NMU EVENT FOCUSES ON PUBLIC DEFENSE REFORM

Wednesday 16, 2009
               Maureen Dimino, who directs the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ indigent defense reform efforts, will be the featured speaker at a Northern Michigan University presentation titled “Our Constitutional Right to Counsel: Why Public Defense Reform?” The event will be held from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, in room Pioneer B of the University Center. The public is invited free of charge. Dimino previously served as an assistant public defender in Miami Dade County. She is a co-author of the recently released report, “Minor Crimes, Massive Waste: The Terrible Toll of America’s Broken Misdemeanor Court.” NMU’s Student Law Forum and the Campaign for Justice are also co-sponsors. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact the political science department at 227-2019.

Kristi Evans
9062271015
kevans@nmu.edu
News Director