The Nebraska Law Review will host a Sept. 12-13 symposium to explore the ways institutions — from the U.S. Supreme Court, to Congress, to the press, to federal and state agencies — moderate extremism.
The symposium will examine the institutions’ roles in supporting a stable democracy, how they have lost the trust of large parts of the public on both the political right and left, the potential paths available to rebuilding trust and the consequences of failing to do so.
Miriam Seifter, a nationally renowned democracy expert and University of Wisconsin law professor, will deliver the symposium keynote address, “Trust and Democracy Under State Constitutions,” at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 in the University of Nebraska College of Law’s Hamann Auditorium in McCollum Hall.
Panel discussions will follow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 in the auditorium. Panelists will include law professors from the University of Nebraska and other law colleges across the nation; Nebraska public officials; and the director of the largest counterterrorism research consortium in the United States. Audience members will be able to ask questions during each panel.
“Democracy is on the top of everyone’s mind as we head to the polls in another consequential November election,” said David Earl, Nebraska Law Review Symposium editor. “We’ve designed this event to be an engaging platform for the public to wrestle with hard questions about the state of our democracy at a time when public trust in critical institutions is at an all-time low.”
The symposium is free and open to the public.
The full program is approved for five continuing legal education credits. Partial attendance results in partial credit. Attorneys interested in CLE credit can choose that option during registration.
The symposium is presented as part of the College of Law's Law and Democracy Series, with support from Ron and the late Barb Schaefer.
For more details, registration and an event schedule, click here.
