Come hear from 2Ls on their tips and tricks for succeeding at legal writing! Legal writing is a whole new kind of writing, and the first assignment may have created even more questions than answers. Our panel of 2Ls will talk about how they overcame their writing struggles, what their writing schedule was like, and more. If you have lots of questions or just want to hear advice from a different perspective, stop by Ray on Friday, September 22nd at 12:30pm!

Please join the ACS South Florida Lawyer Chapter for the annual Eleventh Circuit Year in Review. 

Featuring: 

Beverly Martin served from 2010 to 2021 as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She left the bench to become executive director of the Center for Civil Justice at the New York University School of Law. Before joining the Eleventh Circuit, Martin also served as a U.S. District Judge in Atlanta from 2000 to 2010, and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia from 1997 to 2000.

Michael Caruso is the Federal Public Defender in the Southern District of Florida. The Eleventh Circuit appointed him to the position 2012. Caruso supervises an office that handles hundreds of cases and appeals for indigent criminal defendants. He has tried 40 cases to a jury in federal court and handled many appeals before the Eleventh Circuit.

Janine Lopez is a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida focusing on immigrant rights. A Miami native, she graduated from Brown University and Harvard Law School, and afterward clerked for then-Chief Judge Merrick Garland on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court. Before joining the ACLU, she worked at Arnold & Porter and maintained an extensive pro bono practice.

1.0 hour of Florida CLE credit is approved.

Click here for the CLE Documentation, FL CLE Cert. of Attendance,  Evaluation Form, and the Review Guide. 

Widener University Delaware School of Law will be hosting a Supreme Court Round-Up on Thursday, September 21, from 12pm-1pm in Vale Courtroom. The event will host a panel of Constitutional Law professors speaking on recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court such as environmental protection, free speech, civil rights, and social media. Dean Clark, the new Dean of the law school, will be moderating the event and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end. Widener ACS would love to invite all members to attend. Please reach out to acsdelawarelaw@gmail.com with any questions.