We will be exploring the feasibility of canceling the contracts of LUMA Energy and Genera PR. The discussion will feature panelists who are members of the Special Commission of the Puerto Rico Bar Association tasked with evaluating these contracts.
ACS Lunch Talk with Neil Eggleston
ACS invites Neil Eggleston to the University of Michigan Law School for a lunch talk. He was White House Counsel to President Obama from 2014 to 2017, and advised the president on all legal and constitutional issues across a broad spectrum of domestic and foreign policy matters. Earlier in his career, he served as Associate Counsel to President Clinton, Deputy Chief Counsel to the US House of Representatives Select Committee Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, and Assistant US Attorney. He now works as a litigation partner at K&E in DC.
Immigration in the New Administration
We hope to have a panel on immigration in the new administration featuring (1) an attorney focused on ICE raids, due process, etc; (2) an immigration/asylum practitioner (3) an immigration scholar and (4) someone with lived experience. We are currently working on securing speakers and would love any and all help in that regard.
Film Screening of Lyrical
This is a planned film screening of Lyrical, a film about a law student who gets caught up in police violence, with Carter Stewart, former U.S. Attorney in Southern Ohio and husband of Michelle Alexander. We plan to watch the 18-minute short film and then have a 40-minute discussion with Carter giving him feedback. Prof. Barbara McQuade initiated this event and connected ACS with Carter.
ACS Georgetown: Plaintiffs Law
Please join the ACS Georgetown Lawyer Chapter to learn about plaintiffs' side work and how to get started in plaintiffs' law as a young attorney! This event, hosted by the ACS Georgetown Lawyer Chapter, is in collaboration with the Plaintiffs' Law Association and ACS.
Accommodations should be sent to Sap152@georgetown.edu
The Immigration Experience
Join ACS to hear from Casa Marianella, a shelter for displaced migrants, and learn about immigrants’ journeys and experiences in the immigration system. This will be our pilot event. We will be ordering Cabo Bobs for food.