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.
ACS NE Ohio: Fall Happy Hour
Join the ACS NE Ohio Lawyer Chapter and the Cleveland State University College of Law for a happy hour!
Ramsey County Judges & Candidates Forum
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.
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.
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.
ACS Arizona: SCOTUS 2023 Term in Review Panel
Please join the ACS Arizona Lawyer Chapter and the ACS University of Arizona Student Chapter for another event with the Arizona SCOTUS review dream team, Dean Toni Massaro and Ninth Circuit Judge Andrew Hurwitz. They are once again joined by Professor Shalev Roisman in discussion about major Executive Branch cases from OT 2023, including Trump v. Anderson, Trump v. United States, and Loper Bright v. Raimondo, with commentary on the Term more generally. The discussion will follow up on the ACS program from March 2024 covering these themes, with a look at the cases decided since March and their unfolding doctrinal and political consequences.
Featuring:
Hon. Andrew D. Hurwitz, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Shalev Gad Roisman, Associate Professor of Law and Distinguished Early Career Scholar, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Toni M. Massaro, Regents Professor Emerita, Dean Emerita; Executive Director of the University of Arizona Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice at the James E. Rogers College of Law