Join us for a discussion of the currently political and legal climate in the state of Kansas. Students will have an opportunity to hear speakers and to ask questions. Food will be provided.
If attending virtually, please RSVP with the link below.
Featured Speakers:
Melissa Steihler - Advocacy Directory for Loud Light and Loud Light Civic Action
Dr. Micah W. Kubic - Executive Director for the Kansas ACLU
Senator Ethan Corson - Senator for the 7th District of Kansas
Join ACS and HLPR for a lunch talk with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau General Counsel Seth Frotman on Tuesday, 2/4 at 12:15 p.m in WCC 2004. He will discuss his work at the Bureau as well as share general advice on careers in consumer finance and administrative law.
Register here.
Professor David Sloss, John A. and Elizabeth H. Sutro Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, is an internationally renowned scholar who has published five books and several dozen book chapters and law review articles. His scholarship covers a broad range of areas, including international law, constitutional law, and international affairs. His scholarship is informed by a decade of experience in the federal government, where he helped draft and negotiate several major international treaties. Professor Sloss will be discussing his forthcoming book about how the U.S. Supreme Court is subverting American democracy.
The Arizona Law ACS Student Chapter will host an event featuring Jill Habig, Founder and CEO of the Public Rights Project (PRP), in conversation with Faculty Advisor Professor Griffin (with Ms. Habig via Zoom). Ms. Habig and Professor Griffin will discuss legal challenges likely to arise in the new Trump Administration. The conversation will shed light on how progressive attorneys can and will be most impactful. Ms. Habig will also share her own stories from law school to working for then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris to creating the PRP and now also serving as a lecturer at Berkeley Law teaching State and Local Impact Litigation.
This event, held February 4th in collaboration with Penn's Environmental Law Project and Toll Public Interest Center, featured lawyers from Earthjustice, the Delaware Riverkeeper, and PennFuture discussing creative lawyering strategies in response to recent shifts in administrative law.
The Julius Jones Institute will join ACS for a discussion about the death penalty and their son's case.