If you’ve never met a law professor, or if you have and think you never want to meet another one, you need to meet Hadar Aviram. She is an expert on the criminal justice system who uses her expertise to speak plainly and compellingly in her effort to reform the system. You may not agree with her, but you won’t be bored or befuddled. Among other things, she will discuss her provocative new book, Cheap on Crime, which explains how we have become more interested in cutting costs than in maintaining the “tough on crime” policies of the past.

Monday March 30th

7 p.m.

1736 Ninth Avenue (between Moraga and Noriega).