National Review editor keynote speaker for Lincoln symposium
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An annual symposium celebrating the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln will take place remotely Feb. 12-13.
The main speaker will be Richard S. Lowry, editor of National Review. Session speakers will address several aspects of Lincoln’s life and Legacy free of charge.
The Abraham Lincoln Association’s annual Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium will begin at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 with the virtual opening of the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies. The first session will feature a presentation by onetime New York magazine editor Elizabeth Mitchell, “Lincoln and the Press: The Mystery Behind His ‘Bogus Proclamation.’” Mitchell’s newest book, Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House, was published in October.
In trial work, the obligation to seat a fair and representative jury often focuses on what happens in the courtroom, where potential panelists are selected or rejected to decide a case.
But what happens if a fair and representative slice of the community doesn’t get a jury summons in the first place?
That’s the question now under consideration at the San Diego federal court after a group of attorneys and legal experts have repeatedly pointed out discrepancies in the racial makeup of the local jury pool and the methods used to select them.
The San Diego court is the only one in California that singularly relies on voter registration records to fill the jury wheel, or the master list from which eligible people can be randomly drawn for service.
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SEATTLE, January 26, 2021 /3BL Media/ – Opal Tometi has joined the Board of Directors for the International Living Future Institute, the organization announced today. Known as an award-winning human rights defender and one of three women co-founders of Black Lives Matter, Tometi was recently named one of the most influential people of 2020 by TIME magazine.
“Social justice has long been at the core of our programs, so we are thrilled to have Opal joining our board,” said Anthony Guerrero, Board Chair of the Institute and Chief Real Estate and Sustainability Officer at Natural Resources Defense Council. “It is obvious that a future filled with Living Buildings must rest on a foundation of equity and inclusion for people too often pushed to the margins today.”