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Location
Portcullis House - Macmillan Room
Date(s)
Tuesday 25th October 2016 (12:40-13:40)
Contact

For more information, contact Rob Ounsworth (The University of Nottingham).

Please note the change of venue and the slightly adjusted starting time.

Online registration available here

Description

Future of Justice: Making justice real for children

About the event

How can we better protect young people and secure their rights? Join former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer MP, leading policymakers, practitioners and academic experts to explore how University of Nottingham research can provide innovative solutions to reducing self-harm among young people in custody, offer digital solutions to the challenge of providing children with information on their legal rights, and improve frontline child protection practice.

Speakers:

  • Professor Aoife Nolan (International Human Rights Law, The University of Nottingham) - chair

  • Kate Aubrey-Johnson (Director of the Youth Justice Legal Centre, Just for Kids Law)

  • Professor Harry Ferguson (Social Work, The University of Nottingham)

  • Dr Vicky Kemp (Law, The University of Nottingham)

  • Helen Lincoln (Executive Director for People Operations, Essex County Council)

  • Rt. Hon. Lord Tom McNally (Chairman, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales)

  • Sir Keir Starmer MP (former Director of Public Prosecutions)

  • Professor Ellen Townsend (Psychology, The University of Nottingham)

  • Dr Elvira Perez Vallejos (Computer Science, The University of Nottingham)

Supported by The University of Nottingham

Get in touch

Email us: nottinghamday@nottingham.ac.uk