UChicago Law - Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with my Sister's Killer with Jeanne Bishop

Join the ACS UChicago Law Student Chapter to hear from Jeanne Bishop, public defender and advocate for abolition of the death penalty, about her personal experiences with the criminal justice system, and how it shapes her advocacy.

Jeanne Bishop is the sister of Nancy Bishop Langert, who, along with her husband Richard and their unborn baby, was murdered by a teenager in 1990. Jeanne Bishop is a felony attorney with the Office of the Cook County Public Defender, an adjunct professor in the Trial Advocacy Program at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and the author of two books on mercy and forgiveness. She serves on several boards supporting reform in the criminal legal system, including the Illinois Prison Project and the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy.