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July 29, 2024

Safeguarding Public Officials: Protecting Judges, Civil Servants, and the Rule of Law

Over the last few years, threats to judges, government workers, and their offices have increased in intensity and frequency, becoming an almost daily occurrence. Public officials at every level of government have been targets, including judges, state and local government officials, and election workers. However, these attacks are not just limited to those whose names are on the door, but also those who work for the names on the door. This program will explore local, state, and national efforts to curb the violence, maintain necessary functions of government, and protect the rule of law. It will also explore the implications and repercussions of such attacks on the judiciary, civil servants, and other government institutions.

Co-sponsors: Judicial Division; Judicial Division - National Conference of Specialized Court Judges; Judicial Division - Judicial Security Committee; Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division; Standing Committee on Election Law; Young Lawyers Division; Criminal Justice Section; National Judicial College; Administrative Law; Civil Rights and Social Justice

  •  Moderator: David Sumner, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission, Harrisburg, PA

Speakers:

  • David Becker, Executive Director and Founder, Center for Election Innovation & Research, Washington, DC
  • Hon. Matthew J. Fader, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Maryland
  • Hon. Paul W. Grimm (ret.), David F. Levi Professor of the Practice of Law, Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School, and served as a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
  •  Michael Lasso, Clerk to the judge Mary Kay Holthus, Clark County District Court, Las Vegas
  •  Ashley Weathers, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, SLG Elizabeth Clark Young Lawyers Fellow, Raleigh, NC