Join CUNY Law's first ACS General Body Meeting of the semester! This will be an opportunity for new and returning students to join ACS, learn about membership, upcoming events. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Behind the Doctrine: Civil Procedure

October 25, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT @ SLS: Room 285

ACS is hosting Civil Procedure Professor Norman Spaulding for this year’s inaugural Beyond the Doctrine event. In this speaker series, professors provide insight into the broader social context surrounding the doctrinal rules we learn in the classroom and answer student questions. In this series, we provide space for students to ask new questions — instead of “what is the holding in this case,” think “why?”

Professor Spaulding will speak about the evolution of “due process without judicial process” and its implications for today’s access to justice. This is a unique opportunity to connect with a 1L doctrinal professor on the practical applications of the first-year curriculum.

This event will take place on October 25 from 1 to 2 PM. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP.

Leaders from Law Workshop: There are still spots available for this event! We've opened the application up to people outside Minnesota Law, but ACS members can still apply! 

Have you ever considered running for public office? UMN Law has the privilege to host an exciting opportunity. The application can be found here and the event is scheduled for the evening of Friday, 10/25 and all day Saturday, 10/26. Please note that the applications are not reviewed by any UMN ACS board member or student. You must be a member of ACS National to apply (this is separate from being a member of the UMN chapter) and must pay a $25 registration fee if selected. Refer to the information and contacts in the application if you have any questions. Here is the official event description:

With the rule of law under threat in the United States, the importance of progressive lawyers running for and holding office has never been more apparent. Yet while many law students arrive at law school interested in a career in politics, too often they leave without knowledge of how lawyers can most effectively run for or gain appointment to an office. The Leaders From Law Run For Office Workshop redresses that gap. The highly interactive workshop will show how to inventory all offices a participant is suited for, build fundraising skills, cover the basics of setting up a campaign, discuss how to win votes, explore the value of skills honed in law school when seeking office, address the challenges of simultaneously building a career in the law and seeking office, and more. Participants will have ample opportunity to raise their specific questions and to build ties with one another. 

There will be light assigned reading circulated before the workshop. Otherwise, there are no prerequisites. A full agenda will be circulated to participants closer to the date of the workshop.

Launched by law professor Heidi Li Feldman in the wake of the 2016 U.S. elections, Leaders from Law is a not-for-profit co-curricular program aimed specifically at law students and young attorneys, training and orienting them to seek and hold office, particularly at the state and local level. Leaders From Law aims to support the relationship between the rule of law, pluralistic constitutional democracy, and American ideals of justice.

Join Nebraska Law’s ACS Chapter and the ACS Nebraska Lawyers Chapter for a social at the Sheldon Museum of Art! Guided tours of the “Voting is People Power” exhibit are available. Light refreshments will be provided. 

At 7:30pm, we will head to The Copper Kettle down the street.

Please RSVP at https://forms.office.com/r/JFYxfEgAxM. 

More information on the "Voting is People Power" exhibit can be found here: https://sheldonartmuseum.org/exhibitions/voting-is-people-power. 

Questions? Email Alison Uecker at auecker3@huskers.unl.edu.

Join fellow lawyers, lawmakers, judges, and other community members at the annual ACS Progressive Law Benefit, hosted by the ACS Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter!

 

Participants include:

 

Jess Braverman, Legal Director at Gender Justice

 

Hon. Bobby Joe Champion, State Senator (SD 59), Minnesota State Senate

 

Sam Clark, Chief Deputy County Attorney for Ramsey County

 

Beth Hogan, First Assistant Public Defender, Hennepin County Public Defender's Office

 

Hon. Erin K. Maye Quade, State Senator (SD 56) Minnesota State Senate; Special Projects Advisor, Gender Justice

 

Timothy Q. Purdon, Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP; Former United States Attorney, District of North Dakota

 

Hosted By:

Tane Danger, Co-Founder and Director, The Theater of Public Policy

 

Thank you to our Sponsors: 

Champion: Berger Montague

Partner: Cummins & Cummins, LLP; Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Fredrikson & Byron P.A.; Gustafson Gluek PLLC; Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

Supporter: Barnes & Thornburg; Forsgren Fisher; Greene Espel PLLP; Smith Partners PLLP; Veritext; Zimmerman Reed

Public Interest Partner: Gender Justice and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

Individual: Nicholas Roscoe; Matthew Samet; John Zwier

 

If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please e-mail Meghan Paulas at mjpaulas@acslaw.org.

 

If you would like to attend the Benefit, but have a hardship that prevents you from purchasing a ticket, please contact us at LCEmails@acslaw.org.

 

Lawyers from Everytown for Gun Safety are doing a presentation on their work in impact litigation and defense. There will also be a focus on social justice and advocacy with an emphasis on the impact on communities of color. They will discuss the cases that they are working on, which are focused on gun safety and regulation and holding the manufacturers accountable.