Please join the ACS Oregon Lawyer Chapter and the Public Interest Careers for a panel of public interest attorneys, both from legal aid and public defender programs to learn more about their perspectives on this engaging and important work. Come to learn more about a rewarding career path in public interest law and consider joining their ranks!
Featuring:
Erika Hente, Managing Attorney, Oregon Law Center
Melanie Maldonado, Paralegal, Oregon Law Center
Christopher "Kit" Morgan, Attorney, Intermountain Public Defender
Divine Zheng, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Services of Oregon
Moderator:
Emily Teplin Fox, State Support Unit Attorney, Oregon Law Center; ACS Oregon LC Board Member
Join the Howard Law Chapter of the American Constitution Society for an evening chat about a career in Racial Justice work featuring LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson.
Join UMN ACS and OutLaw as we host rockstar local litigators to discuss the current state of LGBTQ+ rights in Minnesota and what the state is doing in response to surrounding state restricting the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals.
Stephen Vladeck, the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law, joins NDLS to discuss his New York Times bestselling book, "The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic."
Professor Vladeck is a nationally recognized expert on the federal courts, constitutional law, national security law, and military justice. He has argued over a dozen cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and various lower federal civilian and military courts.
A discussion with Professor Dana and a representative from Our Children's Trust to discuss using the public trust doctrine to combat climate change.
Interested in getting more involved with ACS next year? Have an idea for programming that you’d like to see come to life? Come to the General Body Meeting and learn more about what it’s like leading the Temple student chapter! Members of our current Executive Board will be there to talk about our roles, answer questions, and highlight all the wonderful opportunities that come from heading a law student chapter of the national organization. Lunch will be provided.
