This is a rescheduled opportunity for the ACS executive board to meet with and learn from our faculty sponsor, Professor Brett.
Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education
Professor Driver will speak on the future of higher education, and the recent rulings on the supreme court in this area in conversation with Professor Andrias. Justin Driver is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in the field of constitutional law and is the author of “The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education.” This event will be co-sponsored by the Education Law Society at CLS
Know Your Rights: Voting Rights Act of 1965
Know Your Rights: Voting Rights Act of 1965 - This event will include speakers such as the executive legal director of the ACLU of Mississippi, Professor Barbra Phillips, and other VRA of 1965 activists/litigants/legal scholars. This will be an event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the VRA.
WashU Law ACS x PSAB: A Guide to Judicial Clerkships and Internships
Join WashU Law's ACS and Public Service Advisory Board (PSAB) for an in-depth program exploring judicial clerkships and internships. The conversation will provide concrete guidance on preparing strong applications, understanding the selection process, and making the most of these positions once secured. The event will also highlight how clerkships and internships can open doors across practice areas and serve as a critical foundation for launching a successful legal career. Thea Cohen of ACS Nationals will join!
ACS Lunch Talk with New Jersey Solicitor General Jeremy Feigenbaum
We will be hosting a discussion with NJ State Attorney General Jeremy Feigenbaum on Trump v. CASA and states' efforts to fight back against the Administration.
Co-sponsors are HLS Lambda, and the Harvard Law and Policy Review.
Register here!
ACS Nashville: 2025 Annual U.S. Supreme Court Preview
On October 8, 2025, please join the ACS Nashville Chapter at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC for a discussion with Stephen Vladeck, The Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts at Georgetown University Law Center, on the 2025 Supreme Court Term.
Vladeck is author of the New York Times-bestselling book, “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic,” which has won numerous awards, including the 2024 Order of the Coif Book Award. Vladeck is also a highly regarded appellate advocate, having argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous lower federal civilian and military courts.
He has received numerous awards for his influential and widely cited legal scholarship, his prolific popular writing, his teaching, and his service to the legal profession—including the 2024 University of Texas President’s Research Impact Award and his selection by the Order of the Coif to serve as its Distinguished Visiting Professor for 2025.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
21 Platform Way South
Suite 3500
Nashville, TN 37203
Lunch will be provided.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Benefactor: Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Sherrard Roe Voight & Harbinson, PLC
Donor: Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC
Friend: Charles Bone, Southern Environmental Law Center, Stephen Zralek, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
Community Sponsors: Rickard Masker, PLC and Spragens Law
Individual Sponsors: Anne Davis, Tracy George, Grace Stranch
The ACS Nashville Chapter is grateful to Bass, Berry & Sims PLC for hosting this year’s signature event. For sponsorship inquiries, please email Robert Williams at rwilliams@acslaw.org.