Additional Resources

• Task Force for American Democracy
• Defending Democracy, a project of the Section on State and Local Government Law
• Pollworker Esq., a project of the Standing Committee on Election Law
• Lawyers as Changemakers: Perfecting Democracy Sign-Up 
• Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility, and Collaboration Commission
• American Bar Association Division for Public Education

• Political Reforms to Combat Extremism
• Increasing Trust in our Elections
• The State of Civics Education in the General Populace
• Deepfakes and American Elections
• Addressing Baseless Election Related Lawsuits
• Improving Participation in Democratic Processes
• Reinvigorating American Democracy - A Youth Perspective
• Improving Access to Voting
• The State of Democracy Education in Law Schools
• Keeping the Administration of our Elections from Becoming Politicized
• Decreasing the Political Polarization of the American Public

• The Rule of Law, The Lawyer’s Role as a Public Citizen
• American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct: Preamble and Scope
• The Rule of Law, The Lawyer’s Role as a Public Citizen, and Professional Identity: How Fostering the Development of Professional Identity: How Fostering the Development of Professional Identity Can Help Law Schools Address the Crisis Professional Identity Can Help Law Schools Address the Crisis Facing American Democracy Facing American Democracy - Kendall Kerew
• How State Bars can Defend Democracy - LDAD.org

• What Lawyers Can Do to Defend the Rule of Law, Our Democracy and Our Elections
• What Is the Rule of Law and Why Is It Fundamental to American Democracy?

• Sept. 5, 2024 - Knight Election Law Forum - National Media
• Aug. 27, 2024, PBS  - Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover

LAWYERS MUST ACT NOW TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY - Mary Smith, July 28, 2024, USNEWS.COM

ELECTION CERTIFICATION UNDER THREAT

"A legal roadmap to protect the 2024 election including from 35 officials who have refused to certify results". CREW. August, 2024. Citations and full text in link. 

"LOST, NOT STOLEN: THE CONSERVATIVE CASE THAT TRUMP LOST AND BIDEN WON THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION." Citations and full text in link.

• MIT Media Lab's Website for downloads and videos on how to spot deepfakes.
• ABA working paper on Deepfakes and American Elections.

• Malice Toward None Video (04:36)
• National Governors Association "Disagree Better" Initiative
• Braver Angels
• Decreasing the Political Polarization of the American Public