“Rule of Law in America” Event at Georgetown Law

February 26, 2019

WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 8, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and Checks and Balances will host “Rule of Law in America” at Georgetown Law.

WHAT

On March 8, former high-ranking officials from Republican and Democratic administrations will discuss current tensions in our government’s separation of powers, rule of law challenges, and the role lawyers can play in promoting civil discourse at “Rule of Law in America” at Georgetown Law.  George T. Conway III, who cofounded the group Checks and Balances, will kick off the event, followed by a keynote on “The Role of the Courts in a Constitutional Democracy” by Georgetown University Professor Anthony Clark Arend.  The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig will moderate a panel discussion featuring former national security officials Mary McCord and Joshua Geltzer, who have mounted a series of challenges to executive overreach and other violations of law through their work at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, as well as former Justice Department and White House officials Stuart M. Gerson, who is also co-counsel in a suit challenging President Trump’s emergency declaration, and Alan Charles Raul, who were among the conservative and libertarian lawyers to cofound Checks and Balances in November 2018.

WHEN

Friday, March 8, 2019
9:30 am  – 10:00 am: Light Breakfast and Registration
10:00 am – 12:00 pm: Program
12:00 pm: Post-Event Press Availability with Several Participants

This event will be live streamed.

WHO

George T. Conway III
Cofounder, Checks and Balances

Anthony Clark Arend
Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Carol Leonnig
Investigative Reporter, The Washington Post

Mary McCord
Senior Litigator and Visiting Professor, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection: Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice

Joshua Geltzer
Executive Director and Visiting Professor, Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection: Former Senior Director for Counterterrorism and Deputy Legal Advisor at the National Security Council

Stuart M. Gerson
Former Acting Attorney General for the Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Cofounder, Checks and Balances

Alan Charles Raul
Former Vice Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Former General Counsel to the Office of Management and Budget; Former Associate Counsel to the President; Cofounder, Checks and Balances

WHERE

Georgetown Law
Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor
120 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

RSVP

Media wishing to attend should RSVP via mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.