COVID-19 Real-Time Legal Response: Quarantine, Isolation, and Other Social Distancing Powers

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March 16 | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST

Following a brief series of COVID-19 legal updates, this real-time session will focus on an array of social distancing legal responses among federal, state, and local authorities, notably quarantine, isolation, school and other closures, and proposed “lockdowns.”

Learning Objectives:
- Assess the legal bases for social distancing in response to COVID-19;
- Understand the core legal steps to engage quarantine and isolation;
- Consider varied powers of federal, state and local governments to institute school or other closures;
- Explore the constitutional limits of proposed lockdowns and other aggressive social distancing measures.

Moderator:
- Kayleen Klarich, Marketing and Membership Manager, Network for Public Health Law — National Office

Presenter:
- James G. Hodge, Jr. Director, Network for Public Health Law—Western Region Office