Please join CDPL and special guest speaker, widely acclaimed public interest lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 to honor Gretchen M. Engel, who has devoted her 33 year career to CDPL, capital defense, and the abolition of the death penalty.
The event will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Durham’s 21c Museum Hotel. Wine, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and dessert will be served. Other drinks are available for purchase.
Individual tickets are $125. Discounted tickets for students and legal professionals with less than two years of experience are $50.
For those who are able, we ask that you please consider sponsoring our event this year. In addition to supporting our work, including the recruitment and retention of talented attorneys, your gift permits CDPL to offer discounted tickets to CDPL staff, students, and exonerees. We invite you to choose one of these sponsorship levels below:
- Co-Host — $10,000 (includes 8 tickets)
- Partner — $5,000 (includes 6 tickets)
- Benefactor — $2,000 (includes 5 tickets)
- Champion — $1,000 (includes 4 tickets)
- Defender — $600 (includes 3 tickets)
- Advocate — $300 (includes 2 tickets)
Register for both individual tickets and sponsorships below!
If you have not done so already, we encourage you to read our tribute to Gretchen here. And, of course, please take the time to read about our guest speaker, Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama.