Between the COVID-19 pandemic, renewed calls for racial justice, and senseless violence at the hands of assault-style weapons, the need for federal action has never been more pressing. Yet, progress on these and many issues is stymied by the Senate filibuster.

Proponents of the filibuster assert it promotes bipartisanship and prevents any one extreme from passing laws. Opponents say that the filibuster enables a minority of senators to thwart the will of the majority and is a product of the racist campaigns against civil rights legislation. Against this backdrop, there is a groundswell of support for removing the filibuster and enacting other democratic reforms.

Join the ACS Columbus, Austin, Chicago, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Houston, Los Angeles, Madison, New York, Northeast Ohio, Tampa and Western New York Lawyer Chapters for a conversation with ACS President and Former Senator Russ Feingold on the future of the filibuster and reforms to our democratic processes. He will share his unique insights on the filibuster, bipartisanship, and representative democracy, gleaned from almost two decades of experience in the U.S. Senate.

Featuring:

Russ Feingold, ACS President

Co-Moderated by: 

Sarah C. Pomeroy, Assistant City Attorney for the Zone Initiative, Columbus City Attorney's Office; Co-President, ACS Columbus Lawyer Chapter; ACS Next Generation Leader

Kyle Strickland, Deputy Director of Race & Democracy, Roosevelt Institute; Senior Legal Analyst, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity; Co-President, ACS Columbus Lawyer Chapter 

As part of SBA's socially distanced Maurer Field Day, the ACS Student Chapter at Indiana Maurer will be hosting Frisbee Kan Jam this Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 3:00 PM ET. If you would like to participate, please sign up with a partner here.

Be sure to sign up soon, as the bracket is limited to 12 teams to maintain social distancing. You will not be allowed to play if you are not wearing a mask.

If you've never played Kan Jam before, it's very simple and easy to learn. Please click here to access the video at link to get a good summation of the rules.

Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams. Hope to see some of you there!

The Wake Forest Law ACS Student Chapter will host Kym Hunter from the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). Kym is a Senior Attorney at the SELC, where she has practiced for the past ten years as both a litigator and lobbyist. Kym graduated cum laude from Georgetown Law where she was Editor in Chief of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review. At SELC Kym focuses on transportation, climate change, transparency and good government. Kym heads SELC’s Defense of NEPA program and has litigated numerous NEPA cases on behalf of clients across the Southeast.

Please join the Notre Dame Law ACS Student Chapter, the Federalist Society, and the Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion for the James Baldwin Film Screening: I Am Not Your Negro as part of our book discussion series on race.