On April 23, 2024, Professors Jack Lerner and Charis Kubrin will participate in Defending The Mic: The Decriminalization of Rap Music, a webinar about the use of rap lyrics in criminal trials. The webinar, hosted by the Diversity and Racial Justice Committee of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, will also feature experienced trial attorney J. Samantha Vacciana, Esq.; Kristin Shockley, Senior Lecturer of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University; and Professor Andrea Dennis, who co-authored Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America. The webinar has been approved by the Florida Bar for 2.5 CLE credits.