Chicago Lawyer Chapter
ACS is the nation’s largest progressive legal network. We strive to ensure that the Constitution and the law work for all people by empowering leaders and informing discourse. The ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter would like to thank the following for their support of the Chapter's 2020-2021 programming: Jenner & Block LLP; Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.; Latham & Watkins LLP; Levin & Perconti; Miller Shakman Levine & Feldman LLP; Miner Barnhill & Galland, P.C.; Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Loevy & Loevy; Jeffrey Colman; Lowell Sachnoff; and The Prinz Law Firm.
April 14, 2021
April 16, 2021
April 19, 2021
April 29, 2021
ACS Bay Area: Immigration Policy, Legislation, and Litigation: Pivoting During the Biden-Harris Administration
April 16, 2021
Accuracy and Justice Workshop Featuring a Panel of Death Row Exonerees
April 19, 2021
ACS Columbus: The Future of the Filibuster and Democracy Reforms: A Conversation with ACS President and Former Senator Russ Feingold
April 29, 2021
ACS Chicago: Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill: Facts vs Fiction
ACS Chicago: Guardians of Democracy: State AGs in the Trump Era
April 7, 2021
ACS Chicago and Northwestern: Appealing for Change: Diversifying the Appellate Bar
April 6, 2021
ACS DC: Voices from Death Row Series: Juan Melendez
March 11, 2021
ACS Bay Area: What the Heck Happened in Texas? Why Energy Regulation is a Climate, Disability, and Racial Justice Issue
March 5, 2021
ACS Los Angeles: Racial Justice and the Law Part V: Homelessness
March 4, 2021
ACS At-Large: How to Tackle the White Nationalist Threat Without Harming Communities of Color and Religious Minorities?
February 18, 2021
ACS Minneapolis-St. Paul: Bending Toward Justice: Enacting & Enforcing Our Nation’s Hate Crimes Laws
February 5, 2021
ACS Los Angeles: Righting Wrongs: Truth and Healing for Indigenous Communities through Law and Policy
January 25, 2021
ACS Kentucky: Towards Justice: Reforms to Prevent Future Tragedies
January 7, 2021
ACS Chicago: Virtual Meet and Greet
Board of Directors
Alexis Bates - Co-Director of Membership
Jerry Brown - Assistant Director of Programming
Daniel Cotter - Co-Chair
Lauren Dana - Vice Chair
Nicholas Drury - Co-Director of Membership
Maxwell Eichenberger - Co-Director of Programming
Peter Gonzales - Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Candice Kline - Co-Director of Programming
David Melton - Assistant Director of Programming
Dana Pownall - Co-Director of Programming
Garrett Salzman - Co-Director of Student Chapter Outreach
David Shapiro - Assistant Director of Programming
Shelby Smith - Co-Director of Student Chapter Outreach
Rowe Snider - Lawyer Outreach and Networking Director
Rebecca Sundin - Co-Chair
Juan R. Thomas - Co Chair
Julia Waterhous - Director of the Legal Legends Luncheon
Board of Advisors