This General Body Meeting will be held on the Stetson Law campus in the Library and serves as an opportunity to introduce our organization to the Stetson Law School community. Members and attendees will have the chance to meet our executive board, learn about upcoming initiatives, and hear from featured speakers who will highlight opportunities for involvement and professional development. The event is open to all students, and no RSVP is required. We encourage all interested members of the Stetson community to join us for this introductory meeting, where you can connect with peers, faculty, and leadership.
Voting Rights Panel
This event includes discussion about the past, present and future of voting rights in the US. We will have someone who can speak to the history of voting rights, as well as what we can do to make the system better. We will be having a lawyer who works in voting rights to provide students with an understanding of what type of advocacy they can do within their own field, but we want to hear from people with different areas of expertise as well.
List of speakers : Professor Cobb, Suffolk; Professor Stewart, MIT; Attorney Brooke Simone, Lawyers for Civil Rights, a representative from MassVote (another non-partisan organization).
We are co-sponsoring with the Boston College Law Democrats. I consulted with Meghan Paulas and Robert Williams about this partnership and the non-partisan nature of the event.
Banned Books Reading
Join us to talk about censorship and book bans and listen to some of your Duke Law professors read from their favorite banned books.
Katie Chamblee-Ryan Keynote speaker
Katie is an experienced civil rights litigator with a successful record in state and federal trial and appellate courts, including on novel constitutional claims.
Katie came to ELG in 2025 from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. While in the Civil Rights Division, Katie served as lead attorney in the negotiations for United States v. Minneapolis, which alleged a pattern or practice of unconstitutional conduct by the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. In that case and others, Katie successfully developed first-of-their-kind findings for the Department on unlawful retaliation against journalists; law enforcement officers’ duty to intervene against excessive force; and law enforcement agencies that operate under unconstitutional financial conflicts of interest.
ACS Career Week
ACS Georgetown is hosting a 'Career Week' this semester (Sep 29- Oct 6). Each day that week will have a panel discussion focused on opportunities in a different legal field, with all but one day dedicated to public sector programming (schedule below). Each panel will consist of people in different stages of their career, so the discussion can focus on various aspects of their experience, job search, training and development, opportunities available, etc. We also have a clerkship specific event with Thea Cohen and two judges in attendance that is a highlight.
Mon, Sep 29: Impact Litigation (Protect Democracy, Democracy Forward, Campaign Legal Center)
Tue, Sep 30: Federal Legislation (Federal Legislation Clinic, Hill staffers, and non-partisan Congressional office)
Wed, Oct 1: Clerkships (Judge Faraqui, Judge Cobb and Thea Cohen).
Thurs, Oct 2: Choosing law firms (particularly in light of this year's developments with law firms and the administration)- Rachel Cohen, GC of the Tower Companies, and a small firm/plaintiff-side attorney.
Mon, Oct 6: Direct Services (Legal Aid, Children's Law Center, DC Access to Justice Commission)
Language and the Law
Dr. Karma Chavez will be discussing the use of the term "terrorism/terrorist" and how it has shaped immigration and criminal legislation. No need to RSVP. Lunch will be provided.