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This event from the David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance brought together leaders from the political left and right who have been at the forefront of efforts to improve the nation’s criminal justice system to discuss��the history of bipartisan criminal justice efforts and prospects for the future. The discussion featured��, vice presidents of advocacy and partnerships at the Vera Institute of Justice and the director of Vera Action, and , executive vice president and general counsel for CPAC and the CPAC Foundation. The event was co-sponsored by ����ר�� Law student groups: American Constitution Society, Criminal Law Society and the Federalist Society.

As part of the Building Bridges initiative, the ����ר�� Law Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society co-hosted a discussion at the Charles Widger School of Law.��The event, moderated by Professor Todd Aagaard, featured Louis Capozzi, associate at Jones Day and Matthew Wiener, former acting chair and vice chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS)

����ר�� Law, the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership and the ����ר�� Law Women’s Network presented Democracy and the Rule of Law: Our Rights and Responsibilities. This symposium included three sessions – "The Rule of Law," "The Canary in the Coal Mine" and "A Participatory Democracy" – and focused on the state of our nation, the arc of our democracy and our role as citizens in this participatory democracy.

Participants included:

• Mark C. Alexander, the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law, ����ר�� Law
• Christopher “Casey” Cooper, United States District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• Michael Luttig, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Board of Trustees, National Constitution Center
• Emily Martin, Chief Program Officer, National Women’s Law Center
• Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU Law and Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center
• Teressa Ravenell, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, ����ר�� Law
• Marjorie O. Rendell, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO, National Constitution Center
• Steve Vladeck, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

This event featured the Honorable Tom Corbett, 46th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and chair of the Pennsylvania Advisory Council, Keep Our Republic, and the Honorable Thomas I. Vanaskie, former judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; chief judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and member of the Pennsylvania Advisory Council, Keep Our Republic. Dean Mark C. Alexander moderated a discussion to assess the improvements, gaps and prospects of the new 2022 law. This discussion also explored how the Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) would govern specific scenarios of dueling slates of electors, a state that fails to certify its presidential votes and a 12th Amendment contested election process. This event was held in collaboration with Keep Our Republic, which is a non-partisan organization that aims to discover, highlight and help prevent threats to American democracy, strengthen democratic guardrails and educate the public.

In partnership with the ����ר�� College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ����ר�� Law hosted a panel discussion in Washington, DC, with former White House Chiefs of Staff Joshua Bolten and Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty III, who discussed how they built bridges to accomplish bipartisan goals during their tenures at the White House.

����ר�� Law hosted its launch event for the Building Bridges initiative, featuring former United States Sens. Kelly Ayotte ’93 JD, R-NH, and Russ Feingold, D-Wis. Mark C. Alexander, the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law, moderated a discussion as the panelists explored how they built bridges across partisan divides while in office and how we can move forward in finding what unites us rather than what divides us. Read more about the inaugural Building Bridges event.