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Learn about the legal rights and protections afforded to journalists, compare them with the challenges reporters face in practice, and examine how press freedom is applied in real-world situations. With speaker:

• Isabella Salomão Nascimento — Ballard Spahr

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Learn how judicial codes of conduct govern judges’ behavior, including the rules surrounding public statements, political activity, and extrajudicial speech. Explore how judges balance free expression with the need to maintain fairness, impartiality, and public trust in

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Award-winning journalist Rick Tulsky has dedicated his career to exposing flaws in the criminal justice system and exploring ways to improve it. His reporting has appeared in publications including the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the San Jose Mercury

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Learn how federal and state sentencing guidelines work, what factors judges must consider, and the roles judges and attorneys play in the sentencing process. With speakers:

• Judge Megan Sullivan — Pennsylvania Superior Court
• Judge L. Felipe Restrepo — U.S. Court of Appeals

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Learn what appellate courts are, what to look for in oral arguments, and how to understand judicial decisions better. With speakers:

• Justice David Wecht — Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Judge Lori Dumas — Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
• Judge Theodore McKee — U.S. Court of

In this session, our presenters offer a refresher on Right to Know Law, the Freedom of Information Act, and Open Records.

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Presenters:

• Paula Knudsen Burke, Local Legal Initiative Staff Attorney at Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• Melissa

This session includes a group presentation on judicial conduct & misconduct. It covers both federal and state court disciplinary standards. This session is broken into three topics: The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, the Federal Judicial Accountability Report, and the Pennsylvania

This session included a presentation conducted by David Sonenshein, Professor Emeritus at Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, on causes of wrongful convictions, including false confessions, erroneous eyewitness identifications, unscientific forensics, dishonest jailhouse informants

This session includes a presentation conducted by PMC Legal Intern, Grace Schaub, on the importance of navigating legal jargon in one’s personal and professional life.

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This was one of seven presentations during PMC's One-Day Law School for

This session includes a presentation conducted by Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts' President & CEO, Deborah R. Gross, Esq., on basic concepts in civil litigation, including the federal court system and the state court system.

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This was one of seven