Podcast for "Gideon v. Wainwright: Celebrating 50 Years of Public Defenders for Criminal Offenses and a Proposal for a 'Civil Gideon'" now online

Federal Defender Rich Curtner holds up an enlargement of Clarence
Gideon's handwritten petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.

This presentation was the 2nd in a series of 3 programs for 2013 National Criminal Justice Month:

Gideon v. Wainwright: Celebrating 50 Years of Public Defenders for Criminal Offenses and a Proposal for a "Civil Gideon"

Click here for the podcast.

Panelists included: Richard Curtner, Federal Defender, Federal Defender’s Office; Michael Schwaiger, Assistant Public Defender, Alaska Public Defender Agency; and Nikole Nelson, Executive Director, Alaska Legal Services Corporation.

Alaska Legal Service Executive Director Nikole Nelson discusses the unmet civil legal needs of people in Alaska.

The event was free and open to UAA students, faculty, staff, and the public. The UAA Justice Center, the Justice Club, and the Pre-Law Society are the sponsors for National Criminal Justice Month events.

L to r: Justice Club President Daniel Reinhard, Alaska Legal Services Executive Director Nikole Nelson;
Alaska Assistant Public Defender Michael Schwaiger; Justice Club Faculty Advisor Dr. Troy Payne;
Federal Defender Rich Curtner; Pre-Law Society President Judson Adams.