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Monday October 20, 2008
The Supreme Court and a New Administration
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Health Care Reform and the Election
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
McCain, Obama, and the Supreme Court?
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
The True Meaning of Lawrence v. Texas?
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Progressive Public Lawyering
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
From Army Chaplain to Prisoner: A personal account from the front lines of Guantanmo
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Professor Jim Greiner discusses what the enforcement of Voting Rights Laws entails
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Viewing of:"Voting Rights in the 2008 Election: How Do We Ensure Every Vote Counts?"
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Samosa Night
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Tuesday October 21, 2008
“Hot Topics, Cold Facts: A Discussion about the November 2008 Propositions”
Start: 8:13 am
A Discussion of California's Prop 8 and the Definition of Marriage
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Election Issues in 2008: A Discussion on Voting Rights and Restrictions
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Universal Health Care: Is It Even Achievable?
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Sheila Sexton, Beeson Tayer & Bodine APC
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 1:45 pm
Health Care Policy
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Post Heller: Gun Control and an Individual’s Right to Bear Arms
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Poll Watcher Training
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Wednesday October 22, 2008
California Proposition 8 Discussion
Start: 5:30 am
End: 6:30 am
The Fred Gray Sr. Civil Rights Symposium
Start: 8:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
The NLRB, Unions, and Workers' Rights
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
General Body Meeting
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Voting Rights
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Reflections on a Lifetime of Public Interest Lawyering - Featuring Antonia Hernandez
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Exploring Voting Rights: A Debate on Issues Facing the Upcoming Election.
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:20 pm
Stephen Ansolabehere - Forty years after One Person, One Vote
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Counting to Five: What the 2008 Election Means for the Supreme Court
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Disability Voting Rights Speaker Panel
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Constitution in 2020: ACS Fall 2008 Reading Group featuring Bill Eskridge - Family Law in 2020
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Prof. Abbe Smith presents excerpts from her book Case of a Lifetime
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Thursday October 23, 2008
The Courts and the Election
Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:30 pm
Evolving Standards of Decency?: The Death Penalty and the Supreme Court (Debate)
Start: 12:00 pm
The Death Penalty in Modern American Society
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:47 pm
Judge Tatel - "Thoughts on the DC Circuit and Other Matters"
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:20 pm
Covering the Court with Lyle Denniston
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Florida Amendments Overview
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:30 pm
ACS Roundtable with David Victor
Start: 12:30 pm
"Voting Rights in the 2008 Election: How Do We Ensure Every Vote Counts?"
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 1:45 pm
Domestic Violence and the workplace
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 2:00 pm
What's at Stake? The Future of the Court
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
ACS and Fed Socs present a discussion on Boumediene v. Bush
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm
The Election: A Panel Discussion
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
ACS Bay Area Networking & Development (BAND) 2nd Annual Kickoff
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
ACS at GW Law's Thirsty Thursday in the SCC
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
ACS BAND Kick-off
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Supreme Court Preview: Key Cases to Watch in the 2008-2009 Term
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Monday October 27, 2008
Public Interest Career Week Panel
Start: 9:00 am
Start: Oct 27 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 31 2008 - 6:00pm
Discussing Warrantless Wiretapping & the Fourth Amendment
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Presidential Election & The Supreme Court: What's at Stake?
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Supreme Court '07-08 Looking Back at the Court's Last Term
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:15 pm
Drowning in Ballot Measures? Rethinking the California Initiative Process
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Lunch Talk with ACLU's Ben Wizner
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Teach for America and the Education Reform Movement? Calhoun Master's Tea with Cory Booker
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Voting Rights Celebration
Start: 6:30 pm
Tuesday October 28, 2008
Public Interest Career Week Panel
(all day)
Start: Oct 27 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 31 2008 - 6:00pm
Supreme Court Moot 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett
Start: 12:15 am
End: 1:15 pm
Election Law Hot Topics: What to expect as Americans Head to the Polls
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Supreme Court Moot - Penn Plaza v. Pyett
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 3:49 pm
A Brief History of Vote Suppression in America from the Civil Rights Movement to Present
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Will Every Vote Count? Voter Protection and the Presidential Election
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Politicization of The United States Department of Jutice: Hiring and Firing Scandals
Start: 12:20 pm
End: 1:20 pm
October Monthly Meeting
Start: 12:40 pm
End: 1:40 pm
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Mikva Dinner with Professor Brian Leiter
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Social Event: Westwood Brew Co. Trivia Night
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Wednesday October 29, 2008
Public Interest Career Week Panel
(all day)
Start: Oct 27 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 31 2008 - 6:00pm
"Election 2008: Protecting the Right to Vote" & "Annual Meetings and Elections"
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Student Debate
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
NUSL ACS sponsors a film screening: Race to Execution
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
The Election and the Supreme Court?
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:15 pm
"Natural" Law?
Start: 12:00 pm
'08 Election, the Supreme Court, and Reproductive Law and Policy
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
ACS Roundtable with Prof. Meg Caldwell
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
The Pen, The Sword, & The Waterboard: Ethical Lawyering in the "Global War on Terrorism"
Start: 1:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
ACS Voting Rights Simulcast
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Prof. Tokaji discusses the Help America Vote Act of 2002
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
The Future of the Supreme Court
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:20 pm
The Constitution in 2020: ACS Fall 2008 Reading Group Information, Structures and the Constitution of American Society
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Michigan Supreme Court in Action: An Evening with Justice Marilyn J. Kelly
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Judicial Activism talk by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kelly
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
ACS, FedSoc, & ACLU Karaoke Night
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Thursday October 30, 2008
Public Interest Career Week Panel
(all day)
Start: Oct 27 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 31 2008 - 6:00pm
Human Rights At Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
Electoral College Reform?
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Steven T. Wax
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
"Immigrants??? Rights as Human Rights: Current Issues in Immigration Law on the Eve of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal De
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
What Could the Bench look like Under the Next Administration?
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
ACS Roundtable with Prof. Jeff Fisher
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Voting Rights in the 2008 Election: How Do We Ensure Every Vote Counts
Start: 12:40 pm
End: 1:40 pm
Immigration Relief for Domestic Violence Survivors
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Is our Electoral System Broken?
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
ProHapHo: Free Speech Special
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Duke Law Food Fiesta
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Brandon Mayfield v. US - A Discussion of the Case and the Patriot Act
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Voter Protection Training
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Friday October 31, 2008
Public Interest Career Week Panel
End: 6:00 pm
Start: Oct 27 2008 - 9:00am
End: Oct 31 2008 - 6:00pm
Federalist Society & ACS Student Debate
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Ken Wyniemko, DNA Exoneree
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Saturday November 1, 2008
GW Law's First ACS Debate Dinner
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Monday November 3, 2008
Election Protection: Route Briefings
Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
Government Regulation of the Financial Sector
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Detainee Rights Under a New Administration
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Pre-Symposium Happy Hour and Networking Training
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm
ACS Networking Event
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Tuesday November 4, 2008
Election Protection: Tucson
Start: 6:00 am
End: 8:30 pm
Authority of the Executive Branch and Boumediene v. Bush - An ACS - Federalist Debate
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
USF - Hastings: Election Returns Viewing Gathering
Start: 6:00 pm
Election Watch Party @ Nick's English Hut
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Election Results Watching Gathering
Start: 8:00 pm
Wednesday November 5, 2008
ACS UHLC Chapter Supreme Court Term Preview
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
2008 Election Post-Mortem
Start: 12:00 pm
Discussion with the Author of "Christians in the American Empire"
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:00 pm
The Banking & Credit Market Bailout - A Panel Discussion
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
The 2008 presidential election: reflecting and looking forward
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
USD Tribal Wind Forum
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
The Limits of Habeas Corpus after Boumediene v. Bush
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The Constitution in 2020: ACS Fall 2008 Reading Group featuring Tracey Meares author of The Progressive Past
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
ACS Quizzo!!!
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
ACS Quizzo!!!
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Thursday November 6, 2008
UT Austin Student Chapter Meeting
Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:30 pm
Post-election election law analysis with Professor Heather Gerken
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Election Protection Wrap-up
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:35 pm
"The Past, Present, & Future of Criminal Sentencing and Federal Judging"
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:20 pm
ACS Roundtable with Prof. George Fisher
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Discussion with ACLU President Nadine Strossen
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
A Death Row Survivor Speaks
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
ACS Philadelphia Lawyer Chapter Holds Happy Hour
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Friday November 7, 2008
Respecting Expecting? The 30th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Sunday November 9, 2008
Concord Chapter - Intro to Moot Court
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Monday November 10, 2008
ACS at GW Law goes to Supreme Court Oral Arguments - Chambers v. United States
Start: 5:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Columbia Law School Faculty Roundtable Discussion of the Presidential Election
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
ACS? The Federalists?
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
ACS Board Meeting
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Judge Abner Mikva Introduces ACS
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:20 pm
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Tuesday November 11, 2008
Trial Judge's Perspective on the Legal Process
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm
Book Discussion: Kermit Roosevelt and the Myth of Judicial Activism
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Veterans Day Program
Start: 12:40 pm
End: 1:40 pm
Stanford ACS Talk with Judge Breyer
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter Presents "Election De-Brief"
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
End of Semester Movie Night
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Civil Liberties and the War on Terror: Seven Years after 9/11
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Wednesday November 12, 2008
Field Trip to Supreme Court
Start: 6:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
SCOTUS Preview
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Education Policy and Philadelphia
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
How Elections Will Affect Congress, presented by the Kansas City Lawyer Chapter
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
ACS Kansas City Lawyer Chapter Presents "2008 Election Review: What's Next?"
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Using Foreign Law to interpret the Constitution
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:30 pm
The Second Founding and the Reconstruction Amendments: An Introduction
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:20 pm
Digital Fourth Amendment: How Is Technology is Eroding Privacy Protection and How to Reestablish a Balance?
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Prisons, Prisoners' Rights, and Prison Reform
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Constance Baker Motley Moot Court Information Session
Start: 4:15 pm
End: 5:00 pm
How Will the World Remember Guantanamo Bay?
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The case of Victoria Arellano:A discussin about the dangers that ICE detention poses to immigrant transgender and LGBT comm.
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Human Rights Forum Presenting the Innocence Project
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
The Constitution in 2020: ACS Fall 2008 Reading Group featuring Steve Teles - The Dept. of Justice under Obama?
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
ACS at GW Law Hosts 2nd Debate Dinner
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Mikva Dinner With Professor Helmholz
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Election Dissection
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Thursday November 13, 2008
Civil Rights Decisions of the Roberts Court
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Women and Poverty Symposium
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
National Symposium: The Second Founding and the Reconstruction Amendments
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: Nov 13 2008 - 12:00pm
End: Nov 14 2008 - 6:00pm
Working Lunch Series Judicial Internships
Start: 12:20 pm
End: 1:20 pm