Join us for an engaging conversation with Arthur Mitchell, Deputy Director of Litigation & Policy at the National Redistricting Foundation. Arthur will share insights on the Foundation’s mission to support fair and equitable map drawing and will lead a discussion of recent redistricting developments across the country, such as mid-decade redistricting efforts in California, Texas, and Missouri.
ACS is a 501 (c)3 non-profit, non-partisan organization, which does not support or oppose candidates or political parties.
ACS will host a supreme court argument listening party with coffee and bagels.
ACS will host former prosecutor, J.P. Cooney, for a conversation on the politicization of the Department of Justice. J.P. was a career prosecutor in the Department, and during this event, he will speak about his experience there, both before and after President Trump as well as compare his experiences during President Trump's first term and his second. Additionally, he will speak broadly about the consequences on the law of allowing politics into the DOJ, using the recent resignations and indictments as case studies.
Vince Warren, the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, will join HRLS and ACS to discuss his career, the CCR’s work, and democratic decline in the United States.
ACS invites all students to join us for our November General Body Meeting, followed by a fall cookie exchange and mini pumpkin painting! McD 160, Tuesday, November 4th, 6:00pm. Contact georgetownacs@georgetown.edu for accommodations or questions.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, the American Constitution Society (ACS) and Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Law Students (WACDLS) will host a panel to discuss State v. K.R.C., a case the Wisconsin Supreme Court about when children who are interrogated in school are "in custody" for Miranda purposes. Lunch will be provided!
Oral arguments for State v. K.R.C. will take place on Oct. 27. Our three panelists each wrote amicus briefs in the case.
Rachel Burg is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project at the Frank J. Remington Center.
Zoe Engberg is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Director of the Criminal Defense & Youth Advocacy Clinic. Professor Engberg has also taught in the Wisconsin Innocence Project and Second Look clinics.
Bridget Lavender is a Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative. She was previously a Skadden Fellow with the ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative.
