Please join the ACS DC Lawyer Chapter for our summer happy hour on Wednesday July 9 from 6-8 p.m. at The Admiral. Whether you're a new member or a familiar face, we hope to see you there! Law students who are in town for the summer are especially encouraged to attend. No need to dress up for this event - come as you are!
Light appetizers will be provided.
If you have any questions, please email Rashmi Borah at rashmi.borah@alumni.emory.edu.
The American Constitution Society chapter of University of Cincinnati College of Law will be hosting Professor Anne Lofaso to discuss her theoretical labor framework on the autonomous dignified worker and using the union as a way for social and individual progress. In partnership with the Labor and Employment Law club and the Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, we look forward to expanding our understanding of how organized labor can push towards liberation.
Join the American Constitution Society, in partnership with the Georgetown University O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, the Brennan Center for Justice, Ms. Magazine, Ms. Studios, and Feminist Majority Foundation for an in-person event featuring leading scholars, legal experts, and award-winning journalists discussing key Supreme Court cases of the 2024-2025 term and the rule of law in the United States, as the Trump administration remains at the center of unprecedented legal and constitutional battles.
Welcome
Joshua Teitelbaum, Interim Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Rule of Law Panel
George T. Conway III, Co-Founder, The Lincoln Project; Board President, Society for the Rule of Law
Lourdes Rivera, President, Pregnancy Justice
Skye Perryman, President and CEO, Democracy Forward
Andrew Twinamatsiko, Director, Center for Health Policy and the Law, O'Neill Institute
Moderated by:
Regina Mahone, Senior Editor, The Nation
SCOTUS Term in Review
Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
Sherrilyn A. Ifill, Vernon Jordan Distinguished Professor in Civil Rights and Founding Director, 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy, Howard University School of Law
Mark Joseph Stern, Senior Writer, Slate
Moira Donegan, Opinion Columnist, The Guardian
Chris Geidner, Former Legal Editor, Buzzfeed, Editor, Law Dork
Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times
Moderated by:
Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Linda D. & Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown University School of Law; Co-Faculty Director, O'Neill Institute; Member, ACS Board of Directors
Register here.
The American Constitution Society is a State Bar of California approved CLE provider. This event has been approved for 2.25 hour of California MCLE credit, which may also be applied in reciprocal states. The event has also been approved for 2.25 hours of Illinois MCLE Credit, 2.5 hours of Virginia MCLE credit, and 2.2 hours of Missouri MCLE credit. MCLE credit approval is pending in Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, and Washington State. Click here for the CLE Documentation, CA MCLE Cert. of Attendance, IL MCLE Cert. of Attendance, VA MCLE Cert. of Attendance, MO MCLE Cert. of Attendance, Non-CA CLE Cert. of Attendance, and Evaluation Form. Attendees will need to sign in and sign out onsite the day of the event for their attendance to be verified. Please email info@acslaw.org with any questions.
Volunteer with PRIDE - Help host Pride in Minneapolis! - 6/27, 6/28 & 6/29
Help host Pride parades, festivals and events in MN
DATES: Friday, June 27th, Saturday, June 28th & Sunday, June 29th
TIMES: All Day (hourly or more) Shifts Available
WHERE: citywide - Minneapolis
Join UMN ACS, UMN Outlaw, and Minneapolis PRIDE orgs in supporting local pride celebrations. Put your advocacy into action by helping Youth Pride, Minneapolis People's Pride (celebrating BIPOC queer communities) and Twin Cities Pride during the last weekend of Pride Month. Because support is needed all weekend long, we are spreading the word so that you may volunteer and participate as often as you'd like! Sign yourself up and bring a friend!
Volunteer roles and times differ, so check out the volunteer sign-up pages for shifts and a list of duties. Deadline to apply is JUNE 21!
Minneapolis People's Pride - volunteer info: https://www.mplspeoplespride.com/services-6-1
volunteer form and duties - Festival (6/28)
Twin Cities Pride - volunteer info: https://tcpride.org/volunteer/
volunteer form and duties - Parade (6/29)
volunteer form and duties - Youth Night (6/27) and Festival (6/28)
Below is a list of positions that need extra support:
-monitoring the parade floats/route
-set up
-general volunteer- giving directions, assistance, etc.
-food/kitchen help
-information booths
-hanging side walls
-ice/water booth
-entertainment (logistics)
-merchandise sales
-vendor load-out (our biggest need) Sunday evening
-tear down of signs/banners
" . . . Making space for and feeding queer joy is a radical act of resistance . . . " - Mpls People's Pride
Join the ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter, Chicago Appleseed, and the Chicago Council of Lawyers for the 2025 Annual Police Accountability Forum. Sharon Fairley will moderate a panel discussion on the state of police oversight in Chicago, with participation from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the Chicago Police Department and others.
Register here.
CLE credit is available for attendees.
Please join the American Constitutional Society's Oregon Lawyer Chapter for a panel discussion with leading experts on Oregon’s critical shortage of attorneys for the accused. The right to counsel a foundational function in our criminal justice system. Without that obligation being met, individuals accused of crimes are denied the right to a fair and speedy trial. Similarly, victims are denied their opportunity to participate and interact with a criminal justice system that functions and ensures that justice is done. Join the discussion and see what has been and is being done to address this crisis right now and what plans are in place for the future.
Featuring:
Jennifer Nash, Chair of the Oregon Public Defense Commission
Jennifer Nash is an attorney in private practice in Corvallis, Oregon. She was a public defense provider in the Benton County consortium from 1999-2017 representing adults and children in criminal and juvenile court and was their contract administrator for 16 years. She joined the Public Defense Services Commission in August 2022 and became its chair in August 2023. When the Commission transitioned to the Executive Branch in 2024 and became the Oregon Public Defense Commission, she remained as its chair. She is a passionate defender of the constitution and the rule of law.
Carl Macpherson, Director of Metropolitan Public Defenders
Carl Macpherson is the Executive Director of Metropolitan Public Defender (MPD), which is the largest, single provider of trial-level public defense services in Oregon. MPD is a non-profit criminal defense law firm founded in 1971. Carl has been a criminal defense attorney for over twenty years, practicing in three different jurisdictions. He has been a public defender for his entire career except for four years when he worked in a criminal defense law firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan (2007-2011).
Aliza Kaplan, Law Professor and Lewis and Clark Law School
Aliza B. Kaplan is a Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School and the Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) where students work on a variety of cases and projects relating to the back-end of criminal cases in the areas of parole, clemency, wrongful convictions, and juvenile justice. She serves as of counsel to the Forensic Justice Project, is a co-founder of the Community Law Division at Metropolitan Public Defender and co-founded the Oregon Innocence Project.
Suman Malempati, Federal Public Defender
Suman Malempati, J.D., M.D., is an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the District of Oregon. After graduating from Emory University School of Law in 2021, he clerked for Judge Marco A. Hernández at the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before joining the Federal Public Defender’s Office, Malempati worked as a trial attorney at Metropolitan Public Defender in Multnomah County.
Jessica Snyder, Assistant Federal Public Defender
Jessica Snyder is an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the District of Oregon, where she has worked since 2017. Jessica graduated from Stanford Law School in 2013 and then clerked for Judge Michael Simon at the United States District Court for the District of Oregon before starting her public defender career at Metropolitan Public Defender in Washington County.
Moderated by:
Ryan J. Anfuso, Attorney at Law, Anfuso Law, P.C.; Board Member, ACS Oregon Lawyer Chapter