Progressive Cities: A Frontier of Policy Innovation Despite State Preemption
October 28, 2024 @ 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm PDT @ SLS: Room 280B
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Our federal government seems to have a difficult time driving policy innovation, and our federal courts seem an uncertain line of defense for individual rights (see, e.g., Congressional gridlock, restrictions on executive power, and contemporary SCOTUS). Where do progressives turn? Local governments have the ability to innovate, particularly progressive cities. For blue cities in red states operating under the thumb of state preemption, this can be particularly challenging–and require exceptional innovation. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and General Counsel Gavriel Schreiber have firsthand experience at the frontier of progressive policy innovation, despite the roadblocks erected by the State of Missouri. Their forthcoming article, “Post-Emption and the Mayoral Toolbox: Levers and Limits of City Resistance to State Preemption” (University of Chicago Law Review, vol. 91 (Dec. 2024)), reflects upon their experiences and explores how municipal advocates need to thoroughly understand the complex bilateral relationship between cities and their states.
Join us for a discussion with Mayor Lucas and General Counsel Schreiber, moderated by Professor Michelle Wilde Anderson, about the opportunities and challenges of effectively leading a progressive municipal government in a conservative state.
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.
ACS and the Environmental & Energy Law Society hosted Professor Hubertz (environmental law professor at WashU and director of the interdisciplinary environmental law clinic at WashU) to answer question for members.
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.
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.
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.
