Board Meeting for the American Constitution Society Chapter at the University of Michigan Law School
Lunch Talk: Resisting Autocracy with Richard Abel
Join ACS with Professor Richard Abel for a conversation about autocracy in the US and what we can do to resist it.
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Intro to ACS
Please join the USD law student chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) for an introduction to the organization.
ACS is the nation’s foremost progressive legal organization, with a diverse nationwide network that includes nearly 200 student and lawyer chapters, and progressive lawyers, students, judges, scholars, elected officials, and advocates.
Our mission is to support and advocate for laws and legal systems that redress the founding failures of our Constitution, strengthen our democratic legitimacy, uphold the rule of law, and realize the promise of equality for all, including people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and other historically excluded communities.
We will follow up on our previous event about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Anderson, as well as discuss the benefits of becoming an ACS member and field suggestions for future events and guest speakers.
UC Law Pathways to the Bench
The University of Cincinnati College of Law ACS chapter is organizing a “Pathways to the Bench” event to take place on Thursday, March 28 from 5:30-7:30pm at the College of Law. This event will start with a panel of local judges who will discuss their “path to the bench,” advice they have for students interested in pursuing judgeships, and clerkship opportunities that exist for students interested in working in a judge’s chambers. The panel will be followed by a dinner where students and local judges, magistrates, and clerks will have the opportunity to connect with one another.
Featured Panelists:
Professor Fanon Rucker (Moderator), Attorney at the Cochran Firm; retired Hamilton County Municipal Court judge
Judge Marilyn Zayas, First District Court of Appeals
Judge Pierre Bergeron, First District Court of Appeals
Judge Donte Johnson, Hamilton County Municipal Court
Judge Christopher Wagner, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Michael Fahy, First District Court of Appeals Law Clerk
4th Amendment Book Talk w/ Professor Michael Mannheimer
The American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, and the Criminal Law Society at UC Law are hosting a “book talk” with Professor Michael Mannheimer (from Chase Law) on Monday, February 19 during the lunch hour (12:15-1:15) to discuss his new book, The Fourth Amendment: Original Understandings and Modern Policing. Food will be provided, and there will be a raffle for students who attend to have a chance to win a copy of Professor Mannheimer’s book.
Candidate Forum - Justice Allison Riggs & Judge Jefferson G. Griffin
Join the candidates for the North Carolina Supreme Court race this November for a forum on their judicial philosophy, perspective, and experience. Lawyers and law students have a special responsibility to inform themselves and others about judicial races, and ACS and the Federalist Society is proud to host these two jurists of our state.