Cross Gender Guarding of Male and Female Inmates, Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA (January 31, 2005).
PUBLICATIONS AND WRITINGS
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Brenda V. Smith and Jaime M. Yarussi, Handbook for Investigators on Investigating Sexual Violence in Custodial Settings (forthcoming).
ARTICLES
Brenda V. Smith, Promise Amid Peril: PREA's Efforts to Regulate an End to Prison Rape, 57 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1599 (2020).
April Jean Fellman, Correctional Officer Misconduct: Analysis, Detection and Prevention (citing Smith, B. V., & Yarussi, J. M. (2007) Breaking the code of silence: Correction officers’ handbook on identifying and addressing sexual misconduct. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections) (2017).
Brenda V. Smith, Stories of Teaching Race, Gender, and Class: A Narrative, 51 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 011 (2016).
Commentary, Dothard v. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321 (1977), Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court, Cambridge Press (2016).
Recent Developments in LGBTI Policy in Corrections, National Institute of Corrections (March Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 10
2016).
Boys, Rape and Masculinity: Reclaiming Male Narrative of Sexual Violence in Custody, , forthcoming 29 N.C.L. Rev. 1559 (2015).
Brenda V. Smith, After Dothard: Female Correctional Workers and the Challenge to Employment Law, 8 FIU L. REV. 469 (2013).
Brenda V. Smith, Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Theorizing Female Correctional Officers’ Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody, 59 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 1690 (2012).
Brenda V. Smith and Mary E. Pavlik. Legal Responses to Sexual Abuse of Individuals under Custodial Supervision: Sex Offender Registration. (May 2012).
Brenda V. Smith, et. al., REPORT: Abuse of Women in Custodial Settings. For the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, University of Virginia (2012).
Jaime M. Yarussi and Brenda V. Smith. Juveniles Convicted as Adults: An Annotated Bibliography of Current Research. Washington, DC. April 2012.
Women in Detention in the United States in Preliminary Report for Rashida Mangoo, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, September 2011 excerpted in Voice of Witness: Inside this Place, Not of It, Narratives from Women’s Prisons, October 2011.
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, Legal Responses to Sexual Violence in Custody: State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Staff Sexual Abuse of Individuals under Custodial Supervision, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1517350 (2009).
Susan D. Carle, Kathy Tuznik, Aaron Brand and Brenda V. Smith. Labor and Employment Law: Tools for Prevention, Investigation and Discipline of Staff Sexual Misconduct in Custodial Settings. Washington, DC, October 2009.
Brenda V. Smith, Reforming, Reclaiming or Reframing Womanhood: Reflections on Advocacy for Women in Custody, 29 WOMEN’S RTS. L. REP. 1 (2008).
Brenda V. Smith, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Implementation and Unresolved Issues, Vol. III, Issue II Amer. U. Crim. L. Brf.10-18 (Spring 2008).
Brenda V. and Jaime Yarussi, Prosecuting Sexual Violence in Correctional Settings: Examining Prosecutors’ Perceptions, Vol. III, Issue II Amer. U. Crim. L. Brf. 19-28 (Spring 2008).
Brenda V. Smith & Nairi M. Simonian. Anti-fraternization Policies in Community Corrections: A Tool to Address Staff Sexual Misconduct in Community Correction Agencies. Perspectives. Winter 2007: 43-48. Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 11
Brenda V. Smith, Rethinking Prison Sex: Self -Expression and Safety, Symposium on Sexuality and the Law, 15 Colum. J. Gender & L. 185 (2006).
Brenda V. Smith, Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison: A Modern Corollary of Slavery, 33 Fordham Urb. L.J. 571 (2006).
Analyzing Prison Sex: Reconciling Self Expression with Safety, 13 No. 3 Hum. Rts. Brief 17 (Spring 2006)..
Brenda V. Smith & Nairi Simonian, Integrity in Jail Operations: Addressing Employee/Inmate Relationships, American Jail Mag., Jul.-Aug. 2006 at 27-28.
Brenda V. Smith & Nairi Simonian, Addressing Employee/Offender Relationships: Guidance for Sheriffs, Sheriff Mag., May-Jun. 2006 at 9-10, 13, 15-16, 18-19.
Brenda V. Smith, Nairi Simonian & Jaime Yarussi, The Health Concerns of Incarcerated Women Part 1: Profiles, Chronic Diseases, and Conditions, Part 2: Communicable Diseases and Treatment Issues Women, Girls & Crim. Just., Vol. 7, No. 3, Apr. May 2006 at 33-34, 39-45 and Vol. 7, No. 4, Jun.-Jul.2006 at 49-55.
Brenda V. Smith, Watching You, Watching Me, 15 Yale J. L. & Fem. 223 (2004).
Brenda V. Smith, The Health Concerns of Imprisoned Women, National Black Women’s Health Project (2004).
Brenda V. Smith, Battering, Forgiveness and Redemption, 12 AM.UN. J. GENDER SOC. POL’Y & L. 1, 921 (2003); Received Emmalee C. Godsey Research Award.
Brenda V. Smith, Remarks, 7 Univ. D.C. L. R. 232 (2003).
Maureen Buell, Elizabeth Layman, Susan W. McCampbell and Brenda V. Smith, Addressing Sexual Misconduct in Community Corrections, PERSPECTIVES, 27 Amer. Prob. & Par. J. Assoc. 2 (Spr. 2003).
Pamela Bridgewater & Brenda V. Smith, Introduction to Symposium, Homophobia in the Halls of Justice: Sexual Orientation Bias and Its Implications with the Legal System, 11 AM. U.J. GENDER SOC. POL’Y & L. 1, 1 (2002).
Brenda V. Smith, Sexual Abuse Against Women in Prison, 16 A.B.A. CRIM. JUST. MAG.1, 31 (2001).
OTHER PAPERS Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 12
Brenda V. Smith et al., Women in Detention in the United States, Report to the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its cause and Consequences, (March, 2011).
Brenda V. Smith, Women Prisoners & HIV: Risks and Remedies, African-American Women and the Law: Exerting Our Power, Reclaiming Our Communities National Conference (1995).
Brenda V. Smith, The Evolution of Women’s Legal Status in the United States: Where We Have Come From and Where We Are Going (Speech in Cotonou, Benin, 1992).
BOOK CHAPTERS
Appendices I-VI in Inside this Place, Not of it: Narratives from Women’s Prisons, (McSweeney’s and Voice of Witness 2011) Brenda V. Smith, Analyzing Prison Sex: Reconciling Self Expression with Safety, in INTERRUPTED LIFE: EXPERIENCES OF INCARCERATED WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES (University of California Press, 2010).
Brenda V. Smith, Battering, Forgiveness and Redemption: Exploring Alternative Models for Addressing Domestic Violence in Communities of Color, in DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT THE MARGINS: READINGS ON RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND CULTURE (Rutgers University Press, 2005).
Brenda V. Smith, Incarceration, in WOMEN'S HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: A COMPREHENSIVE PERSPECTIVE (Lippincott, 1997).
ADVOCACY PUBLICATIONS
Brenda V. Smith, Implementing the Youthful Inmate Standard: Emerging Issues and Promising Practices, https://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/research_guidance.cfm (March 2016).
Brenda V. Smith, Policy Review and Development Guide: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex Persons in Custodial Settings- Third Edition. Washington, DC (3rd ed. 2016).
Brenda V. Smith and Jaime M. Yarussi, Policy Review and Development Guide: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex Persons in Custodial Settings- Second Edition. Washington, DC (2015).
Brenda V. Smith and Jaime M. Yarussi, AN END TO SILENCE: PRISONERS’ HANDBOOK ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT The National PREA Resource Center and The Project on Addressing Prison Rape (3rd ed., 2015).
Jaime M. Yarussi and Brenda V. Smith, Sam’s Survives, a graphic novel for youthful inmates, Youth Justice Press (September, 2014). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 13
Brenda V. Smith & Rebecca Heinsen, Quick Reference Guide: Confidentiality and Privilege Exceptions and Mandatory Reporting Obligations of Rape Crisis Counselors. United States Department of Justice PREA Resource Center and The Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington DC (2014).
Brenda V. Smith, Frequently Asked Questions on Confidentiality and Privilege Considerations for Medical and Mental Health Professionals, Rape Crisis Counselors and Other Professionals Working in Corrections, PREA Resource Center (2014).
Jaime Yarussi and Brenda V. Smith, Sam Survives, A Graphic Novel for Young People in Adult Prisons and Jails, https://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/documents/SamSurvivesfinal102014.pdf (2014).
END SILENCE: Ending Silence: Demanding Safety from Sexual Assault (a series of graphic novels for adults in custody. http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/inmate_edu.cfm) (2014). Book 1: I Reported focusing on a transgender female in a male facility Book 2: Don’t Touch Me focusing on inmate on inmate sexual abuse in custody Book 3: The Barter focusing on staff sexual misconduct in custody
Brenda V. Smith, Frequently Asked Questions for Juvenile Defenders: Prison Rape Elimination Act, National Juvenile Defender Center (October 2013) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/documents/FrequentlyAskedPREAQuestionsforJuvenil eDefenders.pdf.
Jaime M. Yarussi and Brenda V. Smith, Handbook for Community Corrections Leaders on Addressing Sexual Violence Against Individuals Under Supervision (September 2013) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/cc_handbooks.cfm
Brenda V. Smith, Melissa Loomis, Jaime M. Yarussi and Jody Marksamer, Policy Review and Development Guide: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex Persons in Custodial Settings. Washington, DC (August 2013).
Brenda V. Smith & Melissa Loomis, Anti-Fraternization Polices and Their Utility in Preventing Staff Sexual Abuse in Custody (May 2013).
Brenda V. Smith & Melissa Loomis, Cross-gender Searches: A Case Law Study (Jan. 2013).
Brenda V. Smith & Melissa Loomis, Sexual Abuse in Custody: A Case Law Study (Jan. 2013).
END SILENCE: Youth Speaking Up about Sexual Abuse in Custody (a series of graphic novels for youth in custodial. http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/inmate_edu.cfm) (2012). Book 1: Billy Speaks Out focusing on male youth age 14-18 Book 2: Sheila’s Dilemma focusing on female youth age 14-18 Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 14
Book 3: Carlo’s Question focusing on sexual minority youth Book 4: Charlie’s Friend focusing on male youth age 10-13 Book 5: Mary’s Friend focusing on female youth age 10-13
Brenda V. Smith and Jaime M. Yarussi. Addressing Sexual Violence Against Youth in Custody: A Handbook for Youth Workers on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Settings (May 2012).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, BREAKING THE CODE OF SILENCE: CORRECTIONAL OFFICER'S HANDBOOK ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING STAFF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH OFFENDERS. The Department of Justice/ National Institute of Corrections Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington, DC. June 2007.
Brenda V. Smith, AN END TO SILENCE: PRISONERS’ HANDBOOK ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT (2d ed., 2002).
Brenda V. Smith, AN END TO SILENCE: WOMEN PRISONERS’ HANDBOOK ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT (1998).
CURRICULA
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, National Training Curricula, Human Resources and Administrative Investigations. US Department of Justice PREA Resource Center and The Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington DC. (2014).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, National Training Curricula, Responding to Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody, Addressing the Needs of Boys, Girls, and Gender Non-Conforming Youth. US Department of Justice PREA Resource Center and The Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington DC. (2014).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, National Training Curricula, Gender Responsive Strategies in Responding to Sexual Abuse in Custody. US Department of Justice PREA Resource Center and The Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington DC. (2014).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, Instructor’s Guide: Responding to Inmate on Inmate Sexual Violence. The Department of Justice/ National Institute of Corrections Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington, DC. (2013).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, Participant Notebook: Responding to Inmate on Inmate Sexual Violence. The Department of Justice/ National Institute of Corrections Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington, DC. (2013).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, Participant Notebook: Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody. The Department of Justice/ National Institute of Corrections Project on Addressing Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 15
Prison Rape. Washington, DC. (March 2010).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, Instructor’s Guide: Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders. The Department of Justice/ National Institute of Corrections Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington, DC. (March 2010).
Brenda V. Smith & Jaime Yarussi, Participant notebook: Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders. The Department of Justice/ National Institute of Corrections Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Washington, DC. (March 2010).
Brenda V. Smith, INSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE: ADDRESSING STAFF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH OFFENDERS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS (2004 & 2006 Editions).
Brenda V. Smith, PARTICIPANT NOTEBOOK: ADDRESSING STAFF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH OFFENDERS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS (2004 & 2006 Editions).
REPORTS
Expert consultant, Emerging Best Practices for the Management and Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings, Fenway Institute and the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights (October 2018).
Contributor, ABA Criminal Justice Section Task Force on College Due Process Rights and Victim Protections: Recommendations for Colleges and Universities in Resolving Allegations of Campus Sexual Misconduct (June 2017).
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty-State Survey of Case Law and News Stories Regarding Adult Women’s Prisons (January 2016).
Brenda V. Smith & Melissa Loomis, Fifty State Survey of Confidentiality, Privilege and Mandatory Reporting Laws for Rape Crisis Counselors (2014).
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals in Custody (September 2013).
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Vulnerable Adult Statutes (August 2012).
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Mandatory Reporting Laws (August 2012).
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Child Exploitation Laws (August 2011).
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Sexual Assault Laws (August 2011). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 16
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Mandatory Reporting Statutes (June 2009) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1517370.
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Official Misconduct Statutes (June 2009) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1517352.
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Vulnerable Persons Statutes (June 2009) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1517355.
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Statutes (2010) http://ssrn.com/abstract=1517369.
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Statutes (2010) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1517372.
Brenda V. Smith, Fifty State Survey of Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals in Custody (August, 2009) http://www.wcl.american.edu/nic/responses.cfm.
• 50 State Checklist of State Criminal Laws Prohibiting the Sexual Abuse of Individuals in the Custody • Maps representing State Criminal Laws Prohibiting the Sexual Abuse of Individuals in the Custody
Brenda V. Smith, Literature Review on Sexual Violence Against Youth in Adult Custodial Settings (forthcoming).
Database of Resources for Addressing Sexual Violence in Custody (2009).
Brenda V. Smith, Jaime M. Yarussi and Nairi M. Simonian, The Impact of The Prison Rape Elimination Act on Jails and Lock-ups (January, 2007) http://www.wcl.american.edu/nic/responses.cfm.
• 50 State Checklist of State Criminal Laws Prohibiting the Sexual Abuse of Individuals in the Custody of Law Enforcement, Lock-Ups and Jails • Maps representing State Criminal Laws Prohibiting the Sexual Abuse of Individuals in the Custody of Law Enforcement, Lock-Ups and Jails • Diagrams of State Laws • Summaries of Civil Case Law Regarding Law Enforcement, Lock-Ups and Jail Settings • PREA Implications for Law Enforcement Operated Jails and Lock-ups: News Stories Regarding Criminal Convictions for Sexual Misconduct Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 17
• PREA Implications for Law Enforcement Operated Jails and Lock-ups: News Stories Regarding Civil Liabilities in Conjunction with Criminal Convictions for Sexual Misconduct • PREA Implications for Law Enforcement Operated Jails and Lock-ups: News Stories Regarding Criminal Convictions for Off Duty Conduct.
AALS Equal Justice Project, Pursuing Equal Justice: Law Schools and the Provision of Legal Services (AALS 2002) (summaries of meetings in Washington, DC and Syracuse New York).
Brenda V. Smith, et al., Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform: Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention (Annie E. Casey Foundation 2002).
SELECT PRESENTED TESTIMONY
Testimony for Review Panel on Prison Rape, Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights (December 1, 2020).
Testimony before the New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety Committee to discuss the United State’s Department of Justice report finding that conditions at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women violate the eighth amendment of the constitution and to discuss the causes and consequences of sexual abuse at Edna Mahan. (May 12, 2020).
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Public Briefing: "Women in Prison: Seeking Justice Behind Bars" (February 13, 2019).
Congressional Briefing, “Solitary Confinement Briefing on H.R. 4488” (November 21, 2019).
Panelist, Women in Prison: Disparate Treatment, Disparate Impact, and the Duty of Care, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, February 22, 2019 (Washington, D.C.).
Testimony before the New Jersey Legislature Committee on Law and Public Safety, “Hearing on Pervasive Problem of Sexual Abuse against Women in Prison & Best Practices for Prevention and Reporting Within the Prison Setting” (February 22, 2018).
Testimony before the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, “Gender Perspectives on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Expert Consultation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Anti-Torture Initiative, Center for human Rights and Humanitarian Law (November 5, 2015).
Testimony before the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Programs on High Incidence Juvenile Correctional Facilities in the Hearings on Sexual Victimization in U.S. Prisons, Jails, and Juvenile Correctional Facilities (Jan. 9, 2014). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 18
Comments in Response to Department of Homeland Security’s Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities on behalf of the former National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (Feb. 26, 2013).
Capital Hill Briefing, "PREA and the Crisis of Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention" (December 7, 2011).
Testimony before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, “Keeping Youth Safe While in Custody: Sexual Abuse in Adult and Youth Facilities” (February 23, 2010).
Testimony before the United States Department of Justice Working Group, “Listening Session on the Views of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission” (February 22, 2010).
Testimony in Support of House Bill 456 concerned Sexual Abuse of Persons in Custody before House Judicial Proceedings Committee, Maryland State Legislature (February 15, 2006).
Briefing on Inmates with Severe Mental Illness and Mental Health Courts, Congressional Women’s Caucus and Correctional Officers’ Caucus, U.S. House of Representatives (1999).
Oral Intervention of International Human Rights Law Group on Report of Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, E/CN.4/1999/SR.33, Summary Records of the 33rd Meeting (1999). Sexual Offenses—Custodial Employees and Persons in Custody, Senate and House of Delegates (Md. 1997 & 1998).
COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS
Special Topics in Preventing and Responding to Prison Rape: Medical and Mental Health Care, Community Corrections Settings, and Oversight, December 4-6, 2007 (New Orleans, LA). (New Orleans, LA).
Commissioner, Public Hearing, Sexual Violence in Lock-ups, Native American Detention Facilities and Texas Penal and Youth Institutions, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, March 26-27, 2007 (Austin, TX).
Commissioner, Public Hearing, Reporting, Investigation, and Prosecuting Prison Rape B What is Needed to Make the Process Work?, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, August 3, 2006 (Detroit, MI).
Commissioner, Hearing, Elimination of Prison Rape: Focus on Juveniles in Custody, National Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 19
Prison Rape Elimination Commission, June 1, 2006 (Boston, MA).
Commissioner, Hearing, Eliminating Prison Rape: The Correctional Perspective, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, March 23, 2006 (Miami, FL).
Commissioner, Hearing, At Risk: Sexual Abuse and Vulnerable Groups Behind Bars, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, August 19, 2005 (San Francisco, CA).
Commissioner, Hearing, The Costs of Victimization: Why Our Nation Must Confront Prison Rape, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, United States Congress, Cannon House Office Building, June 14, 2005 (Washington, DC).
EXPERT ADVISORY PANELS
Member, ABA Task Force on College Due Process Rights and Victim Protection, (April –May 2017)
Observer, United Nations Convention Against Torture Proceedings, United Nations Committee Against Torture (November 6-12, 2016).
Respondent, Workshop on Juvenile Self-Report of Sexual Assault Victimization, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (August 28, 2007).
Respondent, Community Corrections Guidance on the Prison Rape Elimination Act Working Group Meeting, The Council of State Governments/American Probation & Parole Association (May 7-8, 2007).
Respondent, Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003: Presenting the National Inmate Survey (December 8, 2006).
Reviewer, Juvenile Video Review, Moss Group, Inc. (February 28, 2006).
Prison Rape Elimination Commission Advisory Committee for U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Moss Group, Inc. (June 11-12, 2005).
Workshop on Inmate Self-Report of Sexual Assault Victimization, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (March 23-24, 2005).
Expert, Workshop on the Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (December 15-16, 2003).
Steering Committee, AALS Equal Justice Project (2000, 2001).
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Chair, Selection Committee, Soros Justice Fellows: The Center on Communities Crime and Culture of the Open Society (1998; 1999; & 2001).
Strategy Committee, Improving the Conditions of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System (2000).
Steering Committee, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Second National Conference on Women (1999).
Expert Panel, National Symposium: The Economics of Inmate Labor Force Participation, George Washington University (1999).
Chair, Initial Review Group on Women and Violence, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (1998).
Member, NAACP Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (1998).
Facilitator, How Can the GAINS Center Support the Courts in Developing Innovative Dispositions for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders Involved with the Justice System: A Planning Meeting (1998).
Core Member, GAINS Center and Open Society Colloquia on Criminal Justice Issues (1998).
Facilitator, Female Adolescents with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System (1997). Peer Review Committee, Pre- and Post-Booking Jail Diversion for Individuals with Co- Occurring Disorders, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (1997).
The Open Society, Center on Crime, Communities and Culture Advisory Group (1997).
SELECT PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
Panelist, Seizing the Moment: Police Reform in Legal Education, AALS 2021 Clinical Conference: Hot Topics Panel (upcoming).
Panelist, Feminist Voices on Policing of Men, Women and Youth, Howard University, virtual panel (February 16, 2021).
Discussant, A Right to Housing Joint Session, 2021 AALS Annual Meeting (January 5, 2021).
Host, On the Table: Faith and the Call to Address Social, Gender, Racial and Economic Inequality, Virtual Workshop (October 1, 2020).
Panelist, Defund the Police? Mapping a Reform Agenda, Program on Law and Government, Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 21
WCL, Washington, DC (June 23, 2020).
Moderator, Women & LGBTQ+ Populations in Confinement, The Human Rights Brief Symposium: Examining Conditions of Confinement: Adults and Children Deprived of Human Rights (February 21, 2020).
Panelist, PREA: Why it Matters, Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going, PREA Academy: Online Learning and Peer Engagement (November 6, 2019).
Panelist, Prison Reform in the United States and Abroad, A Global Lawyer: Celebrating the Contributions of Herman Schwartz to the Rule of Law, WCL, Washington, DC (September 27, 2019).
Speaker, Clinic Student Attorney Swearing-In Ceremony 2019, WCL, Washington, DC (September 5, 2019).
Presenter, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet: Challenges to the Protection of Human Rights in the 21st Century and the Role of the United Nations, WCL, Washington, DC (April 11, 2019).
Lecturer, Civil Rights Law, Mock Law Class, The 1st Annual Diversity in Law Conference, Washington, DC (April 6, 2019).
Paper Presented, Promise and Peril: PREA's Efforts to Regulate an End to Prison Rape, Texas A&M University School of Law Speaker Series, Fort Worth, Texas (April 3, 2019).
Presenter, The 23rd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African American and the Law, Washington, DC (March 30, 2019).
Speaker, Sexual Victimization of Women in Custody, The American Criminal Law Review Symposium: Women's Rights in the Criminal Justice System, Washington, DC (March 29, 2019).
Moderator, Strategies to Combat U.S. Solitary Confinement: Litigation, Legislation, and Regulation, WCL, Washington, DC (March 26, 2019).
Commentator, WIP’s/TIP’s Session 1, Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, WCL, Washington, DC (March 24, 2019).
Presenter, Conversation with Former Judge of the International Court of Justice: Thomas Buergenthal, WCL, Washington, DC (March 19, 2019).
Panelist, Panel Two: An Analysis of Women’s Health, Personal Dignity, and Sexual Abuse in the U.S. Prison System, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Public Briefing: Women in Prison: Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 22
Seeking Justice Behind Bars, Washington, DC (February 22, 2019).
Moderator, Plenary Session – Teaching, Service, and Scholarship: Overcoming Challenges, Realizing Opportunities, 2019 Annual Meeting: Workshop for Pretenured Teachers, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 5, 2019).
Presenter, A Conversation with Elizabeth Warren, WCL, Washington, DC (November 29, 2018).
Panelist, Prisoners Advocates Conference, Denver, Colorado (October 5, 2018).
Moderator, Sterilization for Freedom, Women in the Law Program, WCL, Washington, DC (September 20, 2018).
Panelist, The Impact of Gentrification on Community Development, Housing, and Needs, 2018 Joint Judicial and Senior Managers Spring Conference, Washington, D.C. (May 4, 2018).
Participant, Workshop for New Clinical Teachers, 2018 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Chicago, IL (April 29, 2018).
Presenter, The Evolution of PREA, Department of Justice & PREA Resource Center, Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2018).
Presenter, PREA Focus Groups, International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Gender Bias, Chicago, IL (April 2, 2018).
Moderator, Sexual Assault: Legal Responses and Institutional Realities, The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, Washington, D.C. (October 10, 2017).
Panelist, A Conversation on Women’s Leadership, Advocates for Human Potential, Online Webinar (August 11, 2017).
Keynote, PREA Auditor Training, Washington, D.C. (July 2017).
Panelist, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Diversity Open House, Washington, D.C. (June 2017).
Broadcast Planning Meeting Participant and Attendee, “Transgender Persons in Custody: The Legal Landscape Planning Session,” U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2017).
Presenter, Western New England Law Review Gender Incarceration Symposium, Springfield, MA (October 2016).
Presenter, UCLA Prisoners’ Advocates Conference, Los Angeles, CA (September 2016). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 23
Presenter, Executive Forum for Deputy Directors, National Institute of Corrections, Butner, NC (September 2016).
Historic Preservation and Community Building, AALS Clinical Law Conference, Baltimore, MD (May 2, 2016).
Participant, Global Networks Forum—Making Strides: Advancing Women's Leadership, Miami, Florida (November 17-19, 2015).
Presenter, White House Briefing on the Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline (November 17, 2015).
Keynote Speaker, Meant to be Said [Read]out Loud: Stories of Race, Gender, and Class, NORTHEAST CLINICAL CONFERENCE (November 6, 2015).
Panelist, Sojourner Truth Legacy Project Forum, Black Women and the Criminal Justice System: Black Women in Prisons and Jails, CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION (September 18, 2015).
Paper Presented, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER, Boys, Rape and Masculinity: Reclaiming Boy’s Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody, Cleveland, Ohio (September 16, 2015).
Panel Leader, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, Boca Raton, Florida (August 1, 2015).
Panelist, Women Matter Series: Women Unbarred, SAMSHA, Webinar (July 23, 2015).
IALMH Vienna, Austria (July 12-19, 2015).
Panelist, The Condition of Women in Prison, The National Association of Women Judges, Washington D.C. (July 9, 2015).
Women’s Addiction Services Leadership Institute, Alexandria, VA (June 22-24, 2015).
National Institute of Correctional LGBTI Meeting Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2015).
The Criminalization of LGBTQ Youth: A Call to Action, American University Washington College of Law Journal of Gender and the Law Spring Symposium, Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2015).
Women’s Addition Services Leadership Institute, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), Orlando, FL (March 10-12, 2015).
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Expert Group Meeting, Washington, D.C. (February 2-3, 2015).
Co-Presenter, Ferguson, MO: At the Intersection of Race, Media, and Police Militarization, American University (September 3, 2014).
Co-Presenter, The Role of Clinical Legal Education in Creating Sustainable Employment and Entrepreneurship Models for Individuals with Criminal Records, International Journal Clinical Legal Education Conference, Olomouc, Czech Republic (July 16, 2014).
Convener, Teach-In on the Prison Rape Elimination Act: Commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of the Release of the Report of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (June 24, 2014).
Host, The National PREA Standards: Cross-Gender Supervision and Legal Liability, Webinar (June 26, 2014) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Distinguished Lecturer in Residence, Spelman College, Lectures on Violence Against Women and Comparative Criminal Justice, Atlanta, GA (2014).
Trainer, National PREA Auditor Training, PREA Resource Center, South Carolina (January 13- 17, 2014).
“Author Meets Critic” Commenter, Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation by Beth E. Richie, Social Science History Association, Chicago, IL (November 22, 2013).
Trainer, National PREA Auditor Training, PREA Resource Center, South Carolina (November 17- 21, 2013).
Presenter, Returning Citizens: Access to Legal Services to Assist in Re-Entry, Entrepreneurship and Re-Entry Forum, United States Probation Office for the District of Columbia’s Workforce Development Program, Washington, D.C. (November 5, 2013).
Panelist, Innovative Use of Law and Policy to Protect the Rights of Youth in Custody, National Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Scottsdale, Arizona (November 3, 2013).
Trainer, Training and Technical Assistance, Dakota Women’s Correctional and Rehabilitative Center, New England, ND (October 7-10, 2013).
Convener and Host, The National PREA Standards: Confidentiality, Ethics and the Law, Webinar (September 17, 2013) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/documents/ConfidentialityPP-FINAL_000.pdf.
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Panelist, Putting It All Together: How Juvenile Facilities Can Create and Sustain Improved Conditions for Youth, National Center for Youth in Custody, Webinar (September 4, 2013).
Panelist, “Protecting the Incarcerated Client From Sexual Violence under the Prison Rape Elimination Act,” American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, Washington, D.C. (September 4, 2013).
Panelist, “Still Dreaming: Progress and Struggles Fifty Years After the March on Washington,” Discussant, “Vulnerability and the Criminal Justice System,” and Mentor, “Birthing Behind Bars” Professor Deborah Ahrens, Seattle University School of Law, 2013 Southeastern Association on Law Schools Conference, Palm Beach, Florida (August 5-10, 2013).
Panelist, “Incidence and Consequence: Female Staff, Female Inmates, and Abuse in Prisons,” 33rd Congress of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands (July 14-19, 2013).
Trainer Conference Chair, Regional Training: Human Resources and Administrative Investigations, Washington College of Law (July 8-10, 2013).
Convener and Host, Advocates Meeting Regarding Recent Developments in Implementing PREA, Washington College of Law (June 28, 2013).
Training Conference Chair, Responding to Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody: Responding to the Needs of Boys, Girls, and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Washington College of Law (June 17-19, 2013).
Panelist, “Gender, Sexuality and Violence”, Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights in the Caribbean: Strengthening the Regional Human Rights Network and Strategizing Future Advocacy, Mona, Jamaica (June 7, 2013).
Convener and Host, The National PREA Standards: Implications for Human Resource Practices in Correctional Settings (May 30, 2013) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Keynote, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct in Community Corrections, The Virginia Probation and Parole Officers Association Conference, Richmond, VA (May 16, 2013) Invited Participant, “Expert Group Meeting”, Women in Prison: Causes, Conditions, and Consequences Around the World, Chicago, IL (May 14, 2013).
2013 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico (April 27-28, 2013). Convener and Host, Responding to Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody: Addressing the Needs of Boys, Girls and Gender Non-Conforming Youth (April 23, 2013) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Moderator, Youth in Solitary Confinement: Facts, Justifications, and Potential Human Rights Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 26
Violations, Washington College of Law (April 16, 2013).
Convener and Host, Responding to Sexual Abuse of Inmates in Custody: Addressing the Needs of Men, Women and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals (February 19, 2013) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Trainer, Operationalizing PREA: Human Resources and Administrative Investigations, Virginia Department of Corrections, Richmond, VA (January 28-29, 2013).
Convener and Host, The National PREA Standards: Implications for Human Resource Practices in Correctional Settings Webinar for, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (October 23, 2012) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Presenter, “The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA): Important Protections for Youth in Custody,” Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington, DC (October 11, 2012).
Attendee, “Leading Communities in the 21st Century: Building Resilience, Transformation, and Transcendence” Kellogg Fellowship Leadership Alliance Forum, Detroit, MI (October 11-13, 2012).
Convener and Host, Legal Liability Webinar, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (October 9, 2012) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Speaker, “Clinical Law Review Writers Workshop,” New York University School of Law, New York, NY (September 29, 2012).
Speaker, “Female Corrections Workers and their Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody: Data, Discussion and Strategies,” 2012 Conference of the Association of Women Working in Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Little Rock, AR (September 18, 2012).
Speaker and Panelist, “The Impact of Criminal Justice Policies on Minority Communities,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2012 Annual Conference, Amelia Island, FL (July 29, 2012).
Speaker and Panelist, “Educating Social Justice Lawyers” Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2012 Annual Conference, Amelia Island, FL (August 1, 2012, 2012).
Broadcast Planning Meeting Participant and Attendee, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Offenders Planning Session,” U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, National Corrections Academy, Aurora, Colorado (July 25-27, 2012).
Presenter, “Minority Over Representation in the Criminal Justice System – The Impact on Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 27
African American Women and Families and their Communities and Important Emerging Interventions,” 5th National Conference on Behavioral Health for Women and Girls: Health, Empowerment, Resilience and Recovery, SAMHSA, San Diego, CA (July 17-19, 2012).
Convener and Host, The Prison Rape Elimination Act 101 Webinar for Adult Prisons, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (July 18, 2012) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Convener and Host, The Prison Rape Elimination Act 101 Webinar for Jails and Lockups, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (July 18, 2012) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Presenter and Panelist, “The Role of Transactional Clinics in Addressing the Impact of the Punitive State,” 10th Annual International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference, Durham, England (July 11-13, 2012).
Attendee, 2012 D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference, Nemacolin Woodlands, Farmington, PA (June 26-29, 2012).
Convener and Host, The Prison Rape Elimination Act 101 Webinar for Community Corrections Agencies, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (June 26, 2012) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Convener and Host, The Prison Rape Elimination Act 101 Webinar for Juvenile Justice Agencies, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (June 26, 2012) http://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/webinars.cfm.
Convener and Host, The Prison Rape Elimination Act 101 Webinar for Adult Prisons, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (June 25, 2012) https://www.wcl.american.edu/endsilence/preastandards.cfm.
Plenary Presenter and Speaker, Session, Scholarship, Workshop for New Clinical Law School Teacher, 2012 AALS Conference, Washington, DC (June 21, 2012).
Presenter and Speaker, Concurrent Sessions “Navigating the Academy,” Workshop for New Clinical Law School Teacher, 2012 AALS Conference, Washington, DC (June 21, 2012).
Presenter, “Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Theorizing Female Correctional Officers’ Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody,” Sociologic Conversations across a Sea of Islands, 2012 International Conference on Law and Society, Honolulu, HI, (June 6, 2012).
Presenter and Panelist, “Care and Autonomy in the Age of Austerity 04 Sexual Violence: Race, Borders, and ‘Post-Feminism’ 2118,” Sociolegal Conversations across a Sea of Islands, 2012 International Conference on Law and Society, Honolulu, HI, (June 5-8, 2012). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 28
Attendee, Takeaways for Clinical Teaching and Assessment in a Changing Environment, 2012 Clinical Legal Education Conference, AALS, Los Angeles, California (April 30-May 3, 2012) Panelist, “The Economic Impact of Incarceration,” The Impact of Criminal Justice Policies on Minority Communities, Symposium: Ripples of Injustice, New York Law School, New York, New York (April 27, 2012).
Presenter, “Overview of Substantive and Administrative Issues,” International Visitor Leadership Program, Trial Advocacy/Maritime & Energy Law, A Project for Azerbaijan, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (April 11, 2012).
Presenter, “Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Theorizing Female Correctional Officers’ Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody,” Speaker Series, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (March 31, 2012).
Lead Trainer, Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody, First Judicial Circuit Court, Kapolei, HI (March 18-23, 2012).
Presenter, Opening Closed Doors: Addressing Legal Barriers to Reentry, Meeting the Reentry Needs of Women, Policies Programs and Practice, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office on Women’s Health (OWH), Washington, DC (March 15-16, 2012).
Presenter, Clinical Program Recruitment Meeting, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (February 20, 2012).
Presenter, Experiential Opportunities, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (February 14, 2012).
Panelist, “Race, Gender and Conditions of Confinement,” Overpoliced and Underprotected: Women, Race, and Criminalization, Symposium - 2012 UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California (January 28-29, 2012).
Commentator, “You’re Telling Me It’s Wrong to Do to the Prisoners What the Army Does to Its Own Soldiers?” Gender Performance Requirements of the U.S. Military in the War on Islamic Terrorism, Mary Anne Case, University of Chicago Law School, Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network, January 4, 2012, George Washington University, AALS Annual Meeting, Academic Freedom and Academic Integrity, Washington, DC (January 4-8, 2012).
Presenter, Uncomfortable Spaces, Close Places: Female Correctional Staff and the Abuse of Men and Boys in Custody on Theorizing Identity, Equality and Institutional Control, Class Crit Conference, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (September 23- 24, 2011).
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Panelist, Addressing Sex in Prison: The Progeny of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (2003) in the U.S.: Uncomfortable Spaces – Female Correctional Staff and Sex in the Workplace, International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, Berlin, Germany (July 14-23, 2011).
Attendee, AALS Clinical Directors Workshop, Seattle, WA, (June 17, 2011).
Attendee, AALS Joint Conference on Clinical Legal Education and Conference on the Future of the Law School Curriculum, Seattle, WA. (June 12-16, 2011).
Convener, Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody: Youth Curriculum Meeting, Project on Addressing Prison Rape, Raleigh, NC. (June 8, 2011).
Convener, Subject Matter Expert Meeting: Policy Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Individuals under Custodial Supervision, Project on Addressing Prison Rape, Washington, DC. (June 2- 3, 2011).
Participant, PREA Resource Center Start Up Meeting: Training and Technical Assistance, NCCD, Washington, DC. (June 1, 2011).
Convener, Abuse of Youth in Custody: Youth Curriculum Meeting, Project on Addressing Prison Rape, Austin, TX. (May 25, 2011).
Attendee, Conference on Family and the Law, University of Havana, Cuba. (April 2011).
Convener, Abuse of Youth in Custody: Youth Curriculum Meeting, Project on Addressing Prison Rape, Richmond, KY. (April 18, 2011).
Convener, Briefing Meeting for the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its causes and consequences, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC (January 25, 2011).
Attendee, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (January 2011).
Panelist, The Prison Rape Elimination Act -- The Impact on Youth in Custody, The Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, DC. (December 14, 2010).
Panel Co-Leader, Clinical Law Review Writers Workshop, Clinical Law Review, New York, NY. (October 2, 2010).
Keynote Speaker, Elevating Women: Strengthening Policies & Practices to support the Needs of Justice-Involved Women in New York State, National Hire Network, New York, NY. (September 15, 2010).
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Convener, Train the Trainers: Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody, NC Department of Juvenile Justice, Fayetteville, NC. (August 1, 2010).
Panel discussion participant, Smith, B., "The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Issues and Opportunities for Litigators," American Association of Justice, Vancouver, Canada. (July 14, 2010).
Convener, "Leadership Challenges in Addressing Sexual Violence Against Youth in custody," Kentucky Leadership Meeting, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, Louisville, KY. (July 7, 2010).
Convener, "Train the Trainers: Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody," Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, Austin, TX. (May 2010).
Panelist, "Roundtable on Gender, Sex and Violence in Custody," Law and Society Annual Meeting. (May 27, 2010).
Panelist, National Institute of Corrections Subject Matter Expert Meeting, National Institute of Corrections, Tampa, FL. (May 17, 2010).
Presenter, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission Training Coordinators Meeting, Building Staff and Youth Capacity to Address Sexual Violence in Custody, March 1-3, 2010 (Austin, TX).
Participant, Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Forum, Hope and Action: Food Security and Climate Change, February 12-19, 2010 (Tulum, Mexico and Havana Cuba).
Participant, AALS Annual Meeting, January 5-9, 2010 (New Orleans, LA).
Presenter and Organizer, Leadership Meeting, Building Staff and Youth Capacity to Address Sexual Violence in Custody, November 9, 2009 (Raleigh, NC).
Presenter, Leadership Meeting, Building Staff and Youth Capacity to Address Sexual Violence in Custody, September 17, 2009 (Austin, TX).
Presenter, National Sexual Assault Conference, Addressing and Responding to Sexual Abuse in Custody: A Community’s Responsibility, September 9, 2009 (Alexandria, VA).
Presenter and Organizer, Executive Team Meeting, Building Staff and Youth Capacity to Address Sexual Violence in Custody, June 9-10, 2009 (Washington, DC).
Opening Remarks, 13th Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law, Washington College of Law, April 2, 2009 (Washington, DC).
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Law, February 26-28, 2009 (Atlanta, GA) (paper presented by Pamela Bridgewater).
Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Overview, Update and Standards, Behind Closed Doors: Preventing, Responding to, Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Justice Facilities, December 10, 2008 (Corpus Christie, TX).
Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Overview, Update and Standards, Maryland Correctional Administrator’s Association Executive Training Session, November 17, 2008 (Ocean City, MD).
Presenter, Factors the Increase Vulnerability to Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, National Conference for Women Working in Corrections and Juvenile Justice, October 28, 2008 (Des Moines, IA).
Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Overview, Update and Standards, Virginia Department of Corrections in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Probation and Parole, October 23, 2008 (Norfolk, VA).
Presenter, Web Chat: Legal Tools for Prosecuting Sexual Violence in Institutional Settings, Sponsored by the NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape, Oct. 16, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Co-Convener, Women’s Institute for Leadership and Development for Human Rights, Bringing Human Rights Home: Building Proactive Policy to Ensure Racial and Gender Equity, September 26, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, PREA Community Corrections Standards- Update and Implications, American Probation and Parole Association, August 8, 2008 (Las Vegas, NV).
Training Conference Chair, Responding to Inmate on Inmate Sexual Abuse United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 13-18, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 20-25, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Women Offenders: Developing an Agency-wide Approach, June 23-24, 2008 (Norman, OK).
Facilitator, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development, Meeting on Next Steps, May 23-25, 2008 (San Francisco, CA).
Keynote Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act and Civil Liability, Wyoming Department of Corrections, 2008 Conference: Prison Rape Elimination Act, May 15, 2008 (Cheyenne, Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 32
Wyoming).
Training Chair, Addressing & Investigating Sexual Violence in Jail Settings, Southwestern Law Enforcement Commission, MTU#14 & Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, SILEC Management Retreat, May 13, 2008 (Grafton, IL).
Presenter, Teaching Policy and Community Based Advocacy: Assumptions, Challenges and New Ideas, 2008 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education: Reflecting on our Work and Vision: Risks, Mistakes and Opportunities, American Association of Law Schools, May 7, 2008 (Tucson, AZ).
Moderator, Addressing Prison Sexual Violence, Criminal Law Brief Symposium, Washington College of Law, April 5, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Status Update on Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Special Litigation Section, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, April 1, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act – Overview and Update, Legislative Updates, Prison Litigation Conference, George Washington University Law School, March 28, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Moderator, Criminal Law and War Crimes Practice, Admitted Students Day, Washington College of Law, March 28, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Web Chat: PREA Implications for Juvenile Justice Agencies, Sponsored by the NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape and Smith Consulting, March 21, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Faculty Exchange, Immigration and Clinical Legal Education, Carlos III University, March 10- 17, 2008 (Madrid, Spain).
Presenter, Creating an Ethic of Power Dominance and Sex, Faculty Lightning Rounds, Washington College of Law, March 4, 2008 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): An Understanding of Its Impact on the Juvenile Justice System in Texas, 21st Annual Juvenile Law Conference State Bar of Texas Juvenile Law Division, February 20, 2008 (Corpus Christi, Texas).
Presenter, Web Chat: Sexual Victimization in Prisons: Moving Toward Elimination, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and the U.S. National Institute of Justice, February 7, 2008.
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Administrators, Sponsored by the NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape, November 8, 2007.
Presenter, Meeting for Second Year Tenure Track Professors, American University, November 7, 2007 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, NIC Advisory Board Meeting, October 30, 2007 (Alexandria, VA).
Panelist, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: The Implications for Women and Girls, 12th National Adult and Juvenile Female Offender Conference, October 20, 2007 (Baltimore, MD).
Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003: What Law Enforcement and Correctional Leaders Need to Know, 31st Annual Conference and Exhibition, National Organization of Blacks in Law Enforcement, July 31, 2007 (Fort Lauderdale, FL).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 15-20, 2007 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Sexual Violence Against Youth in Custody, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 8-13, 2007 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Legal Issues Affecting Women Offenders, Agency Approach to Working with Women Offenders, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, June 28, 2007 (Norman, OK).
Participant, Democracy: Local, National and International, Forum’07: Build a Current Together, Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance, June 22-26, 2007 (Estes Park, CO).
Presenter, Teaching Policy and CommunityBased Advocacy: Assumptions, Challenges and New Ideas, 2007 Workshop on Clinical Legal Education: Challenging Assumptions, American Association of Law Schools, May 5, 2007 (New Orleans, LA).
Small Group Leader, New Clinicians, 2007 Workshop on Clinical Legal Education: Challenging Assumptions, American Association of Law Schools, May 35, 2007 (New Orleans, LA).
Presenter, The Implications of the Prison Rape Elimination Act for Compliance and Legal Liability, 2007 Prison Rape Elimination Act Conference, A Juvenile Perspective, April 5, 2007 (Lansing, MI).
Training Conference Chair, Responding to Inmate-Inmate Sexual Violence, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, March 11-16, 2007 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Medical and Mental Health Confidentiality in Correctional Settings, Health Care Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 34
Meeting, Moss Groups Inc., February 24, 2007 (Atlanta, GA).
Panelist, Overview of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, National Association of Attorneys Generals State Defensive Litigation Seminar, February 23, 2007 (Baltimore, MD).
Respondent, Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003: Presenting the National Inmate Survey, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 8, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Small Group Workshop Leader, Candidates’ Workshop Program, AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference, November 2, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Representing Youth under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, October 28, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Facilitator, Improving Prosecutions of Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Correctional Settings State Prosecutors NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape, October 27, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Facilitator, Improving Prosecutions of Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Correctional Settings Federal Prosecutors NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape, October 20, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Chair, Institute of Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Persons Under Supervision, Kansas Correctional Association, September 18, 2006 (Olathe, KS).
Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: Impact on Juvenile Corrections, American Correctional Association, August 15, 2006 (Charlotte, NC).
Panelist, The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Creating Safe Correctional Environments through the Elimination of Sexual Assault, Southern States Correctional Association Conference, July 17, 2006 (Charleston, WV).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 9-14, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Juvenile Videoconference --Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, June 28, 2006 (Spokane, WA).
Presenter, Women Offenders: Developing an Agency-wide Approach, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, June 15, 2006 (Longmont, CO).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Federal Prisoners, Office of Inspector General, June 6-8, 2006 (Washington, DC).
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Convener, Focus Group on Developing a Curriculum on Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody, NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape, June 2, 2006 (Miami, FL).
Presenter, Autonomy Rethinking Prison Sex, Fifth Annual European-American Consortium on Legal Education, American University, Washington College of Law, May 26, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Legal and Policy Issues in Addressing Prison Rape: Understanding the Impact ... Prison Rape Elimination Act, Executive Summit Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 23, 2006 (Worcester, MA).
Moderator, Preventing Lawyer Misconduct: What the Disciplinary System, Law Schools and the Bar can do to Promote Ethical Practice, Thirty-Third Annual Disciplinary Conference of the District of Columbia, May 3, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Trainer, Legal Issues Affecting Women Offenders, Working with Women Offenders: Implications for Administrators, Managers and Supervisors, National Institute of Corrections and Virginia Department of Corrections, April 19, 2006 (Crozier, VA).
Presenter, Women in Prison: Behind Bars and Beyond Justice?, Women of Color Collective, Georgetown University Law Center, April 11, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Convener, Focus Group on Developing a Curriculum on Addressing Inmate on Inmate Rape, NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape, March 24, 2006 (Miami, FL).
Convener, Focus Group on Developing a Curriculum on Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody, NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape, March 20, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, March 12-17, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Reviewer, Juvenile Video Review, The Moss Group, Inc., February 28, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, The Prison Rape Elimination Act,: Investigating Sexual Assault Allegations in Institutional Settings, Legal Considerations in Addressing Allegations of Prison Rape, American Correctional Association Winter Meeting American Correctional Association Winter Meeting, January 30, 2006 (Nashville, TN).
Commentator, Restorative Justice Reconceived, Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference: Race and Rights in the 21st Century: Next Generation Issue, January 28, 2006 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Legal Issues in Working with Women Offenders, Working with Women Offenders, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, January 10, 2006 (Sacramento, CA). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 36
Planning Committee Member, Working Group on Integrating Gender into Legal Education in India, December 19-21, 2005 (Pune, India).
Commentator, Clinical Legal Education: First Annual South Asian Conference of Law Teachers, V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, December 16-18, 2005 (Goa, India).
Presenter, PREA 2005 Regional Meeting for Executive Level Administrators from Adult Correctional Systems and Jail Facilities, December 1-2, 2005 and December 8-9, 2005 (Phoenix, AZ and Austin, TX).
Training Conference Chair, National Institute of Corrections/Washington College of Law Cooperative Agreement on Addressing Prison Rape, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Youth in Custody, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, November 6-10, 2005 (Lexington, KY).
Presenter, Faculty Scholarship Awards Luncheon, Elizabeth Payne Cubberly Scholar Award to Professor Darren Hutchinson, October 19, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, National Institute of Corrections/Washington College of Law Cooperative Agreement on Addressing Prison Rape, National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board, October 18, 2005 (Arlington, VA).
Co-Convenor, Clinical Legal Education and Experiential Learning Network, Gender and Legal Education in India, October 16-22, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Trainer, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: What Does it Mean for Women and Girls, National Conference on Women and Girls in Corrections, October 15, 2005 (Minneapolis, MN).
Trainer, The Prison Rape Elimination Act: What Does it Mean for Community Corrections; Staff Sexual Misconduct in the Field: Breaking Professional Trust and the Law, New England Council on Crime and Delinquency, 66th Annual Training Institute, October 4-5, 2005 (Killington, VT).
Trainer, Overview of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Prison Rape Elimination Act Training, September 28, 2005 (Sykesville, MD).
Panelist, Videoconference on Addressing Prison Rape in Community Corrections, American Probation and Parole Association Conference, July 25, 2005 (New York City, NY).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Individuals under Correctional Supervision, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 10-15, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Trainer, Legal Issues, Operational Practices in Women’s Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 37
National Institute of Corrections, June 9, 2005 (Alexandria, VA).
Trainer, Limited Equity Cooperative Property Tax Training, Coalition for Non-Profit Housing and Economic Development, May 24, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Convener, Planning Meeting: Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, National Institute of Corrections/Washington College of Law Project on Addressing Prison Rape, May 19-20 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Human Rights and Juvenile Detention, Broken Dreams: Human Rights and Juvenile Justice in Mississippi, April 29, 2005.
Speaker, The Impact of Human Rights Norms on Practicing Criminal Law in the United States, Humphrey Fellows, American University, Washington College of Law, April 14, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Faculty Host, University of Ottawa, Women, Crime and Law: Battered Women who Kill A Comparative Perspective, American University, Washington College of Law (April 7, 2005).
Presenter, Conference Overview, From Law School to Esquire: You Can Get There from Here, Part II. Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law, American University, Washington College of Law, April 2, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Accepted Applicants Day, Office of Admission, American University, Washington College of Law, April 1, 2005. (Washington, DC).
Speaker, The Importance of Using International Human Rights Norms in Domestic Legal Practice, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University, Washington College of Law, March 17, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, March 7-12, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Introduction of Speaker, International Child Custody, American University, Washington College of Law, February 25, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Faculty Host, Ritsumeikan University Law School, American University, Washington College of Law, February 22, 2005 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, National Videoconference on Strategies to Address Prison Rape, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, January 26-27, 2005 (Richmond, KY).
Trainer, Critical Issues in Managing Women Offenders, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, January 20, 2005 (Atlanta, GA). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 38
Panelist, Videoconference: A Town Hall Meeting: Addressing Prison Rape, American Correctional Association Conference, January 10, 2005 (Phoenix, AZ). Planning Committee Member, Working Group on Integrating Gender into Legal Education in India, December 6-16, 2004 (Bangalore and Delhi, India).
Respondent, U.S. Detention Policies and Practices, Midwest Voice for Human Rights, University of Minnesota Law School, November 12, 2004 (Minneapolis, MN).
Moderator, Decarceration: The Movement to Close Adult Prisons and Juvenile Detention Facilities, Criminal Law Society, Washington College of Law, October 21, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Moderator, Feminism: Is it Just a White Thing?, A Panel Discussion on Building Coalitions for Women’s Right Across Racial Boundaries, Women’s Law Association, Washington College of Law, October 13, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Meeting the Needs of Women and Girls in the Justice System, SAMHSA Women and Children’s Treatment Grantee Training and Technical Assistance Forum, August 4, 2004 (Baltimore, MD).
Panelist, The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 Response and Implementation Intensive Workshop, American Correctional Association Workshop, August 3, 2004 (Chicago, IL).
Panelist, National Videoconference Phase I: How the Prison Rape Elimination Act Affects You, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 21, 2004 (Spokane, WA).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 11-16, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Human Rights and U.S. Law, Ford Foundation Forum, Close to Home: Human Rights and Social Justice Advocacy in the United States, June 21, 2004 (New York, NY).
Participant, Gender and Legal Education in India Initiative, June 16, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Trainer, Legal Issues Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates and Cross Gender Supervision, National Institute of Corrections, Operational Practices in Working with Women Offenders, June 9, 2004 (Atlanta, GA).
Panelist, Having Fun with Technology, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Back to the Basics, Back to the Future, May 4, 2004 (San Diego, CA).
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Moderator, Thematic Table on Prison Conditions, Strengthening Criminal Justice Advocacy: How to Use the International Human Rights System, April 30, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Prisoners’ Rights, Use of U.N. Human Rights Mechanisms: A How, When and Why for Domestic Public Interest Lawyers, Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers Network CLE Training, April 16, 2004 (New York, NY).
Panelist, Women and Prison: A Panel Discussion on the Issues Facing Incarcerated Women and Female Ex-Offenders, April 15, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Speaker, Conference Overview, From Law School to Esquire: You Can Get There From Here, Eighth Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law, April 3, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Intimacy, Sexuality and Fertility with Specific Reference to Women Prisoners: Animating the Feminist Body, Feminism and Legal Theory Project: Celebrating 20 Years of Pedagogy, Praxis and Prisms, March 19, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Mar. 7-12, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Moderator, Ann Ferren Teaching Conference, Doing Justice to Ethics in the Classroom, January 10, 2004 (Washington, DC).
Trainer, Critical Issues in Managing Women Offenders: A Policy Perspective, November 20, 2003 (Frederick, MD).
Presenter, Experiential Learning Group on the Role of Prisons in the United States, Washington College of Law, October 13, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Commentator, Implications of Federal Sentencing Policy on Women and Children, National Association of Women Judges Conference, October 11, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Integrating Gender into Legal Education in India, Brown Bag Series, Washington College of Law, September 16, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Speaker, Politics, Prejudice and Indifference: U.S. Policy Towards Haitian Refugees, Washington College of Law, September 2, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Trainer, Preventing and Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct in Corrections, American Correctional Food Service Association, August 6, 2003 (Baltimore, MD).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 13-18, 2003 Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 40
(Washington, DC).
Planning Committee Member, Working Group on Integrating Gender into Legal Education in India, June 24-27, 2003 (Delhi, India).
Convener, Addressing Sexual Misconduct in Community Corrections, June 2-4, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Faculty Speaker Series, Sexual Abuse of Women in United States Prisons: A Modern Corollary of Slavery, April 25, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Access to Care: Black Women in Custody, The National Colloquium on Black Women’s Health, April 11, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Commentator, Re/Enfranchising the African-American Community: Engaging the Political Process, The Sylvania Woods Conference, April 5, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Moderator, Our Own Stories: Negotiating Reproduction in the Private Sphere, Re/Dis/Un Covering Reproductive Rights in the Americas, March 26, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Mar. 9-14, 2003 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Battering, Forgiveness and Redemption, Mid-Atlantic Clinical Theory Workshop, Catholic University, November 22, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Meeting the Treatment Needs of Women and Girls in Conflict with the Law, Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment in Response to the Needs of Women, Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 22, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Chair, National Planning Meeting on Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct in Corrections, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, November 14-15, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Trainer, Critical Issues in Managing Women Offenders: A Policy Perspective, September 8-11, 2002 (Maui, HI).
Panelist, Family Unfriendly: The Impact of Criminal Justice Policies on Women Offenders and Children, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Aug. 10, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 7-12, 2002 (Washington, DC). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 41
Panelist, Women’s Issues: The Impact of the Criminal Justice System, Ten Years in the Fight for Justice, National Association of Sentencing Advocates, May 9, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Speaker, Battering and Forgiveness, Symposium on Confronting Domestic Violence and Achieving Gender Equality: Evaluating Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking by Elizabeth Schneider. American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, Apr. 20, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Obtaining Public Interest Fellowships, Career Services Office, Washington College of Law, Apr. 18, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Guest Lecturer, Legal Ethics and Law Students, Legal Rhetoric and Writing Program, Washington College of Law, Mar. 27, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Intimacy, Sexuality and Fertility, The Louisa Van Wezel Schwartz Symposium on Mental Health Issues in Correctional Institutions, University of the District of Columbia, Mar. 25, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Mar. 10-15, 2002 (Washington, DC).
Videoconference Chair/Presenter, Videoconference on Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Dec. 13, 2001 (Spokane, WA).
Keynote Speaker, Community Fellows Conference, Open Society Institute, Nov. 7, 2001 (Baltimore, MD).
Lecturer, Sexual Misconduct and Re-Entry Issues Facing Women Offenders, The Prisoners’ Rights and Advocacy Clinic Seminar, University of the District of Columbia, Oct. 23, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Custodial Sexual Misconduct, Not Part of the Penalty: Ending Prison Rape, Oct. 19, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Lecturer, Ain’t I a Woman: Women in Prison and Feminist Legal Theory, George Washington University Department of Women’s Studies, Oct.16, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Panelist, Opportunities in Community Economic Development, National Association for Public Interest Law Career Fair, Oct. 7, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Lecturer, Constitutional Concerns of Women in Prison, Corrections and the Constitution, American University, Sept. 26, 2001 (Washington, DC). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 42
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, July 8-13, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Commentator, Incarceration of Women and the Effects on Parenting, Conference on the Effects of Incarceration on Children and Families, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, May 5, 2001 (Evanston, IL).
Acting on Your Passion: Making a Difference in the Community, Georgetown University Law Center Eighth Annual Women’s Forum, Celebrating 50 Years of Women at the Law Center, Apr. 21, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Moderator, The African-American Lawyer: Protecting Progress, Maintaining Success, Sylvania Woods Conference Luncheon, Apr. 7, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Keynote Speaker, The Path Least Taken: Institutional Reform for Women in the Criminal Justice System, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia, Mar. 29, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Mar. 11-16, 2001 (Washington, DC).
Training Conference Chair, Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Dec. 3-8, 2000 (Washington, DC).
Plenary Speaker, Walking the Same Path Women in Prison and Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Oct. 27-29, 2000 (Houston, TX).
Training Conference Chair, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, National Institute of Corrections, Sept. 24-29, 2000 (Washington, DC).
Questioner, Quality of Courage A Dialogue with Human Rights Defenders, Washington College of Law, Sept. 18, 2000 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Concurrent Session, Constructions of Culture: Merit, Class and Privilege, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, May 2000 (Albuquerque, NM).
Plenary Speaker, Transnational Justice, Women, Justice and Authority: A Working Conference, Yale Law School, Apr. 2000 (New Haven, CT).
Moderator, The Impact of Sentencing Laws on Women and Families, Washington College of Law, Mar. 2000 (Washington, DC).
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Moderator and Plenary Presenter, Soros Foundation Equal Justice Fellows Meeting, Mar. 2000 (New York, NY).
Commentator, Courts in America, Focus on Gender: The Future of the Violence Against Women Act, Washington College of Law, Feb. 2000 (Washington, DC).
Plenary Presentation, Building the Case—Why Focus on Women Offenders? Women in Conflict with the Law in the International Context, National Symposium on Women Offenders, Dec. 1999 (Washington, DC).
Plenary Presentation, Community Based Justice Education: Integrating Gender into Law Teaching, Global Alliance for Justice Education Conference, Dec. 1999 (India).
Plenary Presentation, Evolving Identities as Clinical Teachers, American Association of Law Schools, Workshop on Clinical Legal Education, May 1999 (California).
Jailed Parents and Child Support Enforcement, 36th Annual Training Conference of the Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Association, May 1999 (Florida).
Sentencing the Juvenile Offender; Does Race Affect the Disposition, Washington College of Law, 100th Anniversary of Juvenile Courts, Apr. 1999 (Washington, DC).
Presenter, Treatment of Women in Detention, Amnesty International Conference on Women in Detention, Mar. 1999 (London, England).
Human Rights in the United States, The Rebellious Lawyering Conference at Yale, Feb. 1999 (New Haven, CT).
Women in Prison, Clearinghouse on Women’s Issue, Oct. 1998 (Washington, DC).
Moderator, Roundtable Developing a Human Rights Campaign Against the Prison Industrial Complex, Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex, Sept. 1998 (California).
Trainer, Train-the Trainers Addressing Sexual Misconduct Between Staff and Inmates, National Institute of Corrections Academy, Sept. 1998 (Virginia).
Trainer, Cross-Gender Supervision -- Competing Claims and Interests, Operational Practices for Supervising Female Offenders, National Institute of Corrections Academy, Aug. 1998 & Aug. 2000 (Colorado).
Trainer, Addressing Sexual Misconduct between Staff and Inmates, Ohio Department of Corrections, June 1998 (Ohio).
Moderator, Women in Prison Roundtable with Radhika Coomaraswamey, United Nations Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 44
Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Cause and Consequences, Washington College of Law, American University, June 1998 (Washington, DC).
Public Roundtable on Prison Construction, D.C. City Council, Apr. 1998 (Washington, DC).
Are We All Equal Under the Law? Symposium, Cornell Political Forum, Apr. 1998 (Ithaca, NY).
Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, National Institute of Corrections Academy, Mar. 1998 and Mar. 1999 (Virginia).
Sexual Misconduct Against Women in Prison, Symposium on the Treatment of Women Prisoners, New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, New England School of Law, Jan. 1998 (Boston, MA).
Institutional Racism against African-American Women and Girls in the Justice System, National Council for Negro Women Annual Conference, Dec. 9, 1997 (Washington, DC).
Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, National Institute of Corrections Academy, Nov. 13-15, 1997 (Colorado).
African-American Women in the Criminal Justice System, National Council of Negro Women, Sept. 1997 (Washington, DC).
Services for Women in the Criminal Justice System, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Conference on Women, Sept. 1997 (Arizona).
Welfare Reform and Corrections: A Blueprint for Failure, Seventh National Conference on Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders, Sept. 1997 (Minnesota).
Challenges of Welfare Reform, Changes in Disability Eligibility and Strategies that are Responsive, 1997 CSAT Annual Grantee Meeting, Apr. 1997 (Maryland).
Women and Criminal Justice, Yale University, Mar. 1997 (New Haven, CT).
Managing Staff Sexual Misconduct, National Institute of Corrections Academy, Jan. 1997 (Colorado).
Critical Issues in Managing Women Offenders, United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Sept. 1996; May 1999; and Aug. 1999 (Colorado).
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SELECT MEDIA APPEARANCES
DOCUMENTARY
Facing Prison Rape (2004).
The Children of Criminal Offenders & Foster Care (1999).
Rights for All: Amnesty International’s Campaign on the USA (1998) (discussing legal and policy implications of custodial sexual misconduct).
NEWS AND TALK SHOWS – ON AIR
Vicky Nguyen, Sandra Cervantes, Robert Campos and Mark Villarreal, Inmate Tells Her Story of Sexual Abuse by San Joaquin Deputy, NBC News Bay Area, October 25, 2018, https://www.nbcbayarea.com/multimedia/Inmate-Tells-Her-Story-of-Sexual-Abuse-by-San- Joaquin-Deputy--498575631.html.
Eleanor Klibanoff, In Kentucky, A 'Culture Of Indifference' To Sexual Harassment In Prisons, NPR Morning Edition, July 27, 2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/07/27/631916800/in-kentucky- a-culture-of-indifference-to-sexual-harassment-in-prisons.
Brian Lehrer, Prisoners of Lust: Inmate-Officer Relationships, THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW July 8, 2015 http://www.wnyc.org/story/prisoners-lust-inmate-officer-relationships/.
Katie Yu, Why Female Prison Employees May Risk Having Sexual Relationships With Inmates, ABC NEWS, July 2, 2015 http://abcnews.go.com/US/female-prison-employees-risk-sexual- relationships-inmates/story?id=32172559&ts=true.
Guest, Jailhouse Racketeering: Who Controls Our Prisons?, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, (May 8, 2013), http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2013-05-08/jailhouse-racketeering-who-controls- our-prisons.
Commenting on “The United Kingdom Howard League for Penal Reform Commission on Sex in Prison” BBC Live (June 27, 2012).
“Locked Up and Scared . . . Prison Rape,” The Silent Storm, WHUR and Sirius XFM (June 23, 2012).
“Stand Your Ground” Laws in light of the Trayvon Martin Shooting, BBC Mundo (March 27, 2012).
Interview regarding Legal Options for U.S. Official in Light of Dominique Strauss Kahn Indictment in France, Le Monde (March 27, 2012). Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 46
Sexual Autonomy, Pat Morrison Show, KPCC, NPR, January 12, 2012.
Charles Samuels Takes Over U.S. Bureau of Prisons, NPR, January 3, 2012.
Immigration Detainees Seek Prison Rape Protection, NPR, December 13, 2011.
Stopping prison rape: What’s it going to take?, Radio Times, March, 24, 2011.
Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody, NPR, February 24, 2010.
National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Standards, Kojo Nnamdi Show (2009).
Male Prisoner Rape, KMOX Radio, St. Louis; Justice for All, April 1, 2007.
Captive Victims, KMOV- News 4 St. Louis: News 4 Investigates, November 16, 2006, http://www.kmov.com/localnews/4investigates/stories//kmov_localnews_061116_prison.44a8e9 94.html.
NPR, Morning Edition, August 1, 2005 (discussing Bureau of Justice Statistics Report on prison rape).
WILD Radio, March 16, 2003 (discussing issues facing women in prison).
BBC Radio, October 21, 2002 (discussing lack of dialogue in mid-term elections on crime and gun control).
NPR, The Tavis Smiley Show, March 18, 2002 (discussion women in prison with mental health problems).
Debates, Debates (Feb. 2000) (discussing the legal and policy implications of cross-gender supervision of women inmates).
CNN (Oct. 1998) (discussing legal and policy implications of shackling pregnant prisoners).
Court TV (Aug. 1998) (critiquing trial decision relating to sexual misconduct in prison).
To the Contrary (July 1998) (discussing sexual misconduct in prison and new publication).
SELECT MEDIA QUOTES
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
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William Roberts, Legal Scholars Foresee Major Shift on High Court, DC Bar, Sept. 28, 2020, https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/legal-scholars-foresee-major-shift-on-high-court.
Jess McHugh, Monetizing fear? The future of anti-rape technology—and its decade of failure, Fortune, Mar. 19, 2020, https://fortune.com/2020/03/19/anti-rape-technology-apps/?ppooii.
Kusisto, Laura. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]26 Feb 2020: A.3. https://www.wsj.com/articles/weinstein-verdict-signals-cultural-shift-on-sexual- assault-11582664912.
Jeffrey Toobin, This Is My Jail, The New Yorker, April 2014 http://www.newyorker.com/search?qt=dismax&sort=score+desc&query=brenda+v+smith&subm it.
Alison Knezevich, After jail scandal, spotlight on growing role of women officers, Baltimore Sun, June 15, 2013, http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-06-15/news/bs-md-female-officers- 20130615_1_women-officers-black-guerrilla-family-jail-scandal.
“Hunting Rapists Behind Bars” ABA Journal, May 2009.
Essence Magazine, October, 2007.
How Can You Distinguish a Budding Pedophile from a Kid with Real Boundary Problems, New York Times Magazine, July 22, 2007.
Violated, VIBE, January, 2004.
Close to Home: Case Studies of Human Rights Work in the United States, The Ford Foundation, January 2004.
Violated, VIBE Magazine, January 2004.
Accepting Corporate Responsibility, WASH. LAW., Nov. 2002.
Girls Sentenced to Abuse, MARIE CLAIRE, June 2002.
Women in Prison, MS., Sept./Oct. 1998.
Teaching for Change, WOMEN’S REV. OF BOOKS, WELLESLEY COLLEGE, July 1997.
Project Aims to Change Corrections’ Approach Toward Female Inmates, THE CORRECTIONS PROF., July 25, 1997.
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NEWSPAPERS
Margo Schlanger, et al., Interview with Brenda V. Smith, Co-Lead Counsel for the Plaintiff’s in Women’s Prisoners of D.C., Incarceration and the Law, Cases and Materials (10th ed. 2020).
Nicholas Pugliese, Sex abuse at N.J. women’s prison an ‘open secret,’ DOJ report says, WHYY.org, April 14, 2020, https://whyy.org/articles/sex-abuse-at-n-j-womens-prison-an-open- secret-doj-report-says/.
Letter to the Editor in Response to: How Sen. Elizabeth Warren is courting black voters and their leaders as her expected 2020 presidential announcement nears, Washington Post, December 29, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-sen-elizabeth-warren-is- courting-black-voters-and-their-leaders-as-her-expected-2020-presidential-announcement- nears/2018/12/29/20936014-fd95-11e8-ad40- cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?utm_term=.a230a0e03549.
Valerie Bauman, The forgotten voices of #metoo: Prison rape in America - perpetrated by both inmates and staff - remains pervasive and under-reported 15 years after the passage of a law intended to end crisis, The Daily Mail, December 10, 2018, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6479541/Prison-rape-America-remains-pervasive- reported-15-years-passage-law-intended-end-crisis.html.
Lauren Lee White, #MeToo Behind Bars: How Federal Investigators Are Ignoring Prison Sexual Assaults They Are Hired To Report, Witness LA, November 21, 2018, https://witnessla.com/metoo-behind-bars-how-federal-investigators-are-ignoring-prison-sexual- assaults-they-were-hired-to-report/.
Deanna Paul, Police in many states could legally have sex with a person in custody — until a N.Y. rape allegation, The Washington Post, October 8, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/08/should-police-be-able-have-sex-with- person-custody-rape-allegation-raises-issue/?utm_term=.cf9cd7f7c5be.
Adam Harris, Women in Prison Take Home Economics, While Men Take Carpentry, The Atlantic, April 30, 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/04/the-continuing- disparity-in-womens-prison-education/559274/.
SP Sullivan, Inmates and officers say N.J. failed to stop sex abuse behind bars, NJ.com Feb 22, 2018, http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/02/inmates_and_officers_say_nj_failed_to_protect_wome.htm l.
SP Sullivan, N.J. likely under-reports sexual abuse behind bars, experts say, NJ.com Jan. 28, 2017, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/nj_is_under-reporting_sexual_abuse_behind_bars_exp.html
Melissa Jeltsen, There’s A Line Between Justice And Vengeance. Larry Nassar’s Judge Crossed Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 49
It, January 25, 2018, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/larry-nassar- judge_us_5a6a204ee4b06e25326595eb?hpk.
Alysia Santo, The Unique Sexual Harassment Problem Female Prison Workers Face, The Marshall Project, November 9, 2017, https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/11/09/the- unique-sexual-harassment-problem-female-prison-workers-face?ref=hp-1-111.
Ashely Milne-Tyte, How confidentiality agreements keep sexual harassment hidden, Marketplace, October 23, 2017, https://www.marketplace.org/2017/10/23/business/how- confidentiality-agreements-keep-sexual-harrassment-hidden.
S.P. Sullivan, Sex abuse, contraband, cover-ups? Inside a growing criminal probe at N.J. women's prison, NJ.com, September 26, 2017, http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/09/sex_abuse_contraband_cover- ups_inside_a_growing_cr.html.
S.P. Sullivan, N.J. likely under-reports sexual abuse behind bars, experts say, NJ.com, Jan. 28, 2017, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/nj_is_under- reporting_sexual_abuse_behind_bars_exp.html.
Kristen Dold, Why It's Illegal for Prisoners to Masturbate, January 6, 2017, https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/why-its-illegal-for-prisoners-to-masturbate.
Melissa Jeltsen, The Rape Victims Silenced By Their Prison Cells: A prison chaplain who admitted to sexually assaulting three inmates may spend less than a year behind bars. Why don’t we seem to care?, July 16, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sexual-assault- prisons_us_578808e5e4b0867123e0893c.
Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Ex-Arkansas Prison Chaplain Says Guilty In Sex Assaults; He’ll Do 5 Years For Sex Assaults, July 6, 2016, http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jul/06/ex-prison-chaplain-gets-5-years- 2016070/?latest#/.
Emily McCarthy, Let It Flow! NYC Funds Free Pads and Tampons For All Schools, Jails, And Shelters, June 29, 2016, https://bitchmedia.org/article/let-it-flow-nyc-funds-free-pads-and- tampons-all-schools-jails-and-shelters.
Melissa Jeltsen, Providing Free Pads and Tampons To Incarcerated Women Is About More Than Hygiene: It’s a question of dignity, June 23, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new- york-prisons-periods_us_576bfcade4b0b489bb0c901b.
Catie Edmonson, Lincoln Hills Officials Failed To Oversee Rape Investigations, Milwaukee- Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, June 26, 2016, http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/lincoln- hills-officials-failed-to-oversee-rape-investigations-b99749826z1- Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 50
384447411.html?platform=hootsuite.
Report Bashes NYC Jail's Response To Ongoing Sex Abuse, June 21, 2016, http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2016/06/rikers_island_sex_abuse.html?platform=hoots uite.
Maurice Chammah, A Boy Among Men, February 25, 2016, https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/02/25/a-boy-among-men#.MTDyFodV9.
Clifton Adcock, Most Juvenile Facilities Don’t Comply With U.S. Rape Prevention Standards (Feb. 25, 2016) http://oklahomawatch.org/2016/02/25/most-juvenile-facilities-dont-comply-with- u-s-rape-prevention-law/.
Melanie Asmar, Even With Legal Help, Transgender Prisoners Are Never Safe in Prison, WESTWORD (August 18, 2015) available at http://www.westword.com/news/even-with-legal- help-transgender-prisoners-are-never-safe-in-prison-7039541.
Chris Barrish, Sex Behind Bars: Women Violated in Delaware Prison, DELAWARE ONLINE (Aug. 4, 2015) http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/07/31/sex-behind-bars- women-violated-prison/30944001/.
Andrew Mannix, Prison Sex-Abuse Cases Grow, But Prosecutions Are Rare SEATLE TIMES (Aug. 1, 2015) http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/prison-sex-abuse-cases-grow-but- prosecutions-are-rare/.
Inmate Relationships with Prison Staff: Research Roundup, JOURNALIST’S RESOURCE July 20, 2015 http://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/inmate-relationships- prison-employees-research-roundup.
Meghan Walsh, The Rape Problem You’re Not Hearing About, OZY (July 16, 2015), http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/the-rape-problem-youre-not-hearing-about/61182.
Mathew Hamilton, Experts: Security in Focus After Dannemora Escape, ALBANY TIMES UNION, July 2, 2015 http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Experts-Security-in-focus-after- Dannemora-escape-6364378.php.
Noah Remnick, Escapee’s Fraternizing With Prison Workers Doesn’t Surprise Experts, N.Y. TIMES, July 1, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/nyregion/escapees-fraternizing-with- prison-workers-doesnt-surprise-experts.html?emc=eta1.
Alysia Santo, Preying on Prisoners, THE MARSHALL PROJECT, June 17, 2015 https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/06/17/preying-on-prisoners.
Meaghan Corzine, Prison Guard Corruption Remains Dire Issues As Advocate Work To Prevent Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 51
Assaults, CBS DC, June 16, 2015 http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/06/16/prison-guard- corruption-remains-dire-issue-as-advocates-work-to-prevent-assaults/.
Andrew Pantazi, ‘A Terrible Tragedy’: Arrest Turns into Nightmare in Jail for Jacksonville Man, Others, FLORIDA UNION-TIMES, April 18, 2015 http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-04- 18/story/arrest-turns-nightmare-jail-jacksonville-man-others.
Brenda V. Smith, A Harrowing Reminder in Prison Sex Abuse Suit, CNN, May 25, 2015 http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/23/opinions/smith-rikers-lawsuit-sex-abuse/.
Deborah Sontag, Push to End Prison Rapes Loses Earlier Momentum, NEW YORK TIMES, May 12, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/us/push-to-end-prison-rapes-loses-earlier- momentum.html?ref=topics.
Andrew Pantazi, 'A terrible tragedy': Arrest turns into nightmare in jail for Jacksonville man, others, Jacksonville.com, April 18, 2015, http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-04- 18/story/arrest-turns-nightmare-jail-jacksonville-man-others.
Ted Roelofs, Similar Accounts in Teen Prison Rape Lawsuit Challenge State’s Defense, Michigan Live, April 14, 2015 http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/similar_accounts_in_teen_priso.html.
NYC Officials Seeks Rules to Stop Sexual Assaults in Jails, April 9, 2015 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-York-City-New-Rules-Stop-Sexual-Assaults- Jails-299154031.html.
Maurice Chammah, Rape in the American Prison, The Atlantic, February 25, 2015 http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/rape-in-the-american-prison/385550/.
Leyla Tavsanoglu, Özel Yetkili Bizde de Var (We Have the Authority) Cumhiriyet (The Republic), July 6, 2014 http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/koseyazisi/90889/Ozel_yetkili_bizde_de_var.html?xufbjzpezynhf kbt# (Istanbul, Turkey).
Gary Gately, DOJ Faulted for Not Requiring PREA Audits, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, June 26, 2014 http://jjie.org/doj-faulted-for-not-requiring-prea-audits/107187/.
Joaquin Sapien, Guarded Optimism, ProPublica, January 14, 2014, http://www.propublica.org/article/guarded-optimism-qa-brenda-smith.
Zusha Elison, Juveniles Sexually Abused by Staffers at Corrections Facilities, January 1, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/juveniles-sexually-abused-by-staffers-at-corrections-facilities- 1420160340.
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Ask The Experts: Can Employers Screen Job Applicants Based on Criminal Records?, Card Hub, December 2, 2013, http://www.cardhub.com/edu/criminal-records-and-employment/.
DOJ 'Finally' Implementing Anti-Prison Rape Policies, 10 Years After Congressional Vote, U.S. News and World Report, September 4, 2013, http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/04/doj-finally-ready-to-implement-anti-prison- rape-policies-10-years-after-congressional-vote.
Jamie Leigh Jones Ordered to Pay $145,000 in Court Costs After Failed Rape Claim at http://abcnews.go.com/Business/jamie-leigh-jones-ordered-pay-145000-contractor- kbr/story?id=14635936.
Associated Press, quoted in a story about possible defenses for former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, May 25. The story appeared in more than 230 news outlets, including NPR, CBS News, the Houston Chronicle, Washington Post, and Forbes.
Agence France-Presse, quoted in multiple AFP stories over the spring/summer (the first on May 19) about the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case.
After Jail Scandal, Spotlight On Growing Role of Female Officers, June 15, 2013, http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-female-officers- 20130615,0,5762654.story?page=1.
US Department of Justice Releases Study on Sexual Victimization of Youth in Adult Jails, Prisons that is Inconsistent with Previous Findings, May 16, 2013 http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2013/05/16/547877/10033158/en/US-Department- of-Justice-Releases-Study-on-Sexual-Victimization-of-Youth-in-Adult-Jails-Prisons-that-is- Inconsistent-with-Previous-Findings.html.
Chris Sturgis, A World Without Rape, May 13, 2013, http://www.ytfg.org/2013/05/a-world- without-rape/.
Mary Adkins, Rape Ed Comics: As Weird As They Sound, Huffington Post, April 12, 2013.
Female guards, rapidly growing in numbers, at heart of U.S. prison scandal, April 25, 2013, http://news.yahoo.com/female-guards-rapidly-growing-numbers-heart-u-prison-211302908.html.
'Cannibal cop' being targeted for fantasy or reality, March 7, 2013, http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/cannibal-cop-being-targeted-for-fantasy-or-reality-339239.
Female Prison Guards Often Behind Sexual Misconduct, March 14, 2010, http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/14/1811796/female-prison-guards-often-behind.html.
Panel Sets Guidelines for Ending Prison Rape, June 23, 2009, Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 53 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062202975.html.
Attacking Sexual Assault in Virginia’s Prisons, http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/5210-1.
Female officers may now frisk male prisoners as the number of women working for the Virginia Department of Corrections grows, Richmond Times Dispatch, February 7, 2008.
Soap game has some in a lather, February 3, 2008, http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/hearne_christopher_jr/v- print/story/474481.html.
Imprisoned, unprotected, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 27, 2007, ..
Prison rape survey stuns Ohio's prisons director, Dayton Daily News, August 21, 2007, http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/21/ddn082107rapeinsid e.html.
Inmates’ Liaison Results in Child, Richmond-Times Dispatch, July 24, 2007.
Prisons of Passion Female Prison Guards Are More Likely Than Males to Have Sex with Inmates, ABC News, April 9, 2007, http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id’3024521&page’1.
KMOX Radio, St. Louis; Justice for All, April 1, 2007.
Affairs with Felons led to firings at halfway houses, The Dallas Morning News, January 23, 2007 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/012407dnmetwayback.1f 44366.html.
Kessler Move Creates Slot on D.C. Bench, Legal Times, December 4, 2006, http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/Publish/14481/Forward_14481_1168006.htm?E.
Prison, jail staff cited in sex cases: Data show that in Va. and U.S., female workers cited in bulk of offenses with prison inmates, Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 28, 2006, http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename’RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_Basic Article&c’MGArticle&cid’1149190228506&path’!news&s’1045855934842.
When staffers have sex with the prisoners, Wisconsin State Journal, April 24, 2006, http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid’81192&ntpid’2.
Prison system takes steps to crack down on inmate sexual violence, Associated Press, April 3, 2006, Prof essor Brenda V . Smi th Page 54
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID’/20060401/APN/604010710&cachetime’5 .
Jail guard freed after admitting to sex with inmate, Acquittal raises concerns about female prisoner safety, Associated Press, March 3, 2006, http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/03/news/wyoming/25acquittal.txt.
Violent Lives and a Violent Death, WASH. POST, Oct. 30, 2000.
A Sorry State of Affairs, WASH. POST, Aug. 19, 1998.
Rights Groups Fault Va. Decision not to Free Inmate for Abortion, WASH. POST, Oct. 24, 1997.
Getting the Treatment, WASH. CITY PAPER, July 25, 1997.
Tough Terms for Women Lead to US Prison Crisis, THE GUARDIAN (LONDON), July 23, 1997.
Population of Female Inmates Reaches a Record, USA TODAY, July 21, 1997.
SOCIAL MEDIA
@USCCRgov, Twitter (Feb. 14, 2020, 3:54 PM), https://twitter.com/USCCRgov/status/ 1228422277932470272.
PRO BONO AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
CURRENT
Board Member, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation Cooperative Advisory Board Board Member, United Church of Christ Building Loan Fund Board of Directors Faculty Sponsor, Sarah Shor’s American University Law Review comment Member, Advisory Board: Human Rights Intervention Series Board Member, Still She Rises Member, ABA Criminal Justice Section Task Force on College Due Process Rights and Victim Protections Moderator-Elect, Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ Board, Black Women’s Health Initiative Guest Blogger, Human Rights at Home Editorial Board, Clinical Law Review Peoples Neighborhood Federal Credit Union Kellogg Leadership Development Fellow Alumna
PAST
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Church Council, Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ Chair, Executive Director Search Committee, Our Place, DC Member, Local School Restructuring Team for Murch Elementary School Member, AALS Committee on Clinical Legal Education Member and Secretary, Board of Trustees, Maret School CoCounsel, Women Prisoners v. D.C. Chair, Treasurer, Board of Our Place, DC Hearing Panel Member, D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility Steering Committee, Equal Justice Initiative, AALS Chair, Selection Committee, Soros Foundation Equal Justice Fellowships Treasurer, Frederick B. Abramson Foundation Steering Committee for the Second National Conference on Women Commissioner, D.C. Domestic Partnership Benefits Commission Task Force of the District of Columbia Circuit on Gender, Race and Ethnic Bias D.C. Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee Board of Directors, Family and Child Services of Washington, DC Steering Committee, D.C. Bar Section on Criminal Law and Individual Rights Barrister, American Inns of Court Board, National Network for Women in Prison
BAR ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, May 1985 (inactive) District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Nov. 1986 (active) United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Dec. 1998 (active) United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Sept. 1989 (active) United States Supreme Court, Mar. 1995 (active)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in written and spoken French; Spanish comprehension.