Perspectives | America 250: Michael Pinard, JD

Join us for a series of in-gallery conversations reflecting on America’s 250th anniversary—an observance that invites us to consider the histories of the people who stewarded the land before the nation’s founding, and the events that have shaped this country since. In these weekly interactive conversations, a guest speaker will explore the themes of liberty, justice, humanity, and equality through the lens of art.
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Free. Registration required.
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About the Presenter
Michael Pinard is the Francis & Harriet Iglehart Professor of Law; the Honorable William H. Murphy Jr., Faculty Director of the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law; and director of the Clinical Law Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. He teaches the Racial Justice and the Law Clinic and this fall will teach a new course, Youth, Incarceration and Death in Maryland. He writes broadly about race and the criminal legal system, including the criminalization of race (children, adults, and communities); policing; incarceration; criminal records; and the intersectional harms of the criminal and civil legal systems. Professor Pinard has worked to improve the criminal legal system nationally and locally through legislative and policy advocacy, scholarship, opinion pieces, and participation in various working and advisory groups. He currently serves as board chair of the Gault Center and as a commissioner with the Maryland Access to Justice Commission.