Join us Tuesday, September 16th at 7:00 p.m. for the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture’s annual Constitution Day Lecture featuring Sixth Amendment scholar Professor Pamela R. Metzger!
Admission is FREE and open to the Public – Tickets are required*
*Tickets will be available to claim in-person in our lobby during normal business hours leading up to and on the evening of the event
Professor Metzger’s lecture is entitled “The Right to Counsel on Day One: Delivering on the Constitution’s Promise”
About the speaker
Professor Metzger is the Executive Director of the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at SMU Dedman School of Law. She is a nationally recognized expert on the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, public defense, and criminal legal ethics, and her research focuses on combining theory and practice to improve our criminal legal system.
Professor Metzger oversees the Deason Center’s independent research on the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, criminal legal systems in small, tribal, and rural (STAR) communities, prosecutorial discretion, and early-stage criminal procedure. She has helped secure millions of dollars in funding for the Deason Center to conduct innovative research and amplify compelling stories that promote criminal legal reform.
Professor Metzger’s work has appeared in publications such as the Yale Law Journal, George Washington Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and Southern California Law Review, and has been cited by leading authorities and by the United States Supreme Court.
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