Ethics, State Constitutions, and Election Day:

What You Should Know About The "Con Con" Vote

Next month's vote on whether New York will hold a constitutional convention has generated much discussion about what constitutional provisions should be added by delegates if a convention occurs. The Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School and the Hugh Carey Institute for Government Reform have conducted an academic study of ethics-related provisions in the constitutions all 50 states, in an attempt to determine the most effective way to use the New York constitution to curb our state's corruption problem. Join us on October 24 for a discussion of this important work. Please register here.  

When: October 24, 2017 from 6:30pm-8:15pm

Where: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 101

CLE: Two FREE CLE credits will be available for non-transitional New York State attorneys.* Please register here.

Written papers:

• Tangled Up in the Political Thicket: The desperate need to reform New York’s judicial electoral system
• Campaign Finance and State Constitutions
• Legislative Devolution and Public Accountability

• Redistricting, Democracy, and New York: A Practical Solution

CLE Materials:

• A Constitutional Convention for New York? This May Be the Year
• Support for constitutional convention dips to new low in Siena poll
• Do State Ethics Commissions Reduce Political Corruption? An Exploratory Investigation

*Information Regarding New York CLE Credits:

Columbia Law School has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Board as an Accredited Provider of CLE programs. Under New York State CLE regulations, this live non-transitional CLE Program will provide 2 credit hours that can be applied toward the Areas of Professional Practice requirement. CLE credit is awarded only to New York attorneys for full attendance of the Program in its entirety. Attorneys attending only part of a Program are not eligible for partial credit for it, although they are most welcome to attend it. Attendance is determined by an attorney's sign-in and sign-out, as shown in the Conference registers. On sign-out, attorneys should also submit their completed Evaluation Form, provided at the Conference. Please note the NYS Certificates of Attendance will be sent to the email address as it appears in the register unless otherwise noted there.