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Todd Crider, Head of the Firm’s Latin America Practice, has participated in the formation of a Joint Committee on Democracy and the Rule of Law that includes in its membership the former Chief Judge of the Mexican Supreme Court and the president elect of the Mexican Bar Association together with top private lawyers in New York and Mexico City to lead a bilateral effort to examine threats to the institutions of democracy and to the rule of law. Todd was quoted in an article published by Law.com International entitled, “International Lawyers Form Alliance to Protect Rule of Law in Mexico and U.S.” and an article published by Latin Lawyer entitled, “Vance Center and Fundación Barra Mexicana launch rule of law initiative.” In the articles Todd noted that “weakened rule of law in Mexico will also affect the United States, as an erosion of our institutions would affect Mexico,” referencing the myriad inter-relationships of the two North American neighbors.

Todd currently serves as a member of the governing body and executive committee of the Vance Center, where he was the Founding Chair. The Vance Center advances global justice by engaging lawyers across borders to support civil society and an ethically active legal profession.

To read the Law.com International article, please click here, and to read the Latin Lawyer article, please click here (subscriptions required).