Academy for Justice

Join us next Monday, Oct. 6, for a lunchtime conversation on with Televerde's Michelle Cirocco. RSVP at the link below or scan the QR Code!

RSVP: https://events.law.asu.edu/Event.aspx?eventid=5398

Join us next Friday, Feb. 14 for "Capital Punishment in Arizona: Emerging Legal Issues." Scan the QR code or click the link to register.
https://events.law.asu.edu/Event.aspx?eventid=4716

"Built spaces are important moderating mechanisms that significantly influence how “justice” is understood, perceived, and enacted."

Thank you to all who attended Part 3 of our Choice Architecture & Criminal Law Series with ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Assistant Professor, Dr. Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill. Be sure to keep an eye out for part 4, the last in the series, coming soon!

Don't forget to register and join us tomorrow for Part 3 of our Choice Architecture & Criminal Law Series with ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Professor Dr. Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill.
Register 👉 https://events.law.asu.edu/Event.aspx?eventid=4655

The built environment refers to that portion of space, place, and context that has been altered and designed by humans to suit human needs and wants. The built environment significantly shapes how we perceive, understand, engage, and act upon our world and others in it. Join us for part three of our Choice Architecture and Criminal Law Series where we will be joined by Dr. Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill from ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Dr. Blount-Hill will cover basic environmental psychology paradigms, how they are applied in his work on police and custodial buildings, the results of prior studies and preliminary results of ongoing work, as well as future directions for understanding the architecture of justice processes through lens of environmental psychology and sociology. This is a fascinating discussion you won't want to miss!

Date: Thursday, Feb. 6
Time: 12-1:30 p.m.
Location: BCLS 544
Register: https://specialevents.asu.edu/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=831023&

“This legislation is groundbreaking. If enacted, it will be the first general expungement statute in federal history, addressing a centuries-old legal gap,” explained Luna. “While pardons eliminate legal penalties, they don’t erase the conviction record, which can hinder access to employment, education and housing. Congressman Armstrong’s bill bridges that gap, offering true second chances for deserving individuals.”

Academy for Justice Faculty Director Erik Luna has been been working hard to get true second chances for presidential pardon recipients through expungements.

ASU Law’s Academy for Justice joins effort to erase criminal records for deserving presidential pardon recipients, offering true second chances In a significant step toward criminal justice reform, the Weldon Angelos Presidential Pardon Expungements Act (H.R. 10248) has been introduced in Congress, offering new hope to those who have received presidential pardons but still face the lasting consequences of their criminal records.