CJS and Death Penalty Casework Clinic Seminar: Capital Defence in the US Event
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The Centre for Justice Studies and the SLS Death Penalty Casework Clinic seminar
The Centre for Justice Studies and the SLS Death Penalty Casework Clinic would like to invite you to a seminar with guest speakers Christy Dickerson and Shayla J Galloway. The talk will be open to interested students from LAWS3089 Miscarriages of Justice and LAWS2024 Criminal Justice.
Shayla Galloway has been practising criminal law for 16 years, and is currently a Capital Trial Attorney at the Metro Capital Defender’s Office. Shayla has been involved in all aspects of capital plea negotiations, and has worked as an Adjunct Professor at Brown Mackie College.
Christy Dickerson has worked diligently for 15 years on behalf of clients facing the death penalty in Georgia, with multiple open cases currently pending trial. Christy has a degree in Criminal Justice, a Master’s degree in Psychology and has worked as a mitigation investigator.
Shayla and Christy will also be joined by the Director of Amicus, Margot Ravenscroft, alongside Amicus staff, Diana Rescaldani and Allan Harrod. The SLS Death Penalty Casework Clinic is affiliated with Amicus to fight for justice on death row.
Margot joined Amicus in 2007 after working for the Bar Pro Bono Unit. Previously she worked in California at the offices of Clarence & Dyer LLP on death penalty appeals alongside white collar crime matters. On returning to the UK she continued in the field working pro bono on Jamaican capital cases while working in re-insurance litigation at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP. She also served on the National Pro Bono Committee and on the organising committee for the UK's first Pro Bono Conference.