Qualified Immunity: Issues for Municipalities, Current Developments, and Emerging Trends
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will discuss current developments and emerging trends in the law of qualified immunity. The panel will offer an overview of how the doctrine developed, current federal and state jurisprudence, and how courts determine if a right is clearly established. The panel will also discuss governmental liability under Monell.
Outline
- History of qualified immunity
- Determining whether an action was in an individual or official capacity
- Determining “clearly established law”
- Monell liability
- Current cases
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other important issues:
- What does it take to show that a right is "clearly established" in connection with different constitutional rights?
- Who has the burden to establish qualified immunity?
- What must a plaintiff allege to pursue a Monell claim under Section 1983?
Faculty
Anthony G. Becknek
Senior Counsel
Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins
Mr. Becknek joined Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins Ltd. in 2019 after significant roles in both the city of Chicago’s... | Read More
Mr. Becknek joined Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins Ltd. in 2019 after significant roles in both the city of Chicago’s government and as a Senior Associate Litigation Attorney at a Chicago-area law firm. He has extensive experience handling a wide array of complex litigation matters and internal and external investigations for government entities and municipalities. Mr. Becknek concentrates his practice on representing a wide array of municipal entities and their employees from pre-litigation matters through trial and appeal in federal and state courts regarding alleged police misconduct, constitutional and civil rights, torts, personal injury, class action, employment and other complex and municipal litigation matters.
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Lawrence Rosenthal
Professor
Chapman University
Professor Rosenthal entered the practice of law as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of... | Read More
Professor Rosenthal entered the practice of law as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, specializing in organized crime and public corruption prosecutions. Among other things, he brought the first racketeering case involving insider trading, and secured the longest sentence in the history of the district in an organized crime case (200 years). Professor Rosenthal subsequently joined the City of Chicago's Department of Law, where he was Deputy Corporation Counsel for Counseling, Appeals, and Legal Policy. In that capacity, he argued three cases in the United States Supreme Court, and supervised a large volume of complex litigation as well as legislative as policy matters.
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