Lara
Bazelon
Univ. of San Francisco School of Law
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Law Professor
Law Enforcement Procedures & Culture
Incarceration, Bail & Bonds, Parole
Lawyers, Judges, Courthouse Procedures & Culture
Policy, Government, the Political Process
History, Social Science, Popular Culture
Overview
Lara Bazelon is a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She holds the Philip and Muriel C. Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy and is the Director of the Criminal & Juvenile and Racial Justice Clinics. Her scholarship focuses on ethics, advocacy, and restorative justice. She is the author of Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction (Beacon Press 2018). Her op-eds, essays, and long form journalism has been published in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and other media outlets. She has also appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, Good Morning America, and The Tamron Hall Show.
Contact Info & Social Media
Racial Justice
Expertise
Expertise
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Expertise
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Relevant Work
& Recognition
& Recognition
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Consulting Services
& Credits
& Credits
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Diversity
- Caucasian
- Caucasian
- Woman
- No
- Jewish
- N / A
- Caucasian
- Caucasian
- Woman
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- No
- Jewish
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Work
- CA
- Conversations & Presentations
- Connections to Other Experts, Organizations & Sources
- In-Depth Consultations
- Sharing Stories & Personal Experiences
- Materials Review (Scripts, Policies, etc.)
- Workshops & Trainings
- Academia
- Legal or Criminal Justice
Current
- Defence Attorney
- Defence Attorney
- Elected member of the American Law Institute (ALI), co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Ethics Committee, Member of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section policy making body, MacDowell Fellow (2016), Langeloth Fellow at the Mesa Refuge (2017) and Chair of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Innocence Commission (2020-present)
- CA
- Conversations & Presentations
- Connections to Other Experts, Organizations & Sources
- In-Depth Consultations
- Sharing Stories & Personal Experiences
- Materials Review (Scripts, Policies, etc.)
- Workshops & Trainings
- Academia
- Legal or Criminal Justice
Current
- Defence Attorney
- Defence Attorney
- N / A
Current
- N / A
- N / A
- Elected member of the American Law Institute (ALI), co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Ethics Committee, Member of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section policy making body, MacDowell Fellow (2016), Langeloth Fellow at the Mesa Refuge (2017) and Chair of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Innocence Commission (2020-present)
