CA SUPREME COURT'S CHIEF JUSTICE TO SPEAK SEPT. 11 IN SAN DIEGO

September 10, 2014 (San Diego) – California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye will be the featured speaker at “Informed Voters—Fair Judges” , a special program on the critical role voters play in preserving our country’s fair and impartial legal system.

The event will be held at the University Club atop Symphony Towers, 750 B Street, Suite 3400 in San Diego from 3:30 to 6 p.m.  This is a nonpartisan event focusing on civics education regarding the judicial system.  Sponsored by the University of California, San Diego Alumni, University Club and the National Association of Women Judges, this event also will feature a networking reception for business, community and legal professionals.

This event is open to the public; there is a $15 cost. Registration fee includes a beverage and appetizers. Register here.

*Doors open for registration at 3:30 p.m., and all attendees must arrive by 4:15 p.m.

Today, all across the nation, the fairness and impartiality of courts is threatened by powerful special interests seeking to tip the scales of justice in their favor. The success or failure of special interest efforts to weaken the courts rests on their ability to mislead voters, particularly if voters lack sufficient knowledge about how impartial courts uphold the rule of law, a press releases for the event states. Voters must protect fair courts and equal justice for all by exercising an informed vote.

The ‘Informed Voters—Fair Judges’ project is a non-partisan voter education project developed to increase public awareness about the judicial system, to inform voters that politics and special interest attacks have no place in the courts, and to give voters the tools they need to exercise an informed vote in favor of fair and impartial courts.

To learn more about the campaign, view the educational tools that are available and find out how to get involved, visit www.ivp.nawj.org.

Other prominent local judicial participants include Justice Joan Irion, Nationwide Chair, Informed Voters—Fair Judges Project; Justice Judith McConnell, Administrative Presiding Justice, Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Diego; and Justice David Danielson, Presiding Judge, San Diego Superior Court.