NARSOL’s 2025 conference is slated to be held in Grand Rapids, MI on June 26-29
We are pleased to Announce that NARSOL’s 2025 conference is slated to be held in Grand Rapids, MI on June 26-29.
Super Early Bird Registration is Open
From NARSOL’s groundbreaking conference in 2009 in Boston that was kept secret, early conferences took place with many advocates using a pseudonym and attendees being required to register before knowing the exact location. By 2012, though, NARSOL was welcomed in cities across the country, and the conferences became widely publicized. NARSOL has continued to present a quality annual conference that has been attended by many known researchers, professors, attorneys and advocates over the years. Organized and run totally by dedicated NARSOL volunteers, the annual conferences feature dynamic, headlining speakers, informative workshop topics, and unique networking opportunities for members and friends.
NARSOL is excited to share that Catherine L. Carpenter, Esq., president of the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL), and Chrysanthi S. Leon, JD, Ph.D., professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware have joined the plenary speaker lineup for this year's NARSOL Conference, June 26-29, 2025 in at the Double Tree Grand Rapids Airport Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI.
Professor Catherine L. Carpenter, Esq. is the Arleigh M. Woods and William T. Woods chair and Professor Emerita at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. She is also the president of the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) and executive director of Access to Restorative Justice, which strives to reintegrate the marginalized through education and advocacy. Professor Carpenter’s scholarly focus centers on the injustice of sex offender registration laws. Her work has been cited by courts, law professors, and attorneys advocating to overturn the laws. Her most recent article, “Panicked Legislation,” describes the moral pandemic that has gripped the public and which has produced runaway and ill-conceived laws against those who commit sexual offenses. This publication was recognized by the majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Commonwealth v. Torsilieri, and it was relied on by the dissent in its powerful rejoinder. An earlier piece entitled “All Except For” criticizes the criminal justice reform movement for its systematic exclusion of those who have committed sexual offenses. And as further evidence of the impact of Professor Carpenter’s scholarship, Maryland overturned its registration laws in 2014 on ex post facto grounds, citing to Professor Carpenter’s work in doing so.
Chrysanthi S. Leon, JD, Ph.D., is professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Women & Gender Studies, and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware. She received her graduate degrees from UC Berkeley. Dr. Leon is an interdisciplinary scholar in penology, law, and society whose research and teaching address sexual crime and punishment, sex work, and the prison system; she teaches in a local women’s prison. Her book Sex Fiends, Perverts and Pedophiles: Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America is available from NYU Press. She co-authored The Compassionate Court?: Support, Surveillance, and Survival in Prostitution Diversion Programs with Corey Shdaimah and Shelly Wiechelt and is co-editor with Katie Hail-Jares and Corey Shdaimah of Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work (both Temple University Press).