Justice and Injustice: The Consequences of Storytelling in the Courtroom

January 23 and 24, 2015 | UC Irvine School of Law | EDU Room 1111

Presented by UCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public,
a collaborative conference and lecture series of the Literary Journalism Program, the School of Humanities, and the School of Law

 

Schedule

January 23, Friday

3:00 p.m. Welcome coffee

3:45 p.m. Introductory remarks: Amy Wilentz, author and co-founder of the Forum for the Academy and the Public

4:00 p.m. Kickoff Panel: Controlling the Narrative

• Jeff Robinson, speaker
• Bobby Grace, Linda Deutsch, Barry Siegel
• Moderator: Miles Corwin

5:45 p.m. Introduction of keynote speaker by Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UCI’s School of Law

6:00 p.m. Keynote speech by Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and professor at New York University School of Law

6:45 p.m. Q&A with Audience

 

January 24, Saturday

8:00 a.m. Coffee

8:30 a.m. Panel 1: Death Penalty Narratives: High Stakes and the Need for an Ending

• Michael Connelly, speaker
• Mike Farrell, Celeste Fremon, Erwin Chemerinsky
• Moderator: Barry Siegel

10:00 a.m. Coffee Break

10:30 a.m.: Panel 2: The Role of Science in Courtroom Narratives

• Elizabeth Loftus, speaker
• James McGaugh, Jon Eisenberg, Michael Grossberg
• Moderator: Erika Hayasaki

12:30 p.m. Lunch
Luncheon speaker: Philip Meyer, author of Storytelling for Lawyers

1:30 p.m. Panel 3: Turning a Villain into a Victim (and vice versa)

• Linda Edwards, speaker
• Gloria Killian, Howard Weitzman, Gary Bostwick
• Moderator: Henry Weinstein

3:00 p.m. Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. Panel 4: Creating a Coherent Narrative: What Happened and Whodunit?

• Paul Barrett, speaker
• Brook Thomas, Hector Villagra, Philip Meyer
• Moderator: Amy Wilentz

5:00 p.m. Closing comments
Barry Siegel, author of Manifest Injustice and Director of UCI’s Literary Journalism Program

More details about each panel here.