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.