Cass R. Sunstein, author
of Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide and the
Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, will be the
featured speaker at a free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) event co-sponsored
by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA).
The program,
“Impeachment: A Guide to the Legal Process and Its History,” will take place
Oct. 15 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fordham University School of Law. The TED-style
talk will be moderated by NYSBA President Hank Greenberg and will feature a
question-and-answer session.
Attorneys, law students,
media and members of the public are all invited to attend. The event will be
co-sponsored by Fordham University School of Law and the New York State Writers
Institute at the University of Albany. The event will also be livestreamed.
“The State Bar seeks to
educate the profession, the public and policymakers on important issues in the
law and government,” said Greenberg.
“Cass Sunstein is nationally recognized as one of the preeminent experts
on the impeachment process. We are privileged to offer this important educational
program.”
“As we all follow the impeachment inquiry in the House
of Representatives, it is important that we understand this rarely used, but
critically important feature of our constitutional structure,” said Dean
Matthew Diller of Fordham Law School. “There is no one better able to shed
light on this issue than Cass Sunstein, one of the leading scholars of his
generation who also has deep experience working in the White House. Fordham
Law is grateful to NYSBA for partnering with us in presenting this
program.”
“We
are pleased to partner with the New York State Bar Association to bring Cass
Sunstein, one of the nation's foremost legal scholars, to Fordham University
School of Law to offer a presentation on one of the most pressing matters
facing our democracy at this time,” said Paul Grondahl, director of the New
York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany. "We look forward
to hearing Professor Sunstein's discussion about his important book, Impeachment:
A Citizen's Guide. This is a timely and vital discussion that will
illuminate the process of impeachment. Professor Sunstein's lecture and the
conversations it will spur represent a public service in the truest sense of
the word.”
Sunstein specializes in
constitutional law, regulatory policy, and economic analysis of law. He is by
far the most cited law professor in the United States. He has written for many
newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The
Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and Time. He is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
He has appeared on many national television and radio shows, including “Nightline,”
“Fox News,” “ABC World News,” “NBC Nightly News,” and “20/20.”
Sunstein graduated in
1975 from Harvard College and in 1978 from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude.
He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and
Public Policy at Harvard Law School. He has clerked for Justice Thurgood
Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court. He has worked as an attorney-advisor in the
Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2009 to 2012,
he was administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs. He is the recipient of the 2018 Holberg Prize from the Norwegian
Government, often described as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for law and
the humanities.
Sunstein is the author of
many articles and a number of books, including Republic.com, Why
Societies Need Dissent, The Second Bill of Rights, Laws of Fear:
Beyond the Precautionary Principle, Worst-Case Scenarios, Simpler:
The Future of Government, Why Nudge?, and Conspiracy Theories and
Other Dangerous Ideas. Copies of Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide will
be available at the event.
Details:
“Impeachment: A Guide to
the Legal Process and Its History”
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
- 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Fordham University School
of Law, Constantino Room, 2nd floor
150 West 62nd Street, New
York, NY
To register, and for CLE
credit information, please visit www.nysba.org/ImpeachmentCLE.
If you have any questions about this CLE
program, please contact Thomas
Richards, deputy general counsel, director of public interest,
or Patrick Boland, CLE
program manager.
About the New York State Bar Association
The New York State Bar
Association is the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. Since
1876, NYSBA has helped shape the development of law, educated and informed the
legal profession and the public, and championed the rights of New Yorkers through
advocacy and guidance in our communities.
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