This is the first event in Penn Carey Law ACS's 2025-2026 "How to 1L" series. The event serves as an introduction to Penn's ACS chapter and will feature academic guidance for incoming 1L students. After an introduction from the chapter Presidents and a lecture from our Directors of Professional Development, 1Ls will enjoy a Q+A session with a panel of upper-level students. Topics will include notetaking, reading strategies, and early tips for exam preparation. This event will not feature any external speakers, nor will it be connected to any co-sponsors.

Korinna Lane, author of the Killing State, will be coming to GSU Law to speak alongside esteemed legal scholar Professor Eric Segall about the United States' use of lethal injection and the constitutional issues that the practice raises.

We are hosting an interest meeting to introduce students to the history of ACS, the Tulane Chapter, the current board members and what our ACS chapter will do. This event is meant to bolster interest for ACS on campus.

General Body Meeting to begin the year at UClaw SF! The event will feature introductions by board members and a discussion of upcoming events for the year.

Michigan Law ACS will bring the members of its 2025-2026 Board together to welcome them back to campus. During this working lunch meeting, we will remind everyone of the commitments they have made to the organization and align ourselves on the goals for the upcoming semester.

In 2018, the Supreme Court’s Trump v. Hawaii decision upheld a version of the Muslim Ban, setting a dangerous precedent for executive power to target entire communities under the guise of “national security.” Today, that same legal playbook is being used to justify new travel bans, indefinite immigrant detention, and other systemic attacks. These aren’t isolated issues; we are seeing coordinated global and domestic crackdown on rights – rooted in white supremacy, entrenched patriarchy, and the concentration of state power. Whether it’s the silencing of campus protests, the rollback of reproductive freedom, the erosion of voting rights, or the criminalization of solidarity, the message is the same: dissent and difference are threats to be controlled. Civil rights attorney Sufyan Sohel will examine the legality of the current travel bans and the impact of Trump v. Hawaii, then trace the common threads connecting these struggles. This conversation will delve into the architecture of oppression but also highlight how law students, lawyers, and communities can resist and reimagine a future grounded in dignity, equity, and the collective liberation. Speaker Sufyan Sohel is affiliated with the Cook County Commission of Human Rights; he is the Commission Chair. He was also the Senior Advisor of Special Projects at CAIR-Chicago Council of American Islamic Relations. This event is co-sponsored by the Muslim Law Students Association at Illinois Law.