Published on: Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Today, April 1, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. EST, the American Bar Association is sponsoring a free webinar titled Expanding Pretrial Release in the Age of COVID-91.  Register here.  

Webinar Description:

For years, criminal justice reform efforts have focused on reducing pretrial detention, particularly detention resulting from an inability to pay cash bail. While many jurisdictions have reduced or eliminated the use of cash bail, particularly for low-level offenses, more than 700,000 people across the country are still detained without having been found guilty of any crime. As COVID-19 has closed or limited courts and postponed jury trials, pretrial detention has become less definite in length. At the same time, concern about the potential spread of COVID-19 in jails has pushed justice system actors to search for ways to reduce jail populations. This webinar will explore several efforts to seek expanded release for those detained pretrial in response to COVID-19.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR CLE CREDIT.

The Training Division is providing COVID-19 resources and materials, updated multiple times daily, to assist defenders and CJA panel attorneys understand and litigate issues releated to the COVID-19 pandemic.