In less than ten years, Adam J. Foss has demonstrated how one young lawyer can make a difference. A cum laude graduate from Suffolk Law School in Boston in 2008, Foss became
a prosecuting attorney who quickly realized just how much power he wielded. Choosing solutions over a high conviction rate, Foss worked with criminal defendants to achieve justice, something he said never learned in law school. Foss shares his insights on criminal justice at the YWCA Racial Justice Breakfast on Tuesday, March 21. The Center will livestream his talk in room 118 at 8 a.m.
Foss has since left the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, to work full time at Prosecutor Integrity, which he co-founded with John Legend and his manager Ty Stiklorius. This new organization seeks to broaden prosecutors’ perspectives by training them to see defendants as individuals not defined by their crimes and, in so doing, challenge a mindset that measures success in terms of convictions. In his popular TED talk, Foss said that prosecutors can be the difference between catastrophe and intervention, support, or even love.
To see Foss’s talk at the College of Law, register here. It’s free and breakfast will be provided.