BP Lawyers Affinity Group is co-sponsoring an event that is very pertinent today. Ira Shapiro and Cindy Lebow will be discussing the impeachment proceeding,  including an explanation of key issues involved, such as discussion of the meaning of "high crime and misdemeanors," and the President's invocation of executive privilege or absolute immunity. There will also be discussion of the state of play in the Senate and the implications for the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court. 

About the Speakers

Ira Shapiro is the President of Ira Shapiro Global Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in international trade, U.S.-Japan relations, and American politics, which he founded in 2014.  He is also a senior adviser to the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global consulting firm co-chaired by former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez.  He brings to the firm 40 years of experience in senior staff positions in the U.S. Senate, the Clinton administration, and private law practice.

Cynthia C. Lebow is a Senior Continuing Lecturer in the UCLA Department of Political Science, where she teaches the American Politics course offerings on the Supreme Court and constitutional law, including courses on executive power and civil rights and civil liberties.  She has also been a Lecturer at the UCLA School of Law, where she teaches a course in Legislative Process and Statutory Interpretation and is the Co-Director of the Law School’s annual Supreme Court review, known as “Whither the Court.”  She previously served as the General Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee under then-Chairman Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE).  She also served as a senior political appointee in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice.  She is a cum laude graduate in Political Science from UCLA, and subsequently earned a J.D. degree from the UCLA School of Law. 

Co-sponsors include the UCLA Honors Collegium, Phi Alpha Delta, the international legal fraternity and UCLA Law School.  Possibly drinks (coffee and water) will be served from a set-up in the hallway outside the lecture hall.

Cost: Free

Please email [email protected] to RSVP