The Nevada Constitution: Individual Liberty & The Criminal Legal System
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This is a crucial moment for state constitutions, civil rights, and criminal law. After decades of deference to federal case law, a growing legal movement looks to independently interpret and apply state constitutional rights free from the federalism constraints that bind federal courts, and to rely instead on state-specific text, history, and policies.
This event will highlight the importance and possibilities of Nevada’s constitution to a broad legal audience, providing both practical guidance and ideas for further research and doctrinal development. The symposium will highlight the importance and possibilities of Nevada’s constitution to a broad legal audience, providing both practical guidance and ideas f or further research and doctrinal development.
Schedule:
- Leah Chan Grinvald - dean, William S. Boyd School of Law
- Kristen Bell - associate professor of law, faculty director, Public Service and Policy Program, University of Oregon School of Law
- Meredith Esser - associate professor of law, William S. Boyd School of Law
- Moderator: Chris Peterson, ACLU of Nevada
- Julie Murray - co-director, American Civil Liberties Union’s State Supreme Court Initiative
- Randy Fiedler - assistant federal public defender, District of Nevada
- Ben Field - attorney, Institute for Justice
- Moderator: Frank Rudy Cooper - William S. Boyd professor of law and director of the Program on Race, Gender, and Policing
- John Fortin - attorney, McDonald & Carano
- Jordan T. Smith - shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
- Lisa Rasmussen - attorney, McLetchie Law Group
- Ben Field - attorney, Institute for Justice
- Moderator: Kristen Bell, associate professor of law, faculty director, Public Service and Policy Program, University of Oregon School of Law
- Justice Mary I. Yu - Washington Supreme Court (via zoom)
- Eve Hanan - professor of law, William S. Boyd School of Law
- Megan Byrne - staff attorney, ACLU Capital Punishment Project
- Jeff Ellis - attorney
- Moderator: Maryam Ahranjani, professor of law, William S. Boyd School of Law
- Chief Justice Douglas Herndon
- Justice Linda Marie Bell
- Justice Elissa F. Cadish
- Justice Kristina Pickering
- Justice Lidia S. Stiglich
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