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New York University Law School and Sidley Austin law firm co-hosted a forum on the role of Congress in national security oversight. Among the speakers were former White House Counsels Don Mc…

The New York University Law School’s Center on the Administration of Criminal Law tenth annual conference focused on mental health and the criminal justice system. Former New Jersey Attorney…

Vermont’s attorney general, prosecutors, and a former police chief talked about the role of prosecutors and law enforcement officials in avoiding the criminalization of mental illness. This …

Miami-Dade County Judge Steve Leifman, one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the criminalization of mental illness, moderated a panel about the high rates of arresting, prosecuting, an…

White House Communications Director Jen Psaki and Washington Post editor and columnist Ruth Marcus participated in a discussion on the role of media during the 2016 election season. They dis…

Panelists discussed campaign finance reform and the implications if approved. “The State and Direction of Campaign Finance” was the second panel of the day-long inaugural Sidley Austin Fo…

Panelists discussed developments in technology and the use of social media to reach voters in past elections, including the 2016 election cycle. “Effect of Developments in Technology on …

Experts debated whether a third party can succeed in a two-party system. “The Role of Parties (and Third Parties)” was the first panel of the day-long inaugural Sidley Austin Forum on “A …

Democratic pollster Frederick Yang spoke about the use of political surveys and polling data during the 2016 election cycle. “A Perspective (on the Numbers) on the 2016 Presidential Elect…

Vice President Joe Biden spoke about the importance of governing and listening to all constituents concerns. This was the keynote address of the day-long inaugural Sidley Austin Forum on …

David Remnick, David Maraniss, Jonathan Alter, and Jacob Weisberg talked about their respective biographies of Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Reagan. The panel was moderated by Lesle…

Burt Neuborne talked about his book Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment, in which he argues that the First Amendment was primarily created to protect the democratic process and n…

Panelists discussed national security issues including the threat from *ISIL, Iran’s nuclear program, the immigration debate, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Russia-Ukraine, conflict and National Sec…

A panel of law experts talked about race and policing. Topics included the Trayvon Martin shooting, mitigating racial bias of police, and legislation proposed by Senator Cardin (D-MD) to end…

A panel of legal experts, including former New York governor Eliot Spitzer (D), talked about why there were not more big-ticket prosecutions of Wall Street institutions for mortgage fraud, s…

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano talked about national security following the recent killing of Osama bin Laden, and ten years after the September 11, 2001, attacks. She also ans…

Legal scholars discussed instances in which state and federal compete on who should prosecute and regulate public corruption cases. The program included audience member questions and answers…

Anne Milgram spoke about her career in the law and prosecuting public corruption cases.

Neil Barofsky gave the keynote address at a New York University School of Law forum on fighting corruption. He talked about ways that the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) assisted both t…

Panelists talked about public corruption, ethics, and the law. Among the topics they addressed were criminal prosecution of corruption, punishment of violation of ethics rules, and ways in w…