The Richard Netter Conference
Conference on Criminal Records and Employment
December 8, 2011, New York City
Agenda
Thursday, December 8, 2011
8:00 am – 5:15 pm
Cornell ILR NYC Conference Center
Price: $275
Please call (212-340-2866) or email (ss2353@cornell.edu) Stephanie Sutow for registration information. Online registration is no longer available.
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8:00 am CHECK-IN AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Harry C. Katz, The Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Jack Sheinkman Professor, Cornell University ILR
Pamela S. Tolbert, Lois S. Gray Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University ILR
8:35 am PLENARY ADDRESS: "THE BELOVED COMMUNITY BEHIND BARS: CITIES WITH RAP SHEETS, PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, & TITLE VII. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL LINK
Cornell William Brooks, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
9:00 am WHAT ARE THE ISSUES OF UNIFORMITY/INACCURACY IN THE REPORTING OF CRIMINAL RECORDS? HOW DO CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES (CRAS) OPERATE? SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL LINK
Moderator: Judy Whiting, General Counsel, The Community Services Society
Speakers:
- Montserrat Miller, Partner, (PRESENTATION) Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, and Counsel, National Association of Professional Background Screeners
- Sharon Dietrich, Managing Attorney for Public Benefits and Employment, (PRESENTATION) Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
- Matt Visser, President and CEO, (PRESENTATION) VICTIG
- Shawn Bushway, Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Public Administration and Policy, (PRESENTATION) University at Albany, SUNY
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am TITLE VII, ADVERSE IMPACT AND CRIMINAL RECORDS AS A SELECTION DEVICE, MATRIX APPROACHES, AND THE UNIFORM SELECTION GUIDELINES SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL LINK
Moderator: Esta R. Bigler, Director, Labor & Employment Law Program, Cornell University ILR
Speakers:
- P. David Lopez, General Counsel, (PRESENTATION) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Reply:
- Adam Klein, Partner, Outten & Golden LLP
- Barry Hartstein, Shareholder, (PRESENTATION)Littler Mendelson P.C.
- John Hausknecht, Associate Professor (I/O Psychologist), (PRESENTATION) Cornell University ILR
12:15 pm LUNCH ADDRESS: “MASS INCARCERATION AND THE LABOR MARKET” SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL LINK
Jeremy Travis, President, (PRESENTATION) John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
1:30 pm WHAT DO EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW WHEN USING CRIMINAL RECORDS? WHAT IS RELEVANT TO HIRING? EMPLOYER FEAR OF NEGLIGENT HIRING SUITS SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL LINK
Moderator: Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies, and Professor, Government Department, Cornell University Arts and Sciences
Speakers:
- Frederick G. Giles, CPP, Senior Vice President, (PRESENTATION) Research Division, CARCO Group, Inc., and Incoming Chair, National Association of Professional Background Screeners
- Katharine H. Parker, Co-Chair, (PRESENTATION) Employment Counseling Practice Group, Proskauer Rose LLP
- Alfred Blumstein, University Professor and J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research, (PRESENTATION) Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
- Kiminori Nakamura, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, (PRESENTATION) University of Maryland
3:00 pm BREAK
3:15 pm RESTORATION ISSUES: WHAT EMPLOYMENT MODELS WORK? IS BAN THE BOX AN ANSWER TO REFUSAL TO HIRE? SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL LINK
Moderator: Devah Pager, Associate Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
Speakers:
- Jessica Henry, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, (PRESENTATION) Montclair State University
- Margaret Colgate Love, Esq., The Law Office of Margaret Love
- Lyell Ritchie, Vice President for Strategic Business Development, (PRESENTATION) Fedcap
- Anthony Cardenales, Manager of Supply Chain, WeRecycle!, and graduate of the Bard Prison Initiative
4:45 pm CLOSING AND NEXT STEPS
5:00 pm RECEPTION