Programming

September 12, 2024

Lavish Gifts, Judicial Ethics, and the U.S. Supreme Court

Preserving Democracy: Political Violence and Polarization

Preserving Democracy: Political Violence and Polarization. Lisa Nelson, Assoc. Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Co-Director of the Collaboratory Against Hate

Preserving Democracy: Protecting Voter Choice in the 2024 Presidential Election.

Preserving Democracy: The Critical Role of the Media

Katelyn Polantz, CNN Senior Reporter - Crime and Justice, speaks with Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg on a variety of current topics relating to our democracy

Repealing Closed Primaries: A Path to Better Government in Pennsylvania.

David Thornburgh, Chair of the Committee of Seventy’s Ballot Pa initiative and son of former PA Governor and U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh

Governing in Crisis: Police Reform and Broader Issues of Systemic Racism

Jake Wheatley, Pennsylvania State Representative .

Disinformation, Disruption and the Destabilization of Democracies

Preserving Democracy

Protecting Democracy and Securing our Elections

March 15, 2022 virtual at noon.

Preserving Democracy: Bridging the Divide Between Rural and Urban America

April 15, 2021. Jen Giovannitti, President, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.

Preserving Democracy: Time for Truth about Pennsylvania’s 2020 Presidential Election

February 4, 2021 David Thornburgh, President and CEO of The Committee of Seventy.

Governor Thornburgh

The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy was established in 2007 at the late Dick Thornburgh’s Law School alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. In conjunction with the Dick Thornburgh Papers held by the University's Hillman Library, the Forum reflects Dick's lifelong work in public service. The Forum is in intended to foster discourse on issues vital to the preservation of our democratic system and the Rule of Law upon which that system depends.  

Special thanks to Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg who serves as the Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum who has supported this effort since its inception, as well as to many others who have provided their time and resources and dedication throughout the years.