Join the ACS UHLC Chapter to hear from members of the Senior Leadership Team at the Harris County Attorney's Office. Jonathan Fombonne, Deputy County Attorney & First Assistant County Attorney, and Neal Sarkar, Special Assistant County Attorney, will discuss their work and how they are preparing for the road ahead in 2025.

Panel on the criminalization of homelessness, policy efforts to counteract this criminalization, and specific experiences litigating the Grants Pass v. Johnson case. Featuring panelists Joseph Mead, Special Litigation Counsel at the Institution for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection; Joy Moses, VP of Research and Evidence at the National alliance to End Homelessness; and Eric Tars, Senior Policy Director at the National Homelessness Law Center.

The American Constitution Society, the Immigration Law Society, OutLaw, the Muslim Law Students Association, The Black Law Students Association, and Phi Alpha Delta Present Tears for Liberty - Xenophobia as Doctrine: The Impact of Stricter Immigration Laws and Their Damaging Ripple Effects on Society. GMU Law Professor & Civil Rights Attorney Brandy Wagstaff will discuss the potentially crushing weight of the next four years’ worth of policy changes on civil rights for immigrants and society as a whole. Shawarmas will be served, with a vegan falafel option available.

Join ACS for a talk on the Supreme Court, admin law, and jurisprudence.

Fayette County Attorney Angela C. Evans will come and speak with Univ. of Ky. Rosenberg College of Law Students; she will speak on her experiences and answer student questions

On November 18, please join the ACS Nashville Chapter at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC for a discussion with Elizabeth B. Wydra, President of Constitutional Accountability Center, on the 2024-2025 U.S. Supreme Court Term.

Throughout her tenure, Wydra has filed more than 200 briefs on behalf of CAC and clients, which include preeminent constitutional scholars and historians, state and local government organizations, groups such as the League of Women Voters and the AARP, and members of Congress. In fact, more than 50 of those briefs were filed on behalf of members of Congress in over 30 cases (including filing a lawsuit on behalf of more than 200 members in Blumenthal v. Trump).

She has also argued several important cases in the federal courts of appeals on a range of issues, including immigration law, habeas corpus, and sovereign immunity.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Benefactor: Compassion & Choices; Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC; Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Donor: Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association

Friend: Jim Higgins; Southern Environmental Law Center

Community Sponsor: Rickard Masker, PLC

Individual: Dewey Branstetter, Delta Davis, Mallory Schiller, Liz Sitgreaves, Grace Stranch, and David Wilson

The ACS Nashville Chapter is grateful to Bass, Berry & Sims PLC for hosting this year’s signature event. For sponsorship inquiries, please email Robert Williams at rwilliams@acslaw.org.

This event has been approved for 1.0 hour of Tennessee CLE credit. Click here for the CLE Documentation, Certificate of Attendance (in-person), Certificate of Attendance (virtual), Evaluation Form, and Record of Attendance (virtual).