Join ACS and Profs. Atalia Omer and Ernesto Verdeja of the Keough School along with Ken Roth, former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, as they discuss and contextualize Trump's sanctions on the ICC. While everyone should be seated by 12:30, we will leave 5 minutes at the start of the event for rising 3Ls to do class registration. Franky's will be served. Location is Eck 3130.
Know Your Rights
Our chapter will partner with the U of I chapter of National Lawyer’s Guild and with Dr. Gioconda Guerra Perez to host a presentation, followed by a discussion on citizenship and residency rights and how recent executive orders have affected those rights. This is an important discussion to have considering the current administration's ruthless targeting of students on visas, including at this university.
ACS Arizona: Prosecutorial Independence
Join the ACS Arizona Lawyer Chapter and ACS Student Chapter at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law for a robust discussion on prosecutorial independence.
Featuring:
Hon. Kris Mayes, Arizona Attorney General
Terry Goddard, Former Arizona Attorney General and Former Phoenix Mayor
Gary Restaino, Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
Moderated by:
Hon. Kent Cattani, Chief Judge at the Arizona Court of Appeals
RSVP here!
The Farmworker Exemption: Virginia's Exploitation of Immigrant Farmworkers
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 North Carolina: In Our Court: The Fight for Justice in North Carolina
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.
Putt-Putt Social
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.