Please join ACS for a lunchtime discussion of ongoing litigation over state funding of public education. ACS will be joined by a panel of attorneys litigating this issue, including Danny Adelman and Nick Ansel from the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest and attorneys from Osborn Maledon.

Join the ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter and the ACS UIC Student Chapter for a public forum featuring the candidates running to fill the 1st District seat on the Illinois Supreme Court. The forum will take place at the UIC School of Law (300 South State Street Chicago, Illinois, 60604) and will be moderated by Professor of Law Steve Schwinn.

State of the Race:

On March 19th, 2024, there will be an election to fill the vacancy left by Justice Anne Burke. As of the end of the filing period, there were no Republican candidates. On the Democratic side, two candidates (Justice Joy Cunningham and Justice Jesse Reyes) filed. Because these are the only candidates, the primary will be the only opportunity to hear from a candidate, of any party, vying for the Supreme Court of Illinois on critical issues facing our judiciary in the coming years.

Featuring:

Hon. Joy Cunningham, Justice, Illinois Supreme Court

 

Hon. Jesse Reyes, Justice, Illinois Appellate Court

Moderated by:

Steve Schwinn, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Note: ACS is a 501(c)(3) non-partisan educational organization. This is a non-partisan candidate forum.

Please join us for a small group conversation with Profs. Naomi Cahn and Anne Coughlin on Tuesday, February 6 at 12 PM. Lunch will be provided. The first 16 people to sign up will get a spot.

The discussion will use this recent article by Professor Cahn as a starting point so please give it a read if you are interested in attending: https://theconversation.com/most-state-abortion-bans-have-limited-exceptions-but-its-hard-to-understand-what-they-mean-221389

Professor Cahn and Professor Coughlin both have a long history of scholarship on abortion and reproductive rights and are looking forward to answering questions and speaking with ACS students on the topic. PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP IF YOU ARE 100% SURE YOU CAN ATTEND THIS EVENT. https://forms.gle/8Mk4ziFijxSgSuGK6

We are co-sponsoring an event with BYU Law's BLSA society. They have invited Prof. Goldburn P. Maynard to speak on racial inequities in the tax code. The event will be open to the entire law school at large, and we will be providing a lunch for attendees. We are hoping to have 100+ attendees with our combined groups and other interested law students.