Criminal Justice
These expert speakers educate audiences on issues in the criminal justice system that they have written about or faced themselves. From mass incarceration and punishment for juvenile offenders, to law enforcement procedure and racial profiling, our speakers seek ways to prevent future injustice.
Leif Babin

Former Navy SEAL, Coauthor of #1 New York Times Bestseller Extreme Ownership

 Jennifer Berry Hawes

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter at The Post and Courier

 Daniel Connolly

Journalist, Author, Immigration Expert

 LaDoris Cordell

Retired judge of the Superior Court of California and ABA Legal Pioneer 

 Jeanine Cummins

Best-Selling Author, Speaker

 James Forman, Jr.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Former Public Defender, & Criminal Justice Reformer

 Anthony Ray Hinton

Author, Prison Reform Advocate

 Will Jawando

Author, Attorney, Activist 

 Tony Messenger

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist

 Dax-Devlon Ross

Author, Journalist, Social Impact and Equity Consultant

 Ron Stallworth

The "Black Klansman" and Undercover Cop Who Exposed the KKK