Letter from the editor

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• Date: 01 October 2025
• Published date: 01 October 2025
• Author: Alyson Brusie

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

The American Criminal Law Review is proud to present the Volume 62

Symposium Issue, Disability and the Criminal Legal System. Our Symposium

aimed to promote conversation around an underrepresented, yet deeply important

topic for many interacting with the criminal legal system. From police response, to

pre-trial and post-release conditions, to prison accommodations, people with disabil-

ities face unique challenges within the criminal legal system that require institutional

safeguards to ensure people receive proper care. The Symposium and accompanying

Issue aim to foster more dialogue surrounding the (often lacking) standard of care that

people with disabilities receive while challenging preconceived notions about the

criminal legal system. We hope this Issue inspires students, scholars, practitioners,

and activists to create a more just world that provides proper care and accommodation

to people with disabilities.

The Editorial Board and Staff of Volume 62 want to express appreciation for

everyone who made the Symposium and its accompanying Issue possible. Thank you

to the practitioners, students, and guests who attended the Symposium in November

2024. We would also like to thank Kate Gloe, Senior Symposium Editor, and Lucy

Kalar, Editor-in-Chief, of Volume 61 for their leadership in laying the groundwork

for this Symposium. Additionally, we would like to thank Samuel Weiss who, with his

support, proposed this idea and guided us in putting together a successful and enlighten-

ing Symposium. Thank you to Jon Corn and Meaghan Charlton, co-presidents of

Georgetown University Law Center’s Disabled Law Students Association, for

their co-sponsorship of the Symposium and assistance in pulling the event together.

Finally, we would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to Sophie Gelber, Senior

Symposium Editor of Volume 62, for her immense dedication and exceptional work

ethic in making this Symposium possible.

We hope you enjoy this Symposium Issue of the American Criminal Law Review.

Thank you for reading!

Sincerely,

Alyson Brusie

Editor-in-Chief, Volume 62

American Criminal Law Review

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