Keisha Hudson
Sun, Jun 07
|Philadelphia Ethical Society
Since becoming the Defender Association’s Chief Defender in November 2021, Keisha Hudson has brought both local and national attention to the critical role of public defenders in maintaining and reforming the criminal justice system.
Time & Location
Jun 07, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
Guests
About the event
Since becoming the Defender Association’s Chief Defender in November 2021, Keisha Hudson has brought both local and national attention to the critical role of public defenders in maintaining and reforming the criminal justice system. Drawing on her extensive experience as an accomplished lawyer, leader, and activist, she has enhanced the Defender’s client services and reshaped its mission to be more inclusive and people-focused.
Keisha Hudson has been a public defender for 23 years, first with the Defender Association of Philadelphia and then as a capital appellate defender with the Federal Defender-Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Capital Habeas Unit) representing people on death row in their state post-conviction and federal habeas appeals. As a seasoned trial and appellate defender, Ms. Hudson has an in-depth understanding of what it means to be a public defender. At the Capital Habeas Unit, Ms. Hudson was the Director of Training.
In 2016, Ms.…