OUR EVENT 
SERVICE STAFF,
JENNY BOYDEN, FOR PUTTING THIS 
TOGETHER AND
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE 
FOUR SPEAKERS FOR TAKING TIME
FROM ENORMOUSLY BUSY SCHEDULES 
SO AS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS
ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM IN 
THE ORDER THEY'LL SPEAK, 
ALPHABETICAL BY FIRST NAME.
I'M STILL FALLING THE RULE THAT 
ALPHABET IS DESTINY.
LET ME START WITH ARMANDO 
LARA-MILLAN, AN ASSISTANT 
PROFESSOR OF
SOCIOLOGY HERE AT UC BERKELEY, 
PREVIOUSLY
A ROBERT JOHNSON FELLOW, A 
FOUNDATION FELLOW AND SCHOLAR AT
THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
HE RECEIVED HIS Ph.D IN 
SOCIOLOGY FROM NORTHWESTERN 
UNIVERSITY.
HE JOINED THE FACULTY AT 
BERKELEY IN
2013 AND RIGHT BEFORE WE BEGAN, 
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS
NEW BOOK THAT'S GOING TO BE 
PUBLISHED SOON BY OXFORD 
UNIVERSITY PRESS.
"REDISTRIBUTING
THE POOR; THE TRANSFORMATION OF
JAILS AND HOSPITALS IN THE AGE 
OF AUSTERITY AND PROGRESSIVE 
LAW."
THESECOND SPEAKER, ELISABETH 
SEMEL, A CLINICAL PROFESSOR
HERE AT BERKELEY LAW, PART OF 
THE BERKELEY LAW FACULTY
SINCE 2001, DIRECTOR OF OUR
DEATH PENALTY CLINIC, A DEPUTY 
PUBLIC DEFENDER, IN PRIVATE 
PRACTICE DOING CRIMINAL DEFENSE.
SHE WAS IN WASHINGTON AS THE 
DIRECTOR OF THE ADA'S
DEATH PENALTY REPRESENTATION 
PROJECT AND
AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS SHE'S 
DONE,  RECENTLY SHE
CONDUCTED AND WROTE WITH THE 
DEATH PENALTY CLINIC A MAJOR 
STUDY
USE OF RACE IN JURY SELECTION IN
CALIFORNIA.
JONATHAN SIMON IS THE LANCE 
ROBBINS PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE
LAW HERE AT UC BERKELEY, PART OF
THE BERKELEY FACULTY SINCE 2003.
HE RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE 
DEGREE, HIS LAW DEGREE, AND HIS 
Ph.D FROM BERKELEY.
HE PREVIOUSLY WAS PROFESSOR OF 
POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 
PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.
HE HAS A RECENT BOOK THAT CAME 
OUT TITLED "MASS