July 9, 2024 

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern

[Public Information Acts] - Current Challenges and Trending Topics in Public Information Acts

This CLE will focus on the current challenges faced by government lawyers assisting their clients in navigating their state’s public information act laws.  It will discuss trends and best practices for navigating this ever-changing field.  

Speaker: Hilary Ruley

Hilary Ruley is a Chief City Solicitor for Baltimore City.  She has been in the General Counsel Division of the City’s Law Department for over fifteen years, advising agencies, reviewing city and state legislation and overseeing responses to Public Information Act requests.  She was previously a litigator in private practice for several years and clerked for the Honorable Judge James Eyler on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.  She obtained her J.D. and B.S. degrees from the University of Notre Dame and is licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia.  She is the recipient of the Maryland Bar Association’s 2007 Alex Fee Memorial Pro Bono Service award and the International Municipal Lawyer’s 2014 William I. Thorton, Jr. Faculty Award.