CLE: You Be the Judge: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Courts

*This program has been approved for 2 CLE credits.

Rene Valladares (Federal Public Defender) and a group of panelists will discuss what the “Rule of Law” means in today’s multicultural society.  

In a growing number of cases in state and federal courts all across the country, parties are raising “the cultural defense” – invoking the customs and traditions of a diversity of cultural backgrounds to explain their actions.  Even when these issues are not raised per se, culture plays a role in many cases – both civil and criminal.

Please join us for this engaging presentation.

Moderator:

Sylvia Lazos
Justice Myron Leavitt Professor of Law
William S. Boyd School of Law

Panelists:

Rene L. Valladares
State Bar of Nevada, Diversity Committee Member
Assistant Federal Public Defender 

Janet S. Belcove-Shalin, Esq., Ph.D. '01
State Bar of Nevada, Diversity Committee Member
Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center  

Barbara Buckley
Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada

Russell E. Marsh
Chief, Criminal Division
U.S. Attorney's Office

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