Mitchell Hamline's ACS Student Chapter is hosting Ramsey County Judges & Candidates Forum. We are hosting incumbents and challengers to participate in a 35-50 minute neutral, moderated discussion, with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. The neutral moderator will be one of Mitchell Hamline's distinguished law professors. Following the discussion, there is by an opportunity for networking with light refreshments. Invited guests include members of the ACS Student Chapters from Mitchell Hamline, UMN, and St. Thomas Law Schools, as well as the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter, and Mitchell Hamline students and faculty. RSVP details will follow.
'Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote' Screening
Join the ACS UHLC Chapter for a screening of the 30-minute documentary by Brave New Films, 'SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED: The Fight to Vote.' The film focuses on efforts to disenfranchise voters across the U.S. and destroy democracy. The trailer and more in formation about the documentary can be found here: https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed. Movie snacks will be provided and a discussion will follow the screening.
Supreme Court Wrap Up
Co-hosted with our school's chapter of the Federalist Society, this event will feature two professors discussing the most recent Supreme Court term. They will discuss what they believe to be the most important and interesting cases from the term. These speakers are:
- Professor William Baude, the Harry Kalven Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and director of its Constitutional Law Institute.
- Professor Aziz Z. Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
Navigating Clerkships as a Progressive Student
Join NYU's chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) for a discussion about navigating the clerkship application process as a progressive student. Hear from students with a diverse array of practice area experiences and interests who have secured clerkships with federal district and appellate judges, state supreme court justices, and internationally. Students will answer questions about their general experiences with clerkship applications––particularly planning ahead with letters of recommendations, a writing sample, and managing timing and location expectations––as well as about factors that were important to them as progressive and/or public interest students.
Defending Democracy: Exposing the Myth of Voter Fraud and Protecting Elections
Alabama Law's ACS Chapter will host Professor Carol Anderson, author of "One Person No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Democracy," and a representative from States United Democracy Center to talk about protecting democracy and voters in the face of widespread claims of voter fraud.
From the front Lines of Voting Rights in Minnesota w/ ACLU MN
Over the course of the past two decades, the ACLU of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) has been working to, among other things, Restore the Vote to Minnesotans on community felony supervision. The result was an extraordinary victory in 2023 when, following a historic ACLU-MN voting rights case, Minnesota enacted legislation restoring the voting rights to more than 55,000 of these individuals. Governor Tim Walz called it the most significant expansion of voting rights in Minnesota in a half-century. Come hear ACLU-MN staff talk about how a culmination of years of what it calls “integrated advocacy” (a combination of strategic activism and organizing, as well as lobbying and litigation) secured this fundamental right. And, perhaps most important, learn about the ways they are working to implement and defend the new law.