On Thursday, March 5th, the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society will be hosting a discussion with the Honorable Michael Y. Scudder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Judge Scudder will be discussing Article III Standing as a Guardian of Democratic Self-Governance and Free Speech.
Lunch will be provided.
Join ACS at 12:00 PM on Thursday, March 5 in Fitts for an insightful discussion with Shira Wakschlag, Senior Executive Officer of Legal Advocacy & General Counsel, Professor Karen Tani, and Professor Jasmine Harris – the authors of the pathbreaking article – The Disability Docket! They will share their article and highlight the application of a “disability lens” to the Court’s 2025-2026 Term and could shine a light on the under-appreciated viewpoint as a critical perspective on the law. Additionally, they'll share in-depth review of Hamm v. Smith, a case with disability justice at its center that will be decided this year.
Dr. W. Tanner Allread will be presenting his research on Tribal Constitutionalism in anticipation of his forthcoming publication, "Indigenous Constitutionalism"
Join ACS, the Harvard Journal on Legislation, and the Mississippi Delta Project for a lunch talk with Joe Kennedy III on Wednesday, March 4 in Austin 101 East.
Join ACS at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, March 4 in Gittis 213 for an insightful discussion with Judge Loren AliKhan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Lunch will be provided & we'll have time for a Q&A!
Ryan Park will join UChicago ACS and the Supreme Court and Appellate Society to discuss his tenure as North Carolina’s Solicitor General.
Ryan Park co-leads McGuireWoods’ North Carolina Appellate Litigation team and is a core member of the firm’s Appeals and Issues and State Attorneys General Investigations & Enforcement teams. He served as Solicitor General of South Carolina from 2022 to 2025, and represented the University of North Carolina before the Supreme Court in SFFA v. University of North Carolina. He clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court for Justices David H. Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as for Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was co-editor-in-chief of the Harvard International Law Journal and holds a B.A. with distinction in economics and political science from Amherst College.