{"id":39833,"date":"2026-02-19T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=39833"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:19:44","slug":"invitation-justice-in-balance-courts-civil-rights-and-our-democracy-feb-26-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/invitation-justice-in-balance-courts-civil-rights-and-our-democracy-feb-26-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation: Justice in Balance \u2014 Courts, Civil Rights, and Our Democracy | Feb. 26, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The National Civil Rights Museum, in partnership with Keep Our Republic, is honored to invite the law school community to participate in a national convening titled <b><i>Justice in Balance: The Courts, Civil Rights, and Our Democracy<\/i><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This timely conversation will examine the historic role of the judiciary during the Civil Rights Movement, the courts\u2019 ongoing influence in advancing racial justice, and the growing challenges facing judicial independence in our democracy today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Event Details<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Justice in Balance: The Courts, Civil Rights, and Our Democracy<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Thursday, February 26, 2026<\/b><br \/>\n<b>6:00\u20137:30 PM<\/b><br \/>\n<b>National Civil Rights Museum | Memphis, TN<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The convening will feature a distinguished panel of former federal judges, including:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Hon. Bernice Donald<\/b>, Former U.S. District Judge (W.D. TN) and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit<\/li>\n<li><b>Hon. Allyson Duncan<\/b>, Former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit<\/li>\n<li><b>Hon. Jeremy Fogel<\/b>, Former Judge, Northern District of California<\/li>\n<li><b>Hon. James Giles<\/b>, Former Chief Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Registration is available via the QR code on the attached flyer or by visiting this\u00a0<b><a title=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/ev\/reg\/4dvqacv\" href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/ev\/reg\/4dvqacv\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">registration link.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Justice-In-Balance_QR-Code-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39835\" src=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Justice-In-Balance_QR-Code-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Justice-In-Balance_QR-Code-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Justice-In-Balance_QR-Code-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Justice-In-Balance_QR-Code-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Justice-In-Balance_QR-Code-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Justice-In-Balance_QR-Code-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Civil Rights Museum, in partnership with Keep Our Republic, is honored to invite the law school community to participate&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39833"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39836,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39833\/revisions\/39836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}