June 23, 2005

Private: ACS Hosts Supreme Court Reviews in Washington and Chicago


On Thursday, June 30, The American Constitution Society's Washington, D.C. Lawyer Chapter will host its annual Supreme Court Review, a discussion of the 2004-05 Supreme Court term by leading academics and practitioners, including former U.S. Solicitors General Drew Days, Professor of Law, Yale Law School and Morrison & Forster, and Seth Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Hale & Dorr; Preeta Bansal, Skadden Arps and former New York Solicitor General; Randy Barnett, Professor of Law, Boston University; Avis Buchanan, Director, Defender Service for the District of Columbia; Richard Lazarus, Professor of Law and Director, Supreme Court Institute, Georgetown University Law Center; Nina Pillard, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Paul Smith, Jenner & Block; and Kathleen Sullivan, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. Thursday, June 30, 9:00 am, Ballroom, National Press Club, 13th Floor, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC. There is no cost to attend this event. Please RSVP to Events [at] ACSLaw [dot] org.
The Chicago Lawyer Chapter's Supreme Court Review will feature Susan Bandes, Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law; Colleen Connell, Executive Director, ACLU of Illinois; Michele Goodwin, Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Health Law Institute and Center for the Study of Race & Bioethics, DePaul University College of Law; Robert Graham, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP; Marcia Goodman, Partner, Mayer Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP; and Mark D. Rosen, Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota Law School, Professor and Freehling Scholar, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and will be moderated by Barry Sullivan, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, and former Dean, Washington & Lee University School of Law. The event will take place at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2005 at Jenner & Block LLP, 40th Floor, One IBM Plaza, 330 N. Wabash Avenue in Chicago.
Lunch will be served. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Jenner & Block LLP, there is no charge for this event. Please note: Last summer, this program was filled to capacity before the RSVP deadline. Please RSVP to Amy Gardner at 312-407-0888 or email Chicago [at]ACSLaw [dot]org by June 24 at 3:00 p.m. Security at this building requires a photo ID.