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.
June 22, 2021
June 28, 2021
July 12, 2021
July 13, 2021
July 21, 2021
ACS Chicago: Annual Forum on Chicago Police Accountability
June 28, 2021
ACS At-Large: The Equality Act and the Filibuster
July 12, 2021
ACS Bay Area: U.S. Supreme Court Term in Review
July 13, 2021
ACS Chicago: 2021 Supreme Court Term in Review
July 21, 2021
ACS Chicago: 2021 Legal Legends Luncheon
ACS Chicago: Guardians of Democracy: State AGs in the Trump Era
May 7, 2021
ACS At-Large: Courtroom Successes During the COVID-19 Crisis: Constitutional Victories in a Time of Pandemic
May 5, 2021
ACS Nashville: The Degradation of American Democracy — And the Court: A Discussion with Professor Michael J. Klarman
April 29, 2021
ACS Chicago: Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill: Facts vs Fiction
April 19, 2021
ACS Columbus: The Future of the Filibuster and Democracy Reforms: A Conversation with ACS President and Former Senator Russ Feingold
April 19, 2021
ACS Bay Area: Accountability for Lawyers in the Post-Trump Era
April 16, 2021
Accuracy and Justice Workshop Featuring a Panel of Death Row Exonerees
April 14, 2021
ACS Bay Area: Immigration Policy, Legislation, and Litigation: Pivoting During the Biden-Harris Administration
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
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
Nancy Jack - Assistant Director of Programming
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