Jason Yarashes from the Legal Aid Justice Center and Professor Luke Norris will discuss how farmworkers and seasonal immigrant workers are not included in Virginia's minimum wage law. They will discuss how this exemption came to be, how it impacts workers and leads to human trafficking, and efforts to chance the law. 

This event is co-hosted by the Public Interest Law Association. No RSVP required!

ACS members will be going to the Putt-Putt Fun Center in Mishawaka to play 54 holes! We will go out for drinks and dinner after.

Join Common Cause NC, Emancipate NC, Democracy NC, HBCU Student Action Alliance, Youth People’s Alliance, ACS, and other non-partisan groups for the "In Our Court: The Fight for Justice in North Carolina" Conference on April 12th at NCCU School of Law from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. 

 

Through interactive breakout sessions, informative panel discussions, innovative art installations and storytelling, and inspiring keynote presentations, In Our Court will provide a vision for the state courts we deserve. Former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and Justice Allison Riggs will keynote the conference.

Featuring:

Hon. Cheri Beasley, Former Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

Hon. Allison Riggs, Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

 

Register Here.

 

A Conversation with Chief Judge David Barron (1st Cir.)

A Conversation with Chief Judge David Barron (1st Cir.) (co-sponsor with Virginia Law Review)

Judge Ana Reyes was appointed as a United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in February of 2023, assuming the seat previously held by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. Judge Reyes served as a law clerk to Judge Amalya L. Kearse on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2001). After clerking, Judge Reyes became a litigation attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP, where she spent her legal career from 2001 to 2023. While there, she served as the co-chair of the firm’s International Disputes practice group and on its Executive Committee. Her practice focused on international litigation, representing foreign governments, foreign government officials, and multinational companies. Judge Reyes also worked on patent, legal malpractice, and other complex civil litigation matters. In 2023, the Hispanic National Bar Foundation presented Judge Reyes with its “Judicial Leadership Award,” which recognizes excellence in the legal profession. 

Please join ACS with LLSA in conversation with Judge Reyes.