FROM THE Chair

ABSTRACT

[...]the commitment of the CJS Council and past chairs, our committee and task force members, the dedication and support of Section staff, and the consistent participation of the CJS membership have all contributed to CJS continued struggle for justice reform. When we consider the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and its devasting impact on marginalized communities, the similar deleterious and disparate impact of social and criminal legal systems on the poor and black and brown people in this country, the continued demise of unarmed black men and women at the hands of the police, the social unrest and activism that captured the conscience of a nation and the world, and even the politicized debate about the COVID-19 vaccine and climate change, it is clear. [...]the ever-present professional and membership goals continue serving, supporting, and growing the CJS membership.