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NEW DATE: September 15 • 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Just Added to the Panel: Hon. Lorna Alksne
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How the Bench, Bar, and Media are Addressing the
Intersection
of COVID-19 and the Social Justice Movement
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NEW DATE:
Tuesday, September 15
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Virtual Presentation
Zoom link provided with registration
Q&A session following panel discussion
No cost to attend
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Expert Panel Discussion
The year 2020 first brought stay-at-home orders and unprecedented closures of the court system due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then sustained protests over police treatment of African Americans. During this extraordinary year, the Bench has grappled with how to maintain access to the courts. The Bar has confronted COVID-related challenges to the practice of law and its role in ensuring equal access to justice. Finally, Media outlets have worked overtime to cover it all while managing unusual new obstacles to newsgathering. Panelists (listed below) will discuss local efforts to confront these issues from their respective roles as legal community activists, journalists, and law enforcement officials.
Presented by the San Diego Superior Court, San Diego County Bar Association, and San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.
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Panelists
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Hon. Dwayne Moring, Moderator
South County Supervising Judge,
San Diego Superior Court |
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Hon. Lorne Alksne
Presiding Judge,
San Diego Superior Court |
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Dana Littlefield
Public Safety Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Adam Racusin
Investigative Reporter,
10News |
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Summer Stephan
San Diego County District Attorney |
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Andrea St. Julian
President, Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association
Co-Chair, San Diegans for Justice |
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VIDEO PRESENTATION
The program will also feature a video highlighting representative voices in the legal and media communities, including:
- Hon. Michael Smyth, Assistant Presiding Judge, San Diego Superior Court
- Randy Mize, San Diego County Public Defender
- David Snyder, Executive Director, First Amendment Coalition
- Lyle Moran, Legal Affairs Writer, ABA Journal
- Amy Martel, Chair, RESOLVE Law San Diego; and Partner, Chihak & Martel
- Genevieve Suzuki, Partner, Suzuki Zandovskis & Yip, LLP
- Jon Williams, Partner, Williams Iagmin LLP; and Past President, SDCBA
- Euketa Oliver, Deputy Public Defender; and President, Earl B. Gilliam Bar Foundation
- Jerry McCormick, Professor of Journalism, Southwestern Community College District; and Founder, San Diego Association of Black Journalists
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