Department of State Legal Adviser Harold Koh will deliver a featured address at the American Constitution Society’s Tenth Anniversary National Convention, “Constitution at the Crossroads: Progress Imperiled?”, ACS has announced.
The three-day event brings together lawyers, law students, policymakers, judges, scholars and others interested in law and policy issues to learn, debate, strategize, and network. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be the featured speaker on the evening of Thursday, June 16 and Koh will deliver a lunchtime address on Friday, June 17.
A host of other leading experts will participate in panel discussions on topics ranging from constitutional interpretation and the legacy of the Roberts Court, to immigration reform, health care, corporate accountability and reproductive freedom.
See the Convention schedule here for all panels and participants, and check back frequently for updates.
Approximately 1,000 scholars, students, practitioners, policy-makers and judges descended on the historic Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in our nation's capital this weekend for the 2009 ACS National Convention. Videos of panels and featured remarks are being collected 
Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, seized the opportunity of speaking at the 2009 ACS National Convention to make a major speech boosting her idea for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which the Obama administration recently endorsed. Warren, who the Wall Street Journal recently 
Tatel, D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; J. Harvie Wilkinson, Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; and Ann C. Williams, Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
At the 2009 ACS National Convention, current and former executive branch officials discussed the latest issues of the day, including the priorities for the current administration. Among the panelists were Chief of Staff to the Vice President Ron Klain, the founder of the Center for American Progress John Podesta, and Staff Secretary to the President Lisa Brown, the former executive director of ACS. Questions from the audience ranged from national security law to LGBT issues. In his final statement, Klain also discussed ACS's unique role in law and policy fields.