Court Appearance Project Presentation at the Advanced Criminal Procedure for Magistrates Program – December 12, 2022

Orange County Pretrial Working Group Meeting: Evaluation of Bail Reform Initiatives – December 6, 2022

Presentation to Buncombe County Justice Resource Advisory Council – December 2, 2022

Presentation to Wake County Pretrial Reform Steering Committee – November 11, 2022

Presentation to the Vera Institute NC Pear Learning Network – November 3, 2022

Presentation to the NC Chamber Workplace DEI Conference on Second Chance Hiring – October 12, 2022

NC Court Appearance Project Phase II—Robeson County Team Meeting – October 7, 2022

Presentation to the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies – September 21, 2022

Presentation to the Prosecutor’s Advisory Group, NC Task Force on Racial Equity in Criminal Justice – September 15, 2022

Presentation to the Orange County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council – August 26, 2022

Alternative Responder Project: Project Team Meeting – August 3, 2022

Presentation to NC Chamber Workplace DEI Conference on Second Chance Hiring – June 9, 2022

Alternative Responder Project: Project Team Meeting - May 18, 2022

Presentation to the Data Committee, NC Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice - May 13, 2022

Orange County Pretrial Working Group Meeting: Evaluation of Bail Reform Initiatives - April 21, 2022

Judicial District 21 Bail Project: Stakeholder meeting - April 5, 2022

NC Courts Commission—The Lab’s Measuring Justice Dashboard - January 7, 2022

NC Court Appearance Project—Orange County Team Meeting - December 16, 2021

NC Court Appearance Project—Robeson County Team Meeting - December 15, 2021

NC Court Appearance Project—New Hanover County Team Meeting - December 15, 2021

NC Rural Jail Project—Columbus County Team Meeting - December 14, 2021

NC Court Appearance Project—Robeson County Team Meeting - Nov. 19, 2021

NC Court Appearance Project—Orange County Team Meeting - Nov. 18, 2021

NC Court Appearance Project—New Hanover County Team Meeting - Nov. 17, 2021

Panel Discussion, Decriminalization & Alternative Responses to Community Challenges, NC Bar Assoc. - November 4,

Panel Discussion, incarceration in NC; Sponsored by Carolina Public Press - November 3, 2021

NC Court Appearance Project, All Teams Meeting - October 29, 2021

Orange County Pretrial Working Group Meeting: Evaluation of Bail Reform Initiatives - Oct. 28, 2021

NC Attorney General’s Pretrial Release & Accountability Roundtable: Western NC Meeting - Oct. 14, 2021

10.8.2021 Orange County Pretrial Working Group Meeting: Review of New Local Bail Policy - Oct. 8, 2021

General Statutes Commission Presentation - September 10, 2021

Judicial District 21 Bail Project—Stakeholder meeting - Sept. 10, 2021

Judicial District 2 Bail Project—Stakeholder meeting - Sept. 10, 2021

NC Criminal Justice Data—Data Committee, Governor's Task Force on Racial Equity in Criminal Justice - July 30, 2021

The Citation Project, NC Police Executive Association Annual Conference - July 26, 2021

Orange County Pretrial Working Group Meeting—Bail Policy Revisions - July 8, 2021

Citation Project Stakeholder Meeting—Presentation of First Report - July 8, 2021

NC District Court Judges Conference, Bail in NC with NC Attorney General - June 23, 2021

NC Superior Court Judges Conference, Update from the Lab - June 16, 2021

Orange County Pretrial Working Group Meeting, 1st Quarter Report - April 30, 2021

Guest Lecture, UNC Class: Innovative Solutions to the Problems Exposed by the COVID-19 Epidemic - April 8, 2021

Update from the Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, NC Magistrates Spring Conference - Mar. 16, 2021

NC Judicial District 21 Bail Project: Stakeholder Meeting - Feb. 26, 2021

NC Judicial District 2 Bail Project: Stakeholder Meeting - Feb. 25, 2021

Model Bail Policy Project: Judicial Feedback Team Meeting - Feb. 19, 2021

Buncombe County Bail Project: Team Meeting - Feb. 18, 2021

Buncombe County Bail Project: Team Meeting - Jan. 26, 2021

The Work of the Lab; NC Court of Appeals Training - Dec 10, 2020

Bail Reform in Orange County; Orange County Justice Advisory Council - Nov 13, 2020

The Citation Project: Training for Pilot Site Trainers - Oct 30, 2020

Implementing Bail Reform: Training for Forsyth County Magistrates - Oct 29, 2020

Reforming the US Criminal Justice System: The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple (London, UK) - Oct 28, 2020

Implementing Bail Reform: Training for Forsyth County Magistrates - Oct 27, 2020

New Orange County NC Bail Procedures for Judges and Clerks - Oct 26, 2020

Implementing Bail Reform: Training for Orange County Judges and Clerks - Oct 26, 2020

Updates from the Lab, NC Superior Court Judges' Conference - Oct 20 2020

The Citation Project: Training for Pilot Site Trainers - Oct 16, 2020

Lessons from Alamance County Bail Litigation, NC Magistrates’ Conference - Oct. 13, 2020

Implementing Bail Reform: Training for Forsyth County Judges - Oct 6, 2020

Bail Reform in NC, NC Public Defender Conference: Aug 21, 2020

Attorney General’s Central NC Regional Pretrial Roundtable, Feb 7, 2020

Bail Reform, Wake Forest University School of Law, Jan 31, 2020

Bail Reform, NC Bar Association Criminal Justice Section CLE, Jan 24, 2020

Criminal Justice Reform, Orange County Criminal Justice Summit, Dec 14, 2019

Guest, Pretrial Justice Institute First Friday Forum, Dec 6, 2019

Bail Reform in NC, NC State Judicial Council Meeting, Dec 5, 2019

Pretrial Release - The Big Picture. In Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Seminar, Nov. 19, 2019

Attorney General's Southeast Regional Pretrial Roundtable, October 25, 2019

Panelist, NC Criminal Law Reform Summit, sponsored by Cato Institute, Cary NC,, Oct. 21, 2019

Panelist, Rural Criminal Justice Summit, Deason Criminal Justice Center, SMU Dedman School of Law, Oct. 19, 2019

Bail Reform in NC, NC Superior Court Judges’ Conference, Oct. 16, 2019

Bail Reform in NC, NC Magistrates’ Fall Conference, Oct. 7, 2019

Bail Reform, League of Women Voters of the Piedmont
Triad Event, September 17, 2019
Greensboro, NC

Pretrial Release Reform in NC at Fees, Fines & Bail: Addressing the Destitution Pipeline. September 5, 2019, Duke University School of Law.

Ordinance Violations as Crimes: County-Level Data & Solutions, Orange County Justice Advisory Council June 6, 2019

Forsyth County Working Group Meeting, April 26 2019

Jessica Smith, Bail Reform in NC, UNC Law School, Faculty Speaker Series, Mar. 2019

Jessica Smith, Bail Reform, North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission, Mar. 2019

Jessica Smith (Panelist), Criminal Justice Reform, UNC Institute of Politics Speaker Series, Jan. 2019

Jessica Smith, NC Pretrial Law & Practice, NC Attorney General’s Pretrial Justice Roundtable, Jan. 2019

Jessica Smith, Improving Indigent Defense in NC, NC Indigent Defense Services Commission, Nov. 2018

Jessica Smith, Pretrial Reform Pilot Programs, NC Courts Commission, Nov. 2018

Jessica Smith, Innovations in Pretrial Reform, NC Superior Court Judges Conference, Oct. 2018

Jessica Smith (Panelist), The Bail Trap, NAACP Program, Sept. 2018

Jessica Smith, Pretrial Justice Reform, NC Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, May 2018

Jessica Smith, Pretrial Justice Reform, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Course for NC Superior Court Judges, May 2018

Jessica Smith, North Carolina's New Juvenile Reinvestment Act, New & Emerging Issues, Course for NC Court of Appeals Judges, Dec. 2017.

Jessica Smith, Juvenile Justice Reform, NC Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Commission, Dec. 2017

Jessica Smith, Pretrial Release Reform for NC, Orange County NC Criminal Justice Advisory Council, Oct. 2017.

Jessica Smith, Pretrial Release Reform, Program for NC Senior Resident Superior Court Judges, Oct. 2017

Jessica Smith, Juvenile Justice Reform in NC, NC Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Program for the State Justice Institute, Sept. 2017

Jessica Smith (Panelist), Mens Rea Reform: Does Overregulation Turn Ordinary People Into Criminals? John Locke Foundation & Texas Public Policy Foundation Program, Mar. 2017

Jessica Smith, Raising the Juvenile Age: Issues for Police Chiefs, North Carolina Police Executives Association 70th Annual Training Conference, July 2016