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DESCRIPTION:REGISTER In-PERSON (lunch will be served)\n\nREGISTER TO ATTEND
  VIRTUALLY\n\nThe Rappaport Center panel will examine the use of attorney 
 disciplinary complaints as a tool for upholding the rule of law.  Against 
 the backdrop of recent high-profile cases in Massachusetts and nationally\
 , the discussion will explore how the profession enforces its own ethical 
 standards and where the line lies between zealous advocacy and misconduct.
   Do ethics complaints in high-profile or politically charged cases protec
 t the integrity of the legal system and preserve public trust?  Or do they
  chill advocacy and weaponize ethics rules for political ends?  By bringin
 g together experts from enforcement\, defense\, and non-profit or advocacy
 \, the panel aims to shed light on the strengths and limits of this accoun
 tability mechanism\, and to consider its role in safeguarding democracy in
  times of political\, disciplinary\, and institutional strain. \n\nModerat
 ed by Professor Michael Cassidy\, the outgoing Chair of the Massachusetts 
 Board of Bar Overseers\, this panel includes: Stacey Best\, Executive Dire
 ctor\, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers\, and Fmr. Director of Diversity\, Eq
 uity\, & Inclusion and Fmr. Asst. Bar Counsel\, MA Board of Bar Overseers\
 ; Hal Lieberman\, Partner\, Partner\, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward 
 & Maazel LLP\, and Fmr. Chief Counsel\, Departmental Disciplinary Comm.\, 
 NY State Supreme Court\; and Lauren Stiller Rikleen\, Executive Director\,
  Lawyers Defending American Democracy\, Fmr. Vice-Chair\, Advisory Comm. t
 o the ABA Task Force on American Democracy\, and Fmr. President\, Boston B
 ar Assoc.
GEO:42.341629;-71.193954
LOCATION:Stuart House\, 315
SUMMARY:Sword or Shield? Bar Discipline in a Polarized Era
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 -a-polarized-era
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