Supreme Court Symposium
2023
Beyond the Bench: Exploring How a Judge's Decisions Can Impact Health
Date: Monday, May 22, 2023
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Location: Hilton Motif Seattle, 1415 5th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
TVW Livestream option available.
This event is free and open to the public.
About this event:
The Minority and Justice Commission proudly presents Salus Populi: Educating the Judiciary about the Social Determinants of Health, a project in collaboration with the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law and the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University.
Program Materials
Presenters:
 | Professor Wendy Parmet
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law |
 | Mehreen Butt
Managing Director, Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law |
 | Professor Shan Mohammad, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Clinical Professor, Center for Health Policy and Law,
Department of Health Sciences, Faculty, Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern
University |
Judges wield enormous authority over critical health determinants, including housing stability, socio-economic position (as impacted by education and income), access to health care, structural racism and the quality of the environment. Collectively, these factors affecting health are called the social determinants of health. Salus Populi is the only Judicial Education Program dedicated to training judges on the social determinants of health and their relationship to law.
This three-hour Salus Populi training will introduce participants to the social determinants of health, and the reasons and ways that social factors influence individual and population health as well as health equity. The presentation will include discussions of the socio-ecological model of health, constrained choice theory, the population perspective, causation in social epidemiology, and the effect of poverty and racism on health. The presentation will relate these issues to a Washington state worker's compensation case, child welfare cases, and cases where people in prison are requesting release.
Participants who attend the session will be able to:
- Identify the social determinants of health, particularly poverty and racism, and understand how they shape individual and population health, as well as health equity.
- Recognize the role that population level factors, as opposed to individual level factors, play in determining individual health, population health and health equity.
- Understand how social epidemiologists study and conceptualize causation and the distinctions between their approach and legal conceptions of causation.
- Recognize how law operates as a social determinant of health.
- Understand how the social determinants of health, particularly poverty and racism, are relevant to legal cases.
Salus Populi is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson and W.K. Kellogg Foundations.
CLE and CJE credits pending.
Explore past symposia below:
2022
Reparations for African Americans
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Symposium Materials:
I. Keynote Scholarship and Panel:
II. The History of Anti-Black Discrimination in Washington
III. Expert Grassroots Panel
2021
Behind Bars: The Increased Incarceration of Women and Girls of Color
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Symposium Materials:
I. The Status & Numbers of Incarcerated Women and Girls in WA:
II. Pathways to Incarceration: Trauma, Structural Inequity, Policies and Policing:
III. Roundtable Discussion: Conditions and Consequences of Conviction, Moderated by Dr. Gilda Sheppard:
IV. Keynote Address: Dr. Angela Davis:
2019
Artificial Intelligence: A Critical Review of its Use in Public Decision-Making
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I. Welcoming Remarks
II. Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Bias within AI – An Overview
III. Pretrial Risk Assessments
IV. Equity and Policing Technologies
V. Panel Discussion on Broader AI Topics
2018
Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs): Beyond Defining the Problem; Advancing Solutions
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Materials:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Speaker Biographies
Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1783
Monetary Sanctions as a Permanent Punishment: LFOs in Washington State Today
Dr. Alexes Harris
Living with Conviction: Sentenced to Debt for Life in Washington State Panel
http://www.livingwithconviction.org/
Deborah Espinosa, Esq.
LFO Consortium Subcommittee Updates
Nick Allen, Esq.
Timothy Fitzgerald
Joel McAllister, Esq.
Subcommittee 3 Findings
LFO Calculator Prototype
Judge Linda Coburn
http://beta.lfocalculator.org/
King County Unified Payment (UP Program)
Trish Kinlow
Additional materials:
UP Program Details
Conversion of LFOs to Community Service
Judge Kimberly Walden
Additional materials:
Community Service Verification Forms and Tukwila Municipal Court Approved Sites
2017
Topic: Jury Diversity in Washington: A Hollow Promise or Hopeful Future?
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PROGRAM AGENDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Materials:
Speaker Biographies
Jury Diversity: Policy, Legislative, and Legal Arguments to Address the Lack of Jury Diversity in Juries
Washington Appleseed Jury Diversity Memo
A Jury of Whose Peers? The Impact of Selection Procedures on Racial Composition and the Prevalence of Majority-White Juries
The Impact of Jury Race in Criminal Trials
Race and the Decision Making of Juries
No Records, No Right: Discovery & The Fair Cross-Section Guarantee
2008 Juror Research Project-Washington State Center for Court Research
New Mexico's Success with Non-English Speaking Jurors
Additional Resources:
The State-of-the-States Survey of Jury Improvement Efforts: A Compendium Report
Best Practices in Jury System Management
Jury Service - Council for Court Excellence
Targeting Noncompliant Jurors: Findings from a Comprehensive Enforcement Program
Washington State Jury Commission Report Recommendations (2000)
2016
Topic: "Pre-Trial Justice: Reducing the Rate of Incarceration"
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PROGRAM AGENDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Keynote: Pre-Trial Justice in America,
Presented By: Professor Cynthia Jones, J.D.
Smart Pre-Trial Justice: The Yakima County Project,
Presented By: Judge Richard Bartheld and Joseph Brusic, J.D.
Blueprint for Pre-Trial Reform: The Spokane Project,
Presented By: Judge Maryann Moreno, Gloria Ochoa-Bruck, J.D., and Professor Jacqueline van Wormer, PhD
Pre-Trial Justice: A Local Discussion,
Presented By: Judge Theresa Doyle, Twyla Carter, J.D., Professor Bob Boruchowitz, J.D., Jaime Hawk, J.D.
Reentry: Do We Really Care About People Succeeding After Prison?
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PROGRAM AGENDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lessons Learned: The Boston Reentry Study,
Presented By: Rhiana Kohl, Ph.D.
A Closer Look at Washington,
Presented by: Katherine Beckett, Ph.D.
Barriers to Success: Financial Obligations,
Presented by Alexes Harris, Ph.D.
Barriers to Success: Housing, Employment & Education,
Presented by Merf Ehman, J.D.
Barriers to Success: Family Reunification,
Presented by Elizabeth Hendren, J.D., and Lillian Hewko, J.D.
Despite the Barriers, We Have Hope
Pioneer Human Services, Presented by Karen Lee, J.D.
The STAR Project,
Presented by Glenna Awbrey, M.A. M.Sc.
Washington Department of Corrections,
Presented by Dan Pacholke & Devon Schrum
Looking To the Future:
Adolescent Brain Development and the Juvenile Justice System
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PROGRAM AGENDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Adolescent Brain Development-What We Know About Adolescent Brains and Behavior,
Dr. BJ Casey
Overview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases-The Evolving Jurisprudence Being Adopted by the Court on Juveniles,
Marsha Levick
Models of Diversion Away From the System,
Dan Satterberg & Doug Wheeler; Pat Escamilla & Christine Simonsmeier
Other Relevant Articles on Juvenile Justice Policy
Washington State Supreme Court Symposium on Juvenile Justice and Racial Disproportionality
