Join the American Constitution Society and Black Law Students Association for a conversation w/ Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan ('97). Congresswoman McClellan has worked for years at both the state and federal level on a broad span of civil rights issues, from the ERA to voter access to criminal justice reform. The moderated event starts at 5 P.M. Food will be served.
Alternative Curriculum: Constitutional Law II
Who gets to be “American”? It seems like every time there is a Presidential election around the corner, the topic of birthright citizenship gets debated again. Join LS4BL, ACS, and Dean Shavonne Henderson for a discussion on birthright citizenship, race, and the constitution.
State Civil Rights Work
This event will be a panel on innovative civil rights work in state Attorney General offices. We’ll hear from practitioners on the ways state civil rights protections have extended beyond the protections provided by federal law, and how states are increasingly active players in the enforcement space separate and apart from the federal government. It’ll also be a great opportunity to learn about unique opportunities to get involved in civil rights work now and after graduation.
We're also hosting a lunch with a few of our panelists after the event so students can learn more about state civil rights work and build relationships with our panelists.
Our panelists:
Sundeep Iyer is the Director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. Prior to joining the Office of the Attorney General, Sundeep Iyer was a senior associate at Hogan Lovells US LLP where he served as a special attorney for the State of Minnesota in the prosecution of the four former police officers charged in connection with the death of George Floyd, and represented federal death-row inmates in a challenge to the Trump Administration’s federal lethal injection protocol, among other matters. He received his A.B. from Harvard College and J.D. from Yale Law School.
Matthew Menendez is an Assistant Attorney General in the New York Attorney General's Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office. Matthew previously served as counsel for the Brennan Center’s Justice Program, where his work focused on judicial administration and reforming the criminal justice process. He graduated from Swarthmore College and the NYU School of Law.
Yasmin Dagne is an Assistant Attorney General in the New York Attorney General's Civil Rights Bureau. After graduating from the Law School, she was the Leonard H. Sandler Fellow at Human Rights Watch where she investigated the impacts of land loss and village resettlement for a large hydroelectric dam in Guinea. She holds a law degree from Columbia University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.
Lunch Talk with Ganesh Sitaraman
Join ACS, LPE, and SALSA for Professor Ganesh Sitaraman.
SCOTUS Preview with Professor Leah Litman
Join the American Constitution Society chapter and the Women Law Students Association at the University of Michigan Law School for a preview of the upcoming SCOTUS term with Professor Leah Litman ('10). The event will take place in 1225 Jeffries Hall. Lunch will be provided.