ACS General Body Meeting

This event will be a starting event to introduce interested students to what ACS does, its mission, and its goals. We will discuss our plans for the semester and year as well as what we hope for students to get from being a member of ACS.

ACS Tampa: Grounds for Discussion

Please join the ACS Tampa Lawyer Chapter for a discussion on how the legal advocacy efforts of conservative Christian legal organizations (CCLOs) helped to effect major transformations to key areas of US constitutional law in recent decades? Join Dr. Eric Stephen an Assistant Professor of American Politics and of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida--as he leads an open discussion on the rise of CCLOs and their role within the broader conservative legal movement. The conversation will inquire into how and why conservative religious groups have mobilized within the legal arena in recent years on issues such as free speech and religious liberty, the devotional commitments that influence their activism, and the ways progressive organizations can better understand these developments in relation to its own work.

Featuring: 

Eric Stephen, Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies Courtesy Appointment, Religious Studies, University of South Florida

Roundtable with Prof. Corinna Lain

The ACS and Christian Legal Society chapters at UA Law are co-hosting an event featuring University of Richmond Law Professor Corinna Lain, who will speak about her book about—and work at large in—the death penalty space, much of which is inspired by her faith. It will be a "bring your own lunch," informal-style conversation ahead of her event off-campus Friday evening at Ernest & Hadley with UA Law's own Professor Russell Gold.

National Security Lawyering: Brett Freedman on Congress & The Executive

Brett Freedman most recently served as the chief of staff for assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. Previously, Brett spent seven years working for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as both minority counsel for Senator Diann Feinstein and subsequently as general counsel for Chairman Mark Warner. Prior to returning to Capitol Hill, Mr. Freedman served in the Executive Branch as senior associate general counsel advising the director of the National Counterterrorism Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as an attorney-advisor in the National Security Agency's Office of General Counsel. In 2013, Brett was selected to serve as counsel to the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies that stood up following the unauthorized disclosures by Edward Snowden. We are incredibly excited to welcome Brett, and we look forward to a conversation on his evolving career, national security lawyering in the legislative and executive branches, and checks and balances within foreign affairs and national security.

This is an ACS and NSG Co-Sponsored Event. Non-Koffee lunch will be served.

General Body Meeting

First general body meeting of the school year for UW Law's ACS Student Chapter.