Programs on police accountability and civil-rights litigation.

Formats

Keynotes, panels, moderated conversations, legal education programs and documentary discussions.

Audiences

Bar associations, law schools, universities, community organizations and public institutions.

From a civil-rights claim to police reform

How individual lawsuits and court oversight address department practices. Audiences examine the difference between resolving one case and sustaining institutional change.

Rodney King, Oscar Grant and public trust

The legal issues behind cases Burris worked on and what those cases reveal about police accountability and the relationship between communities and law enforcement.

Mental health and police encounters

Civil-rights questions raised when officers respond to people in crisis, including the role of training, policies and accountability.

Building a civil-rights practice

Burris’s path from corporate practice and prosecution to representing people in police-misconduct cases. A discussion of case preparation, client advocacy and career choices.