Name: Spark Session - A different branch: advocating in the Legislature to change the system
Start: 2025-05-21T09:00:00-0400
End: 2025-05-21T09:10:00-0400

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Wednesday May 21, 2025 9:00am - 9:10am EDT

Chesapeake Ballroom

As public defenders, our primary playing field is the court room. We advocate for our clients on an individual basis and try to obtain good outcomes in a bad system. But, there is another playing field that public defenders should enter: legislatures. There, we can work to improve the bad system as a whole, helping more people. Politics are fraught, but it is incumbent on us all to change this system in whatever way we can, which will ultimately help the people we represent.

Speakers

Jessica Zimbelman

Managing Attorney, State Appellate Defender Office

Jessica Zimbelman is Managing Attorney with the State Appellate Defender Office, representing people statewide as they appeal their convictions and sentences. She has appeared before the Michigan Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court multiple times, as well as trial courts throughout... Read More →

Wednesday May 21, 2025 9:00am - 9:10am EDT
Chesapeake Ballroom

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Jessica Zimbelman

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