Upcoming Events

October 3, 2023
Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration
“An original argument that the answer to mass incarceration lies not with experts and pundits, but with ordinary people taking extraordinary actions together—written by a leading authority on bail reform and social movements.” The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is proud to host a conversation between Jocelyn Simonson, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship at Brooklyn Law School and Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights at Penn, moderated by Seema Saifee, Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School. They will be discussing Professor Simonson’s new book Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration.
Past Events

May 10, 2023
Innovations in Criminal Justice: The 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium
The Quattrone Center’s Spring 2023 Symposium will focus on innovations in criminal justice, beginning on May 10 – 11 with Innovations in Prosecution, co-sponsored with the Association for Prosecuting Attorneys, and continuing on May 11 – 12 with Innovations in The Reduction of Wrongful Convictions. For more information and to register, click here.

March 22, 2023
When Innocence Is Not Enough: Hidden Evidence and the Failed Promise of the Brady Rule
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is pleased to welcome former District of Columbia Public Defender, Tom Dybdahl L’98 and current Executive Director of the Innocence Project, Christina Swarns L’93 back to Penn Carey Law for a discussion of prosecutorial misconduct, the Brady rule of evidence disclosure, and Tom’s new book When Innocence Is Not Enough: Hidden Evidence and the Failed Promise of the Brady Rule. Register here.

February 28, 2023
The Truth about Police Accountability: An Evening with Joanna Schwartz
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is pleased to welcome Joanna Schwartz, Professor of Law at UCLA Law, discuss her new book SHIELDED: How the Police Became Untouchable at Penn Carey Law. CLE will be available for in-person attendees. Professor Schwartz is one of the nation’s leading experts on police misconduct litigation, and has written extensively on the systemic issues with police accountability and possible solutions to create and sustain a just culture in policing across the country that will support good police practices while ensuring that police misconduct is not minimized or ignored. Register here
October 13, 2022
Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the ACLU of Pennsylvania Annual Meeting: Defending Democracy
The Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, with the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, will host its annual meeting: Defending Democracy at Penn Carey Law School. The program will begin with a reception in the Penn Carey Law Courtyard at 5:30 pm, followed by programming in the Fitts Auditorium at 7:00 pm.
Appearances
Preventing Criminal Justice Errors to Restore Community Trust
In this virtual event convened by PA Senator Maria Collett and PA Senator Anthony Williams as a part of their Racial Equity Tour, Quattrone Center Executive Director John Hollway describes legislation that could be enacted to improve criminal justice accountability and prevent errors.
Preventing Citizen Harms and Improving Accountability Through Event Reviews
In testimony for the Joint Hearings of the Pennsylvania Senate Law and Justice Committee and Judiciary Committee on “Ensuring Accountability and Equality in Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System”, Quattrone Center Academic Director Paul Heaton describes the role event reviews can play in creating police accountability.
Research Fellow Testifies at Meeting of Philadelphia Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform
Quattrone Center Research Fellow Megan Stevenson testified on bail reform movements across the country and their lessons for Philadelphia before the Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform in Philadelphia on March 24.
Quattrone Center Directors Discuss Bail Reform, Forensic Science
Paul Heaton and John Hollway participated as presenters at the 12th Annual Harry Frank Guggeheim Symposium on Crime in America hosted by the Center on Media, Crime, and Justice at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Heaton addressed the Quattrone Center’s recent work on bail reform, while Hollway discussed improving public understanding of forensic science.