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An ER for the Rule of Law: Lawyering in an Era of Democratic Erosion

Judicial systems are designed to uphold and interpret the law, but who holds those in power accountable to it? Around the world, democracies have grappled with the challenge of prosecuting elected officials who abuse their authority to undermine democratic institutions. In practice, enforcing accountability against political leaders is extraordinarily difficult. What obstacles stand in the way, and how can lawyers and judges respond to them? Sonia Mittal, clinical lecturer and associate research scholar in law at Yale Law School, will explore these questions in this year’s Cutler Lecture, open to the public and held on Wednesday, February 25 at 5:00pm in Wegmans Hall, room 1400. Mittal is a former senior counsel and assistant U.S. attorney who played a leading role in major DOJ investigations. She is a scholar of constitutional failure with publications in the Harvard Law & Policy Review; Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization; Northwestern Law Review; Stanford Law Review Online; and the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.