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.

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The American Constitution Society Akron Chapter, The Federalist Society Akron Chapter, and the St. Thomas Moore Society Akron Chapter are co-sponsoring a discussion panel on the death penalty. The event will include three speakers with a history of either representing clients on death row or studying death penalty jurisprudence in their academic careers: Marah McLeod, Ben G. Cohen, and Dana Cole. It will be held over the lunch hour at Akron Law to increase attendance and participation.

Please join the ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter in partnership with The National Public Housing Museum and the Cook County Assessor's Office present historian Andrew W. Kahrland author of The Black Tax 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America artist Tonika Lewis Johnson, co-author of Don't Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It, in a conversation on the history of racist real estate practices and their lasting impact on Black communities. Highlighting land sale contracts, overtaxation, and the sale of tax debts, they will explore how these systems stripped families of wealth while also lifting up the stories of activists who fought back--and the lessons their struggles hold for today.

Featuring:

Andrew W. Kahrl, Professor of History and African American Studies, University of Virginia

Tonika Lewis Johnson, Co-founder of both the Englewood Arts Collective (EAC) and Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.)

FREE, but space is limited.

Light bites and beverages will be provided, and a book signing will take place after the event.

Register here!

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!

The Honorable Joshua Wolson, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, will moderate a panel discussion between Professors Amanda Shanor and Lael Weinberger on the prior term and upcoming cases. This event is co-hosted by the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society. There will be food and drink for those in attendance!