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Police trainer and former police chief Mark Mew, recently returned from Benin, West Africa, discussed his experiences providing police training in support of peacekeeping in Africa. Mark Mew has more 20 years of experience in police work and served as the chief of the Anchorage Police Department. He also has worked as the Director of Security and Emergency Preparedness for the Anchorage School District. Bering Straits Native Corporation is the entity through which Mew provided the training.

The ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Innocence Project and the Office of Public Advocacy spearheaded the effort to exonerate the Fairbanks Four — four men convicted in 1999 of the 1997 beating death of a Fairbanks youth. This panel discussion of the exoneration featured two of the lawyers involved in the case, as well as a forensic scientist who provided expert testimony.

The Eighth Polar Law Symposium was held Sept. 23 to 24, 2015, at the University of ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Fairbanks and Sept. 25 to 26, 2015, at the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ. This was the first Polar Law Symposium to be held in the U.S. and it coincided with the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

Dr. Allen Ault, Dean of the College of Justice & Safety at Eastern Kentucky University, spoke on his 40 years of experience in corrections on March 2, 2015, at the UAA/APU Consortium Library on the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ campus.

"Traffic Stops: What to Expect from Police" was a community forum sponsored by the Anchorage Community Police Relations Task Force (ACPRTF), the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC), the Anchorage Police Department (APD), and the UAA Justice Center. The event was held on Nov. 5, 2014, in room 307 of the UAA/APU Consortium Library on the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Campus.

"North to the Future: Opportunities and Change in ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ's Emerging Frontiers" addressed the rapidly evolving changes in ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ and the Arctic, and the challenges presented to ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ's leaders and institutions in addressing the legal issues associated with economic development, climate change, and social and cultural impacts.

The Minor Consuming Alcohol (MCA) Conference was organized in response to concern about MCA cases and underage drinking in ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ, and was held April 4, 2014, at the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Court System's Snowden Training Center in downtown Anchorage.

"No More Silence in the Dark" was an event cosponsored by the Justice Center at ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ (UAA) and the Omega Xi chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the national criminal justice honor society. The event was presented as part of National Criminal Justice Month 2014 and "UAA Says No More" week.

"Time to Legalize? A Public Discussion on Marijuana Law and Policy" took place a week after a ballot measure to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana for recreational use in ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ was officially certified for inclusion in the Aug. 19, 2014, primary election as Ballot Measure 2.

Tribal Judge David Voluck on the resurgence of ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native tribal courts and their relationship to the movement for ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native tribal sovereignty on November 18, 2013 at the UAA/APU Consortium Library on the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ campus. Judges from Kenaitze Indian Tribe Tribal Court also attended the event and participated in the question and answer session.