In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and held there is no federal constitutional right to abortion. Whether and under what circumstances abortion will be lawful will now be decided by the states. The focus will now turn to the states.
For example, the high courts in at least nine states have held a right to abortion exists in state constitutions. Does Dobbs and the fall of Roe undermine these opinions? Also, legislative restrictions on abortions will come under legal challenge – and many are actively being litigated in courts right now.
Denise Harle has been at the center of many of the legal challenges to Roe and Casey, including assisted Mississippi’s legal team in Dobbs. Ms. Harle will speak about the current federal and state court litigation in the wake of Dobbs.
When: Friday, October 21, 2022, 11:30 a.m. (registration), 12:00 p.m. (lunch)
Where: First Floor Conference Room, 2040 Main Street, 1st Floor, Irvine,
CA. Please get your parking ticket validated in the lobby before or
after entering the venue.
Cost: $30/members, $35/non-members, $20/students, for lunch and 1 hour
of MCLE credit (the Federalist Society is a California State Bar
approved provider of MCLE).
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To pay by cash or check at the door, please send an RSVP to Tim Kowal at
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About Denise Harle:
Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is the director of the Center for Life and leads her team’s litigation and advocacy efforts to defend pro-life laws around the nation. She also networks with pro-life allies, speaks publicly on behalf of ADF, and works to defend the First Amendment freedoms of pro-life medical professionals and pregnancy resource centers. Since joining ADF, Harle took the primary role in drafting the briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in NIFLA v. Becerra, resulting in a free-speech victory for pro-life pregnancy centers. She was one of several ADF attorneys who assisted Mississippi’s legal team in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court victory that reversed Roe v. Wade.
Prior to joining ADF, Harle served as deputy solicitor general in the Office of the Florida Attorney General, where she drafted appellate briefs and presented oral arguments on behalf of the state in a wide variety of constitutional cases, including defending the constitutionality of pro-life laws. In 2017, she participated in the prestigious Supreme Court Fellow program, sponsored by the National Association of Attorneys General. She clerked for Justice Ricky L. Polston on the Florida Supreme Court and worked for several years as an appellate litigator at a large firm in California.
Harle earned bachelor’s degrees, summa cum laude, in psychology and interdisciplinary social science from Florida State University, a master’s degree in political science from Stanford University, and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law. At Duke, she served as the executive editor of Law & Contemporary Problems. Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Harle to the Florida Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council in 2021 to support churches and nonprofits as they care for vulnerable members of society. A member of the state bars of California, Florida, and Georgia, she is admitted to multiple federal district and appellate courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.
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