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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Transformative Justice Initiative is excited to host its initial meeting on Wednes<\/strong>day, September 16, from 12:00 \u2013 1:00 PM in Room 244<\/strong>. The meeting will feature guest speaker Josh Spickler, the executive director of Just City and a former Shelby County assistant public defender.<\/p>\n TJI was formed in Spring 2025, making it one of Memphis Law\u2019s newer student organizations. At this meeting, we\u2019ll introduce new and returning members to TJI\u2019s mission, share this year\u2019s events and community partnership opportunities, and walk through how you can get involved. We\u2019ll also answer questions about what transformative justice, movement lawyering, and abolition-centered advocacy look like in practice at Memphis Law.<\/p>\n What is TJI?<\/strong><\/p>\n TJI is a Memphis Law student organization dedicated to confronting the criminal legal system\u2019s role in mass incarceration, over-policing, and punitive practices, while uplifting community-centered approaches rooted in healing, accountability, and care. Our goal is to equip law students with tools for movement lawyering, abolitionist legal strategies, public defense, and community partnership through panels, workshops, and collaborations with advocates and impacted communities.<\/p>\n Why Get Involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n TJI offers law students the chance to:<\/p>\n Whether you want to help plan events, conduct research for partner organizations, support public campaigns, or just learn more about transformative justice\/criminal legal reform, your level of commitment is up to you\u2014every contribution matters!<\/p>\n This Year at a Glance<\/strong><\/p>\n Possible activities that TJI will coordinate this year include:<\/p>\n Event Details<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc5 Wednesday, September 16<\/strong> Questions? Reach out to:<\/p>\n The Transformative Justice Initiative is excited to host its initial meeting on Wednesday, September 16, from 12:00 \u2013 1:00 PM...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transformativejusticeinitiative"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41737"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41753,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41737\/revisions\/41753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n\ud83d\udd5b 12:00 \u2013 1:00 PM<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\udccd Room 244<\/strong>
\n\ud83e\udd6a Bring your own lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n