Join the American Constitution Society in welcoming Drake Law Professor Mark Kende! Professor Kende serves as the James Madison Chair in Constitutional Law and as Director of the Drake University Constitutional Law Center. Professor Kende will be discussing the constitutional implications of recent book restrictions in various states across the nation including Iowa. There will be a brief Q&A session at the event's conclusion and lunch will be provided.

Kate Cox made national headlines when she had to leave Texas to have her pregnancy terminated after her doctors determined her fetus had a fatal condition. Because Samantha Casiano couldn’t travel out of state, she was forced to carry her nonviable fetus to term. After a difficult birth, her baby died four hours later.

In “Reproductive Freedom is Religious Freedom,” Nancy Friedman, president of the Greater Houston Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, will explain how abortion bans violate church-state separation and how Texas’ leaders have disregarded Texans’ religious freedom by imposing their narrow religious beliefs on everyone.

The alternative curriculum series returns for another semester at the University of Texas School of Law. Presented by Law Student for Black Lives and ACS, this series explores standard doctrinal law classes from an anti-racism perspective and considers perspectives often absent from the standard law school curriculum.

Professor Jennifer Laurin studies and writes about how law and institutional design shape the functioning of criminal justice institutions. Her scholarship has considered, the role of constitutional litigation in regulating police, the shared roles of courts, police, and lawyers in regulating forensic science, and oversight of indigent defense. Professor Laurin will present the alternative curriculum on criminal law.

Join JLSA and ACS for a discussion with Director Karen Friedman of the Department of Justice. WCC 1019.

Co-hosted with Lawyers Lending Hands. Limited tickets! All proceeds will be donated to Grace Centers for Hope.