DOJ Independence: Historical Precedent and Contemporary Challenges

March 12, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Thorne Auditorium

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Archive of Past Symposia

(2025) Contemporary Policing & Criminal Justice in Chicago

(2024) The Changing Relationship Between Local Prosecutors and State Governments

(2023) Reflections on the Future of American Criminal Law

(2022) Do Hate Crime Laws #stophate, #stophatecrimes, & #standagainsthate

(2020) Progressive Prosecution: Legal, Empirical, and Theoretical Perspectives

(2019) Voluntariness of Confessions

(2018) Bail Bond Reform

(2016) The Death Penalty’s Numbered Days? | Schedule

(2015) Improving Forensic Science

(2014) Conviction Integrity Conference

(2014) Champion of Justice: A Celebratory Event to Honor Rob Warden’s Quest to Free the Innocent