The Legal Lifeline Tour: Justice for All Pilot Event​

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With the rapidly changing socio-political landscape in our country, community work is more critical now than ever. We are calling upon the legal community to come together to educate, empower, and elevate our fellow Philadelphians. Knowledge is power, and as law students we are in a unique position to share information about people’s rights and empower our city. On June 21st, 2025, from 10-2pm at the Second Baptist Church of Frankford, we will be hosting the first in the series of the Legal Lifeline Tour, a traveling community legal education event.

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In this first event, we will gamify legal knowledge, host Q&A sessions, and create real-life scenarios where people can actively learn how to protect themselves, making legal education fun and easy to absorb. At this stage, we are looking for attorneys and law students to help create and present interactive elements and activities. Ultimately we will be growing a network of people to host these events throughout the year.

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Learn About Emerging Research on Cannabis and Driving with
Thomas Marcotte, PhD

May 5, 2025 @ 4pm

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Dr. Thomas Marcotte is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and Co-Director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, which has conducted cannabis clinical trials for almost 25 years. He is the principal investigator on studies addressing the effects that cannabis on driving ability, has collaborated with law enforcement on studies (laboratory; on-road) regarding officer detection of cannabis-related impairment, and served on state-wide impaired driving task forces as well as national panels (e.g., Transportation Research Board). He has participated in symposia and presented work regarding traffic safety to, among others, law enforcement, forensic toxicologist, judicial, and traffic safety advocacy groups. He has served on a number of journal editorial boards, and is lead editor of the book Neuropsychology of Everyday Functioning.

Dr. Marcotte will be presenting on his research into the impact of cannabis consumption on driving performance, the ability of law enforcement to detect impairment, and public health messaging to reduce cannabis-impaired driving.