ACS and the Federalist Society will host a joint conversation with the Honorable Vincent Chhabria, District Judge for the Northern District of California, on Friday, February 14 at 12:30pm in Langdell North (225 Vorenberg). Judge Chhabria will discuss the judiciary and his career on the federal bench. RSVP here.

It's been a big year at the California Supreme Court, with important decisions on the power of the State's voters, the constitutionality of Proposition 22 (on rideshare company labor practices), life without parole sentences for juveniles, housing law, and much more. Please join the ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter for a discussion of this year's most important decisions.

Featuring:

Hon. Gabriel P. Sanchez, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Leah Spero, Director of the California Appellate Advocacy Program and Affiliated Scholar, U.C. College of the Law San Francisco

Max Carter-Oberstone, Of Counsel, Altshuler Berzon and Vice President, San Francisco Police Commission

Moderator:

Sam Harbourt, Deputy Solicitor General, California Department of Justice; Gala Co-Chair, ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/california-supreme-court-year-in-review-2024-tickets-1118485713879?aff=erelexpmlt

We will be sharing Valentine's day candy and information regarding reproductive health care from ACS throughout the day.

Angela Rofael will lead the discussion, starting with a PowerPoint and then opening up the floor for further discussion. We will explore the connections between past struggles and modern-day issues like mass incarceration, shedding light on how these systems continue to oppress marginalized communities. We will examine how abolitionist ideas challenge the prison industrial complex and push for real change.

From radical attempts to end birthright citizenship to mass detentions at Guantanamo, President Trump has made persecuting immigrants a cornerstone of his first weeks in office. In this event, Professors Ana Raquel Minian and Amanda Frost will examine the long history of attacks on immigrants and how they weaken rights and protections for us all.

Featuring:

Amanda Frost, author of You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law

Ana Raquel Minian, author of In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention, Professor of History at Stanford University

Taonga Leslie, Director of Policy and Program for Racial Justice, American Constitution Society

The American Constitution Society is a State Bar of California approved CLE provider. This event has been approved for 1.0 hour of California MCLE credit. Click here for the CLE Documentation, CA MCLE Cert. of Attendance, Non-CA CLE Cert. of Attendance, Evaluation Form, and Record of Attendance.

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Register Here: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/lmfYr990QcyRxTL6T_9bMw