PILC: Diversity in Prosecutor Offices

NYU Law’s Public Interest Law Center will be hosting a conversation with current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace (’96) and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams on diversity in prosecutor offices.  As African-American prosecutors in two of the preeminent prosecutor offices in the country, U.S. Attorneys Williams and Peace each supervise more than 200 prosecutors who handle cases that include domestic and international terrorism, narcotics, human and arms- trafficking, white-collar crime, public corruption, gang violence, organized crime, and civil rights violations. Join Gail Zweig as she engages Williams and Peace about the diversity of lawyers in their offices and about how diversity fits into the broader discussion of the U.S. criminal justice system.  This in-person event is being co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Peter L. Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, Law Alumni of Color Association, Moot Court Board, Law & Government Society and Prosecution Legal Society.  It is open to all current NYU Law students, staff and faculty as well as NYU Law alumni.

               When: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 from 1:10 – 2:25pm
               Where: Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street, 9th Floor
               RSVP: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0vtNuTtxxgRYpDM