We are partnering with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at McKinney and the Underrepresented Professional and graduate Student Organization at IU Indy to host a virtual panel. The panel will be focused on voting rights and answering any questions students may have.

State Representative Mauree Turner is coming to visit and discuss the Oklahoma legislature.

What happens when a prison abolitionist runs for judge in Texas? Former Judge Franklin Bynum of Harris County, Texas (the third-largest county in the United States) found out in 2019, when he ran for—and won—a position as judge of the Harris County Criminal Court. While on the bench from 2019 to 2022, Judge Bynum led the effort to implement sweeping bail reform, effectively ending cash bail for misdemeanors in Houston and eliminating racial disparity in pretrial release. The resulting change in the dismissal and conviction rates makes the reform effort one of the largest and most successful decarceration efforts in the country. Join Judge Bynum in conversation with Professor Gerloni Cotton for a discussion about his path to the bench and the data-driven case for leveraging judicial power for systemic change.

Presented by: Alliance of Formerly Incarcerated and System Impacted Students, American Constitution Society, and the Critical Race Studies Program.

In the final event of the labor series, join ACS Wayne State University Law Chapter in a panel discussion talking about the current state and the future of labor law in the Michigan and the United States. Panelist include: Tony Paris, lead attorney of Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice; David Malinowski, Partner at Novara Tesija Catenacci McDonald & Baas PLLC; Sarah Coffey, lead organizer for Wayne Academic Union and Michigan Campaign Chair for One Fair Wage. Panel Moderator is Dean Michael Oswalt, Dean of Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law specializing in labor & employment law.

Co-Sponsor is Wayne State University's National Lawyer's Guild.

Please join us for our first meeting of the 2024-2025 school year, whether you are a returning student or a 1L. There will be snacks and soft drinks, and the E-Board will introduce ourselves, discuss what ACS is all about, and give some information on the events you can look forward to this semester. We hope to see you there!

We hosted a social with other Philly ACS chapters.