Join Mass Media at Berkeley Law (MMaBL) and the American Constitution Society (ACS) for a conversation with Dean Chemerinsky and New York Times reporter Adam Liptak, who has been at the forefront some of the biggest stories surrounding the Supreme Court. They will discuss how journalists have covered the Supreme Court in the past, how and why that’s changing, and what the future looks like for this Supreme Court.

This event will be a discussion with CUNY Law professors about constitutional lawyering. The event would be centered around practicing civil rights law, the constitutionality of free speech/hate speech, and whether the Constitution could be used as a vehicle or obstacle to prison abolition, among other topics. We have confirmed two professors as speakers so far and are soliciting one more. We are planning to have food for attendees.

This will be a panel discussion held at CUNY School of Law in room 1/202 regarding Civil Rights Lawyering. Our panel will consist of CUNY professors, including Professor Frank Deale and Professor Jared Trujillo. Professors have a background in constitutional law, and we plan to discuss various topics regarding civil rights post 2024 election.

We'll be welcoming Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, founder and executive director of Upper Seven Law, to speak with students about her career in public interest litigation and how students can apply their legal training to effect change in society. We will be cohosting the event with the Public Interest Law Foundation, a BYU Law student organization dedicated to the promotion of community legal service in the study and practice of law.

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).

Penn hosted a social event for our chapter members.