JLPP & Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Present: The State and Stakes of Judicial Ethics and Reform

The Journal of Legislation & Public Policy is pleased to present a special live, in-person event, The State and Stakes of Judicial Ethics and Reform in collaboration with Supreme Court Forum, Law Women, and the American Constitution Society.

A keynote address from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island will be followed by a fireside chat between Senator Whitehouse and NYU Law's Professor Stephen Gillers. The pair will discuss recent controversies spanning judicial misconduct, the Supreme Court's code of ethics and ongoing reform issues, and developments in congressional oversight of the judicial branch.

This program will begin at 11:45am on Monday, March 11. Following the fireside chat, attendees are invited to a light reception.

NOTE: Please fill out the interest form here if you would like to attend the program. As space is limited, we will contact you before the program if we are able to accommodate you.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is the junior United States senator from Rhode Island and currently serves as chair of the Senate Budget Committee and chair of the Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Virginia School of Law, and served as Rhode Island's U.S. Attorney and state attorney general before being elected to the Senate. Senator Whitehouse has delivered a series of Senate speeches on court capture and is the author of The Scheme. He has also introduced legislation to increase judicial lobbying transparency and to close loopholes for federal judges who avoid disclosing travel and hospitality perks.

Professor Stephen Gillers has been a professor of law at NYU since 1978, and served as vice dean from 1999 to 2004. He has written widely on legal and judicial ethics in law reviews and the legal and popular press, and has spoken on lawyer regulation at hundreds of events in the US and abroad. Professor Gillers is the author of the widely used casebook, Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics.