Academy for Justice Distinguished Lecture Featuring Professor Barry Friedman

The Academy for Justice at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law invites you to join us for our first Distinguished Lecture featuring Professor Barry Friedman. On Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 at 11 a.m., Professor Barry Friedman, one of the country’s leading authorities on policing, will give the first-ever Academy for Justice Distinguished Lecture, titled Are Police the Key to Public Safety? The Case of the Unhoused. Professor Friedman’s lecture examines the policing homelessness as a vehicle for considering whether a broader conception of public safety may require us to rethink the role of police and policing in resolving social problems. Comments to Professor Friedman’s lecture will be provided by Professors Trevor Gardner, Ben McJunkin, Maria Ponomorenko and former police chief and postdoctoral researcher, Brandon del Pozo. A written version of the lecture will subsequently be published in the American Criminal Law Review. 

Format: The Academy for Justice Distinguished Lecture is an invitation-only event. It will consist of Professor Friedman’s lecture, a response from the commenters and a Q&A session. Boxed lunches will be provided post-lecture.