Category: Staff
Robin spoke at the 6th Annual Guggenheim Conference on Crime in America
Robin Steinberg spoke on the panel “Criminal Justice: Is the system failing us?” at the 6th Annual Harry F. Guggenheim Conference on Crime in America. The conference was on “Facing the Legal and Economic Challenges to the American Criminal Justice System” and took place at John Jay College.
Robin spoke at NYU’s Leaders in Public Interest Series
Robin Steinberg spoke at NYU’s Leaders in Public Interest Series, “Is Social Justice Best Promoted by Being a Prosecutor or Public Defenders”. She spoke about her experience as a public defender.
Robin attended a National Institute of Justice Workshop in D.C
Robin Steinberg attended the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Workshop on The Role of Courts in Re-Entry in Washington, D.C
Robin spoke at the International Perspectives on Indigent Defense Workshop in D.C
Robin Steinberg spoke at the International Perspectives on Indigent Defense, a workshop jointly sponsored by the Department of Justice’s Access to Justice Initiative (ATJ) and the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) International Center. The workshop focused on identifying the best of practices for indigent defense. “The vast majority of criminal defendants in the United States […]
WNYC: Report Finds Bail Set Too High for Minor Offenses
A new report finds that while each year tens of thousands of people arrested for minor offenses are released pending a trial or some other outcome, a substantial number that can’t afford bail and end up in Rikers Island for things like shoplifting, smoking marijuana or getting in fights. The report by Human Rights Watch […]
New York Law Journal: City Alters Distribution of Cases for Indigent Criminal Defendants
The distribution of indigent criminal defense cases among the groups that serve as primary providers in New York City has been significantly altered by the Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator. Read what The Bronx Defenders’ Executive Director, Robin Steinberg, has to say… Read more here.
New York Times: N.Y.C. Misdemeanor Defendants Lack Bail Money
Thousands of people arrested on low-level crimes in New York City spend days languishing in jail, not because they have been found guilty but because they are too poor to post bail, according to a report to be released on Friday. The report, which examines the bail conditions for people charged with nonfelonies like smoking […]
McGregor awarded the Kutak-Dodds Prize
n recognition of his efforts to ensure equal justice for all people regardless of ability to pay, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) announced today that McGregor Smyth, the Managing Attorney of the Civil Action Practice, is this year’s winner of the Kutak-Dodds Prize, alongside Alan Alop, Deputy Director for Intake Offices, Legal […]
Shoshana spoke at the Prisoner Justice Conference in Albany
Shoshana Brown was a speaker at The Prisoner Justice Conference, a gathering of over 57 organizations statewide that are doing prisoner justice work. The conference was a day long in Albany and close to 200 people attended. Shoshana spoke about the political necessity of this conference and shared her own personal story of how mass […]
Robin speaks to the Criminal Law Committee of the Bar of NYC
Robin Steinberg spoke to the Criminal Law Committee of the Bar of the City of New York about Holistic Defense and the work of the lawyers and advocates at The Bronx Defenders.