Private: Registration Open for Fifth Annual ACS National Convention; CLE Available

Registration is now available for the Fifth Annual ACS National Convention, which will take place July 27-28, 2007 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.  The theme of this year's Convention is "Toward a Just Future."

In addition to compelling speeches and panels featured at past Conventions, this year’s event also will include book signings with authors of the latest cutting edge scholarship and numerous chances for lawyers to meet and mentor law students.

Convention participants will include:

• Federal Judges Lynn Adelman; Rosemary Barkett; Marsha L. Berzon; Raymond C. Fisher; Merrick B. Garland; Nancy Gertner; Susan P. Graber; Theodore McKee; Paul Redmond Michel; Karen Nelson Moore; Rosemary S. Pooler; Jeffrey S. Sutton, Myron Thompson; Sidney R. Thomas; and J. Harvie Wilkinson, III;
• California Court of Appeals Justice J. Anthony Kline;
• U.S. Representative Artur Davis (D-AL);
• Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann;
• Jonathan Adler; Mark Alexander; Anita L. Allen; Ana Avendaño; Melody Barnes; Douglas A. Berman; Rebecca L. Brown; Carol M. Browner; Elizabeth Cabraser; Erwin Chemerinsky; Roger Clegg; David D. Cole; Teresa Stanton Collett; Marian G. Crain; Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr.; Alphonso B. David; Angela J. Davis; Former U.S. Solicitor General Walter Dellinger, III; Viet Dinh; Noel J. Francisco; Alison Gee; Heather K. Gerken; Steven G. Gey; Willis J. Goldsmith; Former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick; Vanita Gupta; Penda Hair; Marci A. Hamilton; Vivian Hamilton; Pamela Harris; Lisa Heinzerling; San Francisco City Attorney Dennis J. Herrera; Alan Jenkins; Dawn Johnsen; Jeh Charles Johnson; Elena Kagan; Christopher Landau; Edward Lazarus; Scott Lemieux; Goodwin Liu; Barry W. Lynn; Ruth A. Marcus; William P. Marshall; Albert H. Meyerhoff; Shannon Minter; Karen Narasaki; Beth Nolan; Nancy Northup; Esther Olavarria; Erik D. Olson; Eva Paterson; Roger Pilon; Andrew J. Pincus; John Podesta; john powell; State Senator Jamie Raskin (D-MD); Laure Reiff; Jeffrey Rosen; Benjamin I. Sachs; Joseph M. Sellers; Hina Shamsi; Theodore Shaw; Reva Siegel; D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer; Carol Steiker; Colonel Dwight Sullivan; Thomas P. Sullivan; John Trasviña; George Terwilliger; Michael Waldman; Ronald H. Weich; Roger Wilkins; Frank Wu; and William Yeomans.

More speakers are being added every week.  

Registration: To register for the 2007 ACS National Convention, click here.

Hotel: Hotel rooms are available from Wednesday, July 25 to Sunday, July 29 at a reduced rate for convention attendees.  To reserve a room at the special rate, click here.

Students: The 2007 Student Leadership Retreat will be held on Thursday, July 26.

Schedule: To see a convention schedule, click here.

Sponsorships: Over 30 law firms and public interest groups generously sponsored the ACS Convention in 2006.  For more information about how your organization can sponsor the 2006 Convention, please contact Melodie DeMulling at MDeMulling@ACSLaw.org.

CLE: Five hours of New York CLE credit are available.