DISTINGUISHED FELLOW STANLEY BRAND TO DISCUSS “ARE WE CRIMINALIZING THE PRESIDENCY”
February 2024 — On Thursday, February 29, Penn State Dickinson Law Distinguished Fellow Stanley Brand will participate in Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics study group to discuss “Are We Criminalizing the Presidency?”
Hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Resident Fellow Josh Gerstein, the discussion will focus on the four criminal cases against former President Donald Trump and raise the prospect that the 2024 presidential election could be decided in the courtroom rather than at the ballot box.
Professor Stan Brand is the On-site Director of Dickinson Law’s Semester-in-Washington D.C. Program. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C. He is the former General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives and chief legal officer responsible for representing the House, its members, officers, and employees in connection with legal procedures and challenges to the conduct of their official activities; former Senior Counsel in Akin Gump’s litigation practice in Washington, D.C.; and Vice President, National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (the governing body of minor league baseball). He is a co-author, with Professor Lance Cole, of a casebook on Congressional Investigations. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C.