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The 2022 Denton Darrington Lecture on Law and Government
“A Profound Threat: Rising Challenges to Democracy around the World”
Sponsored by the University of Idaho College of Law, the U of I McClure Center for Public Policy Research, the Idaho Supreme Court, the Idaho State Bar and the Idaho Law Foundation
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
4:30 p.m. PST / 5:30 p.m. MST
University of Idaho College of Law & Live Stream Webinar
Moscow – Menard College of Law, 875 Perimeter Drive, Room 103
Boise – College of Law, 501 W. Front Street, Room 107
1.5 CLE credits (pending)
Registration is required but there is no cost for the program. Please register HERE.
You will receive the live stream webinar event link upon registration.
The seventh Denton Darrington Lecture on Law and Government is sponsored by the U of I College of Law, the McClure Center for Public Policy Research, the Idaho Supreme Court, and the Idaho State Bar. The keynote speaker is Harvard Business School Professor David Moss. Dr. Moss developed a case method course, the History of American Democracy, to help make complex concepts accessible to high school students and improve civic discourse. Dr. Moss’s remarks will consider how, after spreading rapidly in the late twentieth century, democracy has been on the defensive around the world – and arguably receding – in the twenty-first century. He will explore what’s happened, what it means, and what can be done, drawing especially on the history of democracy and past democratic breakdowns to help make sense of this tectonic shift and how it might be reversed. Read his full bio here.
Past Darrington Lectures
The 2019 Denton Darrington Lecture was held Wednesday, February 27. The lecture, titled “Civility, Humility, and Interbranch Relations” was given by Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles T. Canady.
The 2018 Denton Darrington Annual Lecture on Law and Government was held Thursday, March 22. The lecture was titled “Liberty and Justice for Some” and discussed the subject of access to justice. The lecture was given by Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht.
The 2017 Denton Darrington Lecture was held Thursday February 9th. The lecture topic was “Pretrial Justice Reform: Promoting Public Safety and Constitutional Rights Through Evidence-Based Release and Detention.” The lecture was given by the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court, Chief Justice Charles Daniels.
The 2016 Denton Darrington Lecture was held on Monday, February 8th, at the Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center. The lecture featured Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis former Justice for the Colorado Supreme Court and current Executive Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. Her lecture was entitled, “Building the Just, Speedy and Inexpensive Civil Courts of Tomorrow: Why We Cannot Afford to Fail.”
The 2015 Denton Darrington Lecture was held on Thursday, February 5th, at the Idaho Supreme Court. The lecture featured Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he explores issues involving the future of technology and the Constitution.
Download the webcast of previous Darrington Lecture from Idaho Public Television
About the Denton Darrington Lectures
The Denton Darrington Annual Lecture on Law and Government is sponsored by University of Idaho College of Law, the Idaho Supreme Court, the Idaho State Bar, and the Idaho Law Foundation. The lecture series is designed to address a wide range of topics related to the improved administration of justice and features national, state, and regional speakers to address Idaho citizens, students, and officials from all three branches of government.