PANELISTS:

Charles H. Ramsey
Co-Chair of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, Former Police Commissioner, City of Philadelphia

Meg Reiss
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Lauren Ouziel
Assistant Professor of Law

President Trump promised his voters a “return to law and order” if he was elected President. As his Administration takes shape, what is this likely to mean?  To what extent can a new Administration shift the federal criminal enforcement agenda?  How will changes at the federal level impact local communities?  And what is the future of police reform under the new Administration?  Former Commissioner of Philadelphia Police Charles Ramsey and Meg Reiss from the Institute for Innovative Prosecution at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice will join Temple Law professor Lauren Ouziel, a former federal prosecutor, for this important conversation.

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ABOUT THE PANELISTS

COMMISSIONER CHARLES H. RAMSEY began his career with the Chicago Police Department at age 18 and rose through the ranks to deputy superintendent. He served as police chief in Washington, D.C., from 1998 to 2006, where crime rates dropped 40 percent during his tenure. He joined the Philadelphia Police Department in 2008 under Mayor Michael Nutter. Ramsey led the PPD through eight years of dramatic declines in violent crime and has emerged as a major voice in a national dialogue on community policing. In 2014, he led President Obama’s 21st Century Policing Task Force, which released a final report of recommendations in 2015 to increase trust between law enforcement and communities and reduce crime.

MEG REISS is the Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution. Ms. Reiss is works with prosecutors, law enforcement experts, scholars, community and civic leaders, and others in the criminal justice field to reflect upon and drive innovation within the role and function of the office of the prosecutor. With more than 20 years of legal and criminal justice policy experience, Reiss has played a variety of roles as a prosecutor.  She has been a senior trial and investigative attorney, administrative division chief, policy advocate, project manager, and political leader.

PROFESSOR LAUREN OUZIEL teaches Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Civil Procedure. Her research on institutional dynamics in criminal investigation and adjudication addresses differences in dynamics among courts, lawmakers, and law enforcers between the federal and state criminal justice systems, and how those differences influence public perceptions of legitimacy and case outcomes. Professor Ouziel has served as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She has investigated and prosecuted a wide range of criminal matters including financial and securities frauds, national security offenses, narcotics, violent gangs, and corruption. From 2002 to 2004, Professor Ouziel was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, where she focused on complex commercial civil litigation.