In honor of President Biden's first 100-ish Days in Office (the first Monday after his 117th Day, to be exact), and the 117th Congress, please join the ACS New York Lawyer Chapter for our TRIVIA NIGHT on May 27 at 7 pm ET.
This virtual event will test your knowledge of fun, challenging, and quirky questions regarding the Presidency, Congress, and the Constitution!
Commissioner Fried joins the ACS Florida Lawyer Chapters for a candid conversation about the political, legal, and social issues affecting Floridians in 2021 and beyond.
Introductions by:
Ingrid P. Benson-Villegas, Partner, Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, LLP; Member, ACS South Florida Board of Directors
Featuring:
Hon. Nikki Fried, State of Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Moderated by:
Whitney Untiedt, Trial Attorney, Freidin Brown, P.A.; Member, ACS South Florida Lawyer Chapter Board of Directors
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Biography of Commissioner Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried, Florida’s 12th Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is a lifelong Floridian, attorney, and passionate activist.
Born and raised in Miami, Commissioner Fried graduated from the University of Florida, where she received her bachelor’s, master’s and juris doctor degrees. While at the University of Florida, she served as student body president – the first woman to hold the position in nearly two decades.
As an attorney, she was head of the Felony Division at the Alachua County Public Defender’s Office and worked in private practice in South Florida, defending homeowners against foreclosure during the 2007-2008 housing crisis.
Prior to being elected, Fried worked at law firms as a government consultant, advocating on behalf of clients before the Florida Legislature. In 2017, she formed her own firm to advocate in Tallahassee for at-risk children, the Broward County School Board, and for the expansion of patient access to medical marijuana.
Throughout her career she has served with numerous organizations including the Young Lawyers Board of Governors, Chair of the Broward Days Board of Directors, Legal Needs of Children Bar Committee, LeRoy Collins Institute, Girls Scouts of Southeast Florida, University of Florida Governmental Relations Advisory Committee, University of Florida Board of Trustees, Florida’s Children First, and others.
Fried is a member of Florida Blue Key, the oldest and most prestigious leadership honorary in the state of Florida.
As guaranteed by our founding documents, white, property owning men have always enjoyed the benefit of full citizenship and participation in American society, leaving their privilege and wealth to accrue interest over generations. While other groups slowly gained some measure of equal protection of our laws, inequality was already a fundamental characteristic of our society. Racial segregation in housing and schools, persistent to this day, was created by law and reenforced through redlining, the GI Bill, and countless other laws and practices. A persistent wage gap and widening racial wealth divide has pushed the "American Dream" even further away for communities of color. How did we get here? What tools are already available to address these issues? How has the Supreme Court's insistence on "colorblind" laws exacerbated these inequalities?
Welcome Remarks:
Kara Stein, Vice President of Policy & Program, ACS
Featured Speakers:
Vinay Harpalani, Associate Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law
Norrinda Hayat, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Civil Justice Clinic, Rutgers Law School
Laura Sullivan, Director of Economic Justice Program, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Lindsay Langholz, Director of Policy and Program, American Constitution Society (Moderator)
This event has been approved for 1 hour of California CLE credit.
Click here for CLE reading materials, Evaluation Form, Certificate of Attendance, and Record of Attendance.
As the nation's leading progressive legal organization, ACS is committed to ensuring that all aspects of our events are accessible and enjoyable for all. If you require any accommodations, please contact us at info@acslaw.org.
Join the American Constitution Society for a small group discussion with ACS National Board of Directors Member, Roscoe Jones Jr. This networking call is part of a monthly virtual series. Join this session to learn from Mr. Jones, who has 15 years of experience working in all three branches of the federal government; and ask questions about crossing over from public service to private practice and how to make an impact in social change. Registration is limited to 20 students, so be sure to register soon!
Featuring:
Alice O’Brien, General Counsel, National Education Association, ACS National Board of Directors
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Speaker Bio:
Alice O’Brien serves as General Counsel to the National Education Association which represents three million educators who serve in our nation's schools and institutions of higher education. She has served in that role since March of 2010. Prior to that, Alice served as the Chief Counsel to the California Teachers Association (from 2008-10) and as an associate and then member of the labor law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser PLLC.(from 1995 until 2008).
During her tenure at NEA, Alice has expanded the civil rights and student rights legal advocacy of the union including by creating Law Fellowships devoted to that work. Alice is currently leading NEA's legal efforts to ensure that schools and colleges reopen safely in a manner that protects students, staff and the surrounding community. Alice also has overseen the defense of NEA and its affiliates against the array of litigation brought against public sector unions in the wake of Janus v. AFSCME, as well as challenges to the rollback of public sector collective bargaining rights in Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin, and challenges to the rollback of payroll deduction dues arrangements in Alabama, Arizona, Michigan and North Carolina. Alice also has expanded NEA’s judicial nominations work.
Alice earned her B.A. from Yale University and her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.
The Supreme Court's landmark decision last year in McGirt v. Oklahoma was a tremendous victory for Indian tribes, affirming that Congressional promises to Native Americans still carry the weight of law and holding that 19 million acres of land comprising virtually all of Eastern Oklahoma remains Native land. The McGirt decision however carries the collateral consequence of subjecting far more Indian persons to federal criminal jurisdiction, including potentially the federal death penalty, notwithstanding tribes' historical opposition to the practice. Join us for a discussion of the implication of McGirt for tribal courts and federal criminal law.
Featuring:
Hon. Stacy Leeds (Cherokee Nation), Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership; Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University; Former Justice of the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court
Hon. Robert Miller (Eastern Shawnee), Professor, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University; Interim Chief Justice for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Court of Appeals
Kathleen Bowman (Navajo Nation), Navajo Public Defender and Anti-death penalty activist
Moderated:
Jami Johnson (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Assistant Federal Public Defender; Member, ACS Phoenix Chapter Board of Directors
Attention Law Students: Are you spending the summer or a semester working at a State Attorney General's Office?
Join ACS on Wednesday, May 26 at 7 PM Eastern to discuss the diverse workload of state attorneys general and how to make the most of your clerkship/externship in an AG's office. Adelina Acuña (Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice) and Noah Guzzo Purcell (Solicitor General, Washington State Attorney General Office) will share their experiences and advice, and there will be a Q&A. Closing remarks from James E. Tierney, Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; former Attorney General of Maine.
As the nation's leading progressive legal organization, ACS is committed to ensuring that all aspects of our events are accessible and enjoyable for all. If you require any accommodations, please contact us at info@acslaw.org.