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Women and the Law

The National Constitution Center hosted its annual Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution, March 7 through 9, 2008.  The Peter Jennings Project provided a unique opportunity for participants to explore the constitutional dimensions in the news today through dynamic workshops with leading journalists, jurists, scholars, and political leaders.  Through a variety of programs, participants – named Jennings Fellows – experienced how the constitutional discussion is not limited to the domain of the court system, academic exchange, and high school civics classes; it reaches into the fabric of daily life and therefore affects so much of what journalists write, broadcast, edit, and produce.

Featuring the theme “The Constitution in Our Midst: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties”, this year’s conference included the following components: