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Combating Public Corruption to Protect & Sustain Democracy: From Watergate to Now & Beyond

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Combating Public Corruption  to Protect and Sustain Democracy From Watergate to Now and Beyond, March 4, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Room 105 Law Building, Speaker headshots and descriptions:Catherine E. Lhamon, Executive Director  Edley Center on  Law & Democracy. Henry Hecht, Herma Hill Kay Senior Continuing Lecturer, Emeritus,  Berkeley Law. Donald K. Sherman, President  Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington. Molly Gaston, Co-founder  Gaston & Cooney Edley Center. Senior Fellow. J.P. Cooney, Co-founder  Gaston & Cooney Edley Center Senior Fellow. UC Berkeley Edley Center for Democracy.

Hosted by the Edley Center for Law & Democracy.

This panel brings together three experienced former federal prosecutors — one from the Watergate era and two from the last several presidencies — as well as the President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, to discuss the democracy harm of unchecked public corruption and what our communities and our nation can do to curb those harms now.

Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. 

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For disability-related accommodations, please contact the access coordinator in advance of the event: Bella Lopez, bellalopez@berkeley.edu. 

 

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