The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission held its fourth Town Hall in May 2022 with keynote speaker, Secretary Jeh Johnson, Special Adviser on Equal Justice in the Courts, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. This Town Hall provided an opportunity to update the court family on the Court’s implementation of the recommendations of the Special Adviser on Equal Justice and to engage in an ongoing dialogue of address the systemic barriers to racial and ethnic fairness in the courts.
FHWJC Town Hall meeting, October 15, 2021
The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission held its third Town Hall on the anniversary of the release of the Report of the Special Adviser on Equal Justice, to provide an update on the Court’s implementation of the recommendations of the Special Adviser on Equal Justice and to engage in an ongoing dialogue of address the systemic barriers to racial and ethnic fairness in the courts.
FHWJC Town Hall meeting, March 11, 2021
On March 11, 2021, the Commission held Part 2 of our continuing dialogue on systemic racism and bias in the courts, providing those who attended to actively participate by directing questions to panelists. The entire Town Hall was dedicated to questions and answers from the attendees.
FHWJC Town Hall meeting, January 7, 2021 | Transcript
The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission, which is celebrating its Thirtieth Anniversary this year as a permanent commission in the New York State court system promoting racial and ethnic fairness in the courts, held a recent Town Hall to provide the court family an opportunity to engage in honest and meaningful dialogue with the goal of eradicating systemic racism and bias from our court system, discuss the implementation of the recommendations in Secretary Johnson’s Report, address issues faced by members of the court system and find possible solutions to those issues. Professor Deborah N. Archer, Professor of Clinical Law and Co-Faculty Director of the Center on Race Inequality and the Law at New York University School of Law, and a nationally recognized expert in civil rights and racial justice, served as the Town Hall’s keynote speaker.