NEWS AND EVENTS
News
OpEd by Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, Advisory Board
With the advent of high-stakes testing as part of the policies of No Child Left Behind, civics — and social studies in general — has been pushed aside. Since these subjects are not being tested, even educators who may want to explore these topics have little time for them. For years, efforts to make the case for reintroducing civics education have fallen on deaf ears ... until now.
What the Holocaust Can Teach Lawyers Today
"How could the Holocaust happen?"Lawyers and the Holocaust, aֱ Lawcourse, asks this and many other questions as students examine the history and ethics of the legal profession in Germany prior to the ascension of the Nazi Party, and then during the Nazi period.
Events
Upcoming Events
Should We Believe Our Own Eyes? A Hitchhiker's Guide through Digital Deception and Elections
Tuesday, October 1
12:30-1:30 PM
What We Gain and Lose from Seeing the World Through an Algorithmic Lens
Wednesday, October 16
12:30-1:30 PM
- The Future of Long Prison Sentences: Opportunities and Obstacles, 10/26
- Your Face Belongs to Us: An Exploration of Ethics and Technology with New York Times Reporter Kashmir Hill, 10/18
- Lawyers Without Rights: Lessons from Yesterday for Today, 10/11
- "The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives," 09/19
- Lewis H. Gold '62 Lecture on Ethics & Professional Responsibility:“Watergate Girl” presented byJill Wine-Banks,Author & Former United States Army General Counsel, 04/04
Unexampled Courage: A Discussion with Judge Richard Gergel
Presented by the David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance at ֱ University Charles Widger School of Law and Troutman Pepper with additional funding provided by the Charles Koch Foundation.
Monday, October 24
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Troutman Pepper, Philadelphia
1 Ethics CLE credit
Wednesday, October 19
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Laurence E. Hirsch '71 Classroom (Room 101)
Lewis H. Gold '62 Lecture on Ethics & Professional Responsibility, 3/31
"Ethical Reflections" presented byThe Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell
Past Events
Democracy in the Balance: The Promise and Perils of Social Media
Presented by the David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliancejointly organized this event with the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, the Collateral Consequences Resource Center and the Federal Sentencing Reporter
September 14, 21 & 28, 2021
Annualֱ Law ReviewNorman J. Shachoy Symposium – "Practical Ethics in Corporate Law: The Science, Instruction and 'Real-World' Application"
Co-sponsored byThe David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance
February 19, 2021
Virtual Event
The Legacy of Nuremberg: 75 Years Later
Presented byThe David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Greater Philadelphia Law Professors' Ethics Consortium
October 29, 2020
Virtual Event
The Art and Science of Compliance
October 23, 2019
ֱ University Charles Widger School of Law
2019ComplianceNet Conference on Business Ethics
Co-sponsored byThe David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Complianceand The John F. Scarpa Center for Law and Entrepreneurship
June 3-4, 2019
ֱ University Charles Widger School of Law
Lawyers and the Holocaust: An Ethical Exploration
Presented by The David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance in partnership with Cozen O'Connor
April 29, 2019
ֱ University Charles Widger School of Law
Ethics in Action: Giving Voice to Values in the Law
March 29, 2019
ֱ University Charles Widger School of Law
Mass Exoneration and Ethics
April 9, 2018
ֱ University Charles Widger School of Law
Legal Ethics, Harassment and Discrimination: The Role of the Rules
November 15, 2017
Ethics, Integrity and Civility (or the lack thereof) in Media
October 18, 2017
Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. “Ethics, Integrity and Civility (or the lack thereof) in Politics”
October 17, 2016
The David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance
ֱ UniversityCharles Widger School of Law
299 N. Spring Mill Road
ֱ, PA 19085