Colleen Chien's guest appearances

Colleen Chien

OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas

Ipse Dixit

Tim Schneider

Eric Goldman

Carrie Goldberg

Lawrence Lessig

Nicholas Bagley

Heidi Matthews

Leigh Goodmark

Todd Zywicki

Simon Tam

Greg Shill

Adam Winkler

Patrick O'Donnell

David Ley

Neil Gorsuch

Paul Ryan

OwlTail

JJ Prescott

In recognition that a criminal record shouldn’t be a life sentence to poverty, there’s been a whirlwind of momentum in the states in recent years to expand eligibility for criminal record-clearing—with over half the states expanding laws for expungement, sealing, and other tools for enabling people to wipe their records clean so they can have a fair shot at jobs, housing, education and more. There’s just one tiny problem. The expungement systems that states have been building are leaving behind the vast majority of the folks they’re supposed to help.  To kick off a series of conversations with leaders in the field of reentry and criminal records reform for April as Second Chance Month, Rebecca talks to two of the leading academics behind a critical new line of research on what’s now being called the “second chance gap”—JJ Prescott, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and Colleen Chien, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and Paper Prisons Project—whose research on who’s getting left behind by hard to navigate expungement systems has been fueling state momentum to make criminal record-clearing automatic for everyone who’s eligible, instead of just the lucky few who can afford to hire a lawyer.

In recognition that a criminal record shouldn’t be a life sentence to poverty, there’s been a whirlwind of momentum in the states in recent years to expand eligibility for criminal record-clearing—with over half the states expanding laws for expungement, sealing, and other tools for enabling people to wipe their records clean so they can have a fair shot at jobs, housing, education and more. There’s just one tiny problem. The expungement systems that states have been building are leaving behind the vast majority of the folks they’re supposed to help. To kick off a series of conversations with leaders in the field of reentry and criminal records reform for April as Second Chance Month, Rebecca talks to two of the leading academics behind a critical new line of research on what’s now being called the “second chance gap”—JJ Prescott, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and Colleen Chien, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and Paper Prisons Project—whose research on who’s getting left behind by hard to navigate expungement systems has been fueling state momentum to make criminal record-clearing automatic for everyone who’s eligible, instead of just the lucky few who can afford to hire a lawyer.

The Second Chance Gap -- feat. JJ Prescott and Colleen Chien

In this episode, Colleen Chien, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses her article "The Second Chance Gap," which will be published in the Michigan Law Review. Chien begins by describing "second chance" laws, which give people convicted of crimes the potential for mitigating their punishment. She observes that many second chance laws are rarely applied, and asks why that happens. Based on empirical research, she identifies the features that make second chance laws more or less likely to be effective. And she reflects on what this can tell us about criminal justice policy. Chien is on Twitter at @colleen_chien. This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, <a href="https://law.scu.edu/faculty/profile/chien-colleen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colleen Chien</a>, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses her article "<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3265335" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Second Chance Gap</a>," which will be published in the Michigan Law Review. Chien begins by describing "second chance" laws, which give people convicted of crimes the potential for mitigating their punishment. She observes that many second chance laws are rarely applied, and asks why that happens. Based on empirical research, she identifies the features that make second chance laws more or less likely to be effective. And she reflects on what this can tell us about criminal justice policy. Chien is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/colleen_chien" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@colleen_chien</a>. This episode was hosted by <a href="http://law.uky.edu/directory/brian-l-frye" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian L. Frye</a>, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/brianlfrye" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brianlfrye</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Colleen Chien on Criminal Justice Policy Reform