Wayne Law hosts screening of '13th'

Wayne Law’s Damon J. Keith Students for Civil Rights will host a panel discussion and screening of the documentary, “13th” on Thursday, March 23.

Following the screening, a group of experts will discuss race and the criminal justice system.

Panelists are Ebonie Byndon-Fields, lecturer for the Criminal Justice Department at Wayne State University; Kefentse Chike, professor of African-American studies at Wayne State University;
and Mark Fancher, staff attorney for the Racial Justice Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

This event will be from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at Wayne State University Law School, 471 W. Palmer St.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Madeline Sinkovich, fx5711@wayne.edu.

The event kicks off this year’s Wayne Law Review Symposium, which will be Friday, March 24 and feature the topic, “The Changing Face of the War on Drugs: Mass Incarceration,
Overcriminalization, and Evolving Drug Policy.”