Fishman is founder and executive director of Justice Innovation Lab (JIL), an organization that designs solutions for a more fair and effective justice system.
Prior to founding the JIL, Fishman served for 14 years as a federal prosecutor in the U. S Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
“Jared Fishman was on the front lines as a prosecutor, successfully securing verdicts in some of the most well-known civil rights cases in the country dealing with hate crimes, human trafficking, and police brutality,” said Patricia Proctor, director of the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy, which sponsors the lecture series. “His experience exposed him to problems with our justice system and led him to found an organization that works collaboratively with law enforcement to make their systems safer, more just, and fair. I am excited to hear about the experiences that led him to found the Justice Innovation Lab as well as about the work he is doing and how JIL’s approach can be applied to many kinds of societal challenges everywhere.”
Fishman earned his law degree from the George Washington University Law School, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
The lecture is sponsored by Marshall’s Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy with support from the West Virginia Humanities Council. It is free and open to the public.