Past Events
INUK Spring Conference, Friday, 22 March 2013
Venue: White & Case LLP
Time: 1pm – 7pm
Address: 5 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DW
We are grateful to White & Case LLP for hosting this event.
7th INUK Annual Conference for Innocence Projects
DATE: 23-24 November 2012
VENUE: This event is hosted by Norton Rose LLP, London.
We are grateful to Lexis Nexis for sponsoring this event.
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INUK Spring Conference, 27 April 2012
We are grateful that Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is, again, supporting INUK by hosting this event.
It will be held at their London Office: City Place House 55 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5EH
For Maps & Directions, click here.
For Programme, click here.
To book a place , click here.
Helping the Innocent: INUK Symposium on the Reform of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
DATE: 30 March 2012
VENUE: Norton Rose LLP, London
Click here for Details.
Innocence Network Conference 2012
DATE: 30-31 March 2012
Kansas City
Information, registration and accommodation here.
Innocence and Forgiveness, 7 March 2012
Speaker: Jennifer Thompson
Date: 7 March 2012
Time: 1.30 – 2.30 pm
Venue: Watershed Bristol
INUK Innocence Projects Directors’ Day, 4 February 2012
Theme: Making progress on cases as a network
Date: 4 February 2012
Time: 11 am to 3.30 pm
Venue: School of Law, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RJ
This meeting for for Staff Directors of INUK member innocence projects only.
6th INUK Annual Conference for Innocence Projects
DATE: 25-26 November 2011
We are grateful that Norton Rose LLP, London, is supporting INUK by hosting this event.
Address & Directions here.
Programme click here.
Local accomodation click here.
2011 Innocence Network Conference
DATE: 7th – 10th April 2011
LOCATION: Hosted by the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law
For information, booking form and a range of local hotels, see: http://www.innocencenetwork.org/conference.html.
INUK Spring Conference, 25 March 2011
We are grateful that Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is again supporting INUK by hosting this event.
It will be held at their London Office: City Place House 55 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5EH
For Maps & Directions, click here.
INUK Spring Conference 2011 Programme.
INUK Spring Conference Booking Form 2011
5th INUK Annual Conference for Innocence Projects
DATE: 19th – 20th November 2010
We are grateful that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, London, is again supporting INUK by hosting this event.
2010 Innocence Network Conference
DATE: 16th – 18th April 2010
LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia
INUK Spring Conference 12th March 2010
We are grateful that Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is supporting INUK by hosting this event.
It will be held at their London Office: City Place House 55 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5EH
For Maps & Directions, click here.
INUK Conference Timetable 2010
INUK Annual Conference Booking Form 2010
Reflection by J Kenyon, Winchester Student here.
The Innocence Projects Day
The Innocence Projects Day coincides, annually, with National Pro Bono Week. It invites staff and students from the 20+ member university innocence projects to undertake a pro bono activity sich as reach out to their local communities between the 9-13 November 2009 to educate the public about the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of the innocent, which led to the establishment of the Innocence Network UK (INUK) and its member innocence projects.
4th Annual INUK National Training Programme for Innocence Projects
DATE: 30th – 31st October 2009
VENUE: We are grateful that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, London is supporting INUK by hosting this event.
Enquiries welcome. Contact Pat Hammond: Pat.Hammond@bristol.ac.uk.
Download the INUK National Training Programme 2009 Timetable here.
Download the INUK National Training Booking Form 2009 here.
Reflection by J Kenyon, Winchester Student here.
Local Accommodation here.
From Death Row to Freedom
Two high-profile victims of wrongful imprisonment, including a man who narrowly avoided execution, will be speaking about their experiences and the difficulties they faced in putting their lives back together after their release, at a free public talk next week. The event, hosted by the University of Bristol’s Innocence Project, will take place on Monday 12 October.
John Thompson spent 14 years on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary, USA, for a crime he did not commit. During that time he survived seven execution dates before finally being exonerated of murder in 2003 after a disclosure from the lead prosecutor, who confessed he had concealed blood evidence which could prove John’s innocence. John left the penitentiary with a small bag of possessions and $10, given to exiting inmates by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections for bus fare.
John is also the founder and director of the fledgling non-profit, Resurrection After Exoneration (RAE). When he was exonerated in 2003, John quickly saw that fellow exonerees coming home from prison were struggling and that they needed a support network if they were to succeed and be real advocates for change in the criminal justice system. In response to this, he founded RAE, the first exoneree-run re-entry initiative in the country. Echoing Green, a non-profit organisation dedicated to early-stage social sector investing, awarded John a two-year fellowship and seed money to start RAE.
Paul Blackburn spent 25 years in British prisons maintaining his innocence from the age of 15, before finally his conviction of attempted murder was overturned in 2005.
Each will be providing their own account of the effects of wrongful imprisonment on their families and wider community. They will also be joined by Emily Maw, Director of the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO), who will talk about the work of the IPNO, the battle to prove Thompson’s innocence, and the many other cases that she and her team have overturned and are currently involved with.
Dr Michael Naughton, Director of the University of Bristol Innocence Project, said: “This is a great opportunity for people to hear about the damage that is caused by wrongful convictions, and to learn about the importance of the Innocence Project at Bristol in trying to help free innocent people who are languishing in our prisons.
“It also highlights the growing role that the University is playing in linking together with international innocence project members, to raise awareness of this global problem and share ideas about how to overturn wrongful convictions.”
The event, hosted by the University of Bristol’s Innocence Project, based within the University’s School of Law, was the first innocence project in the UK. The project involves students working on real cases concerning long-term prisoners who maintain their innocence, have exhausted the criminal appeals system and have no legal aid.
The talk will take place on Monday 12 October from 6 pm at the University in the Powell Lecture Theatre, HH Wills Physics Building, Tyndall Avenue, Clifton, Bristol.
Presentation by Professor Greg Hampikian hosted by QEB Hollis Whiteman
DATE: 8th June 2009
LOCATION: Arundel House, London
Dr. Hampikian, Professor of Biology in Biose State University in Idaho, is one of the foremost DNA experts in the United States. He has played an instrumental role in several DNA exonerations, including Robert Clark who spent 24 years in prison for a rape he had not committed; and Clarence Harrison who spent 17 years serving a life-sentence for rape until DNA evidence proved his innocence. He currently serves as the Director of the Idaho Innocence Project and DNA expert for the Georgia Innocence Project. He is also a frequent keynote speaker at national conferences and has been interviewed by leading news organisations such Good Morning America, Fox News, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal. (For full biography of Dr. Hampikian, see http://biology.boisestate.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty/greg-hampikian/).
In this event, Dr. Hampikian will be speaking about his experiences as a forensic scientist working on alleged innocence cases, shedding light on the importance and need of an ‘innocence approach’ to investigate alleged wrongful convictions in the UK. By drawing from his extensive experience in successfully exonerating innocent prisoners through DNA, his presentation focuses on how to work on alleged innocence cases that have exhausted the criminal appeals system and the need for creativity and to look beyond the confines of the existing criminal justice process in such cases.
Click here for the Flyer of the Event.
Click here for a Video of the Event.
INUK Spring Meeting/Student Conference 24th April 2009
We are grateful that Freshfields have offered to host our INUK Spring Meeting/Student Conference on Friday 24th April. It will take place at their Fleet Street offices in London. Registration is from 1-1.30pm and Mark Ellison QC, QEB Hollis Whiteman, is our guest speaker.
If you are interested in setting up an innocence project and would like to attend, please email Gabe Tan at: Gabe.Tan@bristol.ac.uk, by Friday 3rd April.
Click here for the Event Agenda.
Click here for the Event Report by Gabe Tan.
2009 Innocence Network Conference
DATE: 20th – 22th March 2009
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
For information on how to book and a range of local hotels, see: http://www.innocencenetwork.org/conference.html.
The Innocence Projects Day
The Innocence Projects Day coincides, annually, with National Pro Bono Week. It invites staff and students from the 20+ member university innocence projects to reach out to their local communities between the 10-14 November 2008 to educate the public about the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of the innocent, which led to the establishment of the Innocence Network UK (INUK) and its member innocence projects.
This link opens Fact Sheet 1
This link opens Fact Sheet 2
3rd Annual INUK National Training Programme for Innocence Projects
DATE: 24th – 26th October 2008
VENUE: Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Enquiries welcome. Contact Julie Price: Priceja1@cf.ac.uk.
Download the INUK National Training Booking Form 2008 here
Download the INUK National Training Programme 2008 Timetable INUK_Timetable_2008_FINAL.
Local Accommodation here.
Click here for the minutes.
INUK Spring Conference 2008 / Signing of Attorney General’s Pro Bono Protocols
We are pleased to report an exciting new development for the INUK, and to celebrate this we’d like to invite our staff member contacts and key students from all member universities to London to mark this.
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, has agreed to attend a Reception at our INUK Spring Meeting on 15 April 2008 for INUK’s formal Protocol signing.
Click here for the Event Booklet.
Click here for the Minutes.
2nd INUK Symposium
Prisoners Maintaining Innocence
School of Law, University of Bristol
18 March 2008
The second INUK Symposium will bring together representatives from all sides of the prisoners maintaining innocence conundrum to discuss, critically, what might be done to help them make progress through their sentences and achieve release.
2nd Annual INUK National Training Programme for Innocence Projects
DATE: 2nd – 4th November
VENUE: School of Law, University of Bristol
Enquiries welcome. Contact Michael Naughton: M.Naughton@bristol.ac.uk.
INUK Training Prgramme 2007 Timetable
List of Local Accomodation
Directions
Innocence Projects Directors Meeting
First Meeting of affiliated innocence project co-ordinators
11 a.m. – 3 p.m., 27th June 2007
School of Law, University of Bristol
The meeting will discuss the INUK Constitution; a proposed INUK Innocence Projects Committee; a proposed INUK Student Committee; and, INUK’s Protocols for affiliated innocence project case work. Note: Funding has been secured to pay all expenses for this meeting to consolidate the INUK.
Inaugural INUK Symposium
The 10th Anniversary of the CCRC
Institute of Public Affairs, University of Bristol
31 March 2007
The Symposium brought together a range of critical ‘voices’ from victim support groups, academics, practitioners and investigative journalists. An edited book from the proceedings will provide a critical companion on the CCRC from these key areas of the miscarriage of justice jigsaw.
Inaugural INUK Symposium Programme
Inaugural INUK Annual Conference
12th -14th October 2006 at Cardiff
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University of Bristol Innocence Project Open Day
30 September 2005
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