On April 18, 2008, the American Constitution Society and the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, as well as state and local bar associations, hosted a day-long conference on the pressing issues of civil rights, civil liberties and social justice being debated during the 2008 election season. A complete program of the event is available here.

A morning plenary session provided an overview of the issues to be discussed during the day, and the impact of the upcoming election on individual rights issues.The panel featured:

• Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Lisa Brown, Executive Director of the American Constitution Society (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Kay Hodge, President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents (Real Video / Windows Media)
• John Payton, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (Real Video / Windows Media)

Introduction (Real Video / Windows Media)
Questions and Answers (Real Video / Windows Media)

Video from the afternoon plenary session on judicial elections and judicial independence is available here.