JOIN OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS AND DELVE INTO THE LATEST HOT TOPICS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ARENA!
We’ll kick off with our annual overview of the most noteworthy cases and issues of the past year, and those to come. NEW THIS YEAR, the overview will include:
• Update on Significant Cases
• Update on Immigration Issues
• Marsy's Law and the Challenges Surrounding the Constitutional Ballot Question
• The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: When Women Won The Right to Vote - An Unfinished History
Up next is our panel on Peaceful Protest, Violent Response: Treatment of Minorities by Police Featuring special guest Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner.
The remainder of the program will focus on Voting in Pennsylvania with a panel featuring the Hon. Kathryn Boockvar, Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA delving into the changes in Pennsylvania voting law under Act 77 of 2019 and what they will mean; and panels focusing on the issues involving gerrymandering and Marsy's Law, examining the challenges surrounding the constitutional ballot question.
ETHICS
Dealing with attempts to interfere with the processing of a case from filing through judgment.
Program Sponsor: PBA Civil and Equal Rights Committee
Recorded in September 2020.