Event: Behind The Bench II

Event: Behind The Bench II
A Community Forum to address the laws and legal issues that affect communities and the world.

Note: Live Television Taping / Workshop.

Flyer: May be downloaded from the CSH Flyer Depot here.

Time: 5:30pm to 8:pm
Day & Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Location:
Harlem Branch Library
9 West 124th Street
(Between Malcolm X Blvd. & 5th Aves.)
New York, NY
Tel: 212-369-2705

Contact:
Cornelius Ricks
Phone: 347-413-2774
Email: seericks1@gmail.com or harlemcommunity@gmail.com

Technical Director:
Hon. Patti Jacobs (harlemcommunity@gmail.com)

Distinguished guest speakers and panelist are:

• Hon. Paul Kerson, Esq. – (Ret.) Westchester County. Criminal Court
• Hon. Jay Stuart Dankberg, Esq. – (Ret.) NYC Housing Court
• Asst. Attorney General Guy Mitchell, Esq. – Harlem
• Kenneth Gilbert, Esq. – Defender Service of Harlem
• Hon. Keith Wright, - State Assembly Member

Cornelius Ricks asks?

1. Should we trust in judicial justice?
2. Are lawyers a part of the status quo that exploit those who cannot afford a lawyer?
3. Are judges free to make independent judgments or are their decisions influenced by the police, public, and district attorney office?
4. Should judges be appointed by the governor and mayor or be elected?
5. In landlord tenant disputes how influential is the landlord lobby?
6. Why are Asians and Whites not arrested at the same rate as Blacks?
7. Why do police brutality cases go unpunished?
8. Why has legal community refused to support Attorney Alton Maddox gain his license back to practice law in New York?

Also check out:
Conversation with Harold Channer and Cornelius Ricks