Fireside Chat #2

To provide students with opportunities to get involved with ACS this semester with upcoming events and elections. This fireside will cover an array of student collected information and topics mainly focusing on the debriefing and decompressing from the current events surrounding ICE and the silencing of journalists nationwide. 

Accountability for ICE Violence

Join ACS for a conversation with Professors Maria Ponomarenko and Lee Kovarsky exploring accountability for ICE violence.

Indian Lands and the American Revolution: The Declaration of Independence Revisted

The American Revolution is often framed as a struggle for liberty and self-governance. But how central was Native land and British Indian policy to the colonists' decision to break from England? In this event Professor Robert Miller will examine the Declaration of Independence through the lens of Federal Indian Law, focusing on its two references to "Indians", one explicit and one impede. The discussion will explore how the Declaration of Independence reflects colonial grievances tied to British policies toward Native nations, including the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act. Lunch will be provided!

Constitutional Formation and Three-Fifths Clause as Founding Doctrine

Part two of our black history month speaker series. Guest speaker Professor Zamir Ben-Dan from Temple University is coming to speak about how constitutional formation was informed by societal inequities, including the Three-Fifths Clause and Fugitive Slave Act, to contextualize the Constitution as a flawed product. Co-sponsors Black Law Students Association and Muslim Law Students Association.