Join the UT Austin ACS Student Chapter for a virtual happy hour to discuss all things ACS, including the 2021-2022 board application process.
Appellate advocacy plays a pivotal role in our legal system and legal jurisprudence, but the appellate bar has lagged when it comes to diversifying its members. Join the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law ACS Student Chapter and the ACS Chicago, DC, Madison, Michigan, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Northeast Ohio, Orange County, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Diego, Tampa, and Virginia Lawyer Chapters, the Asian American Bar Association of Chicago, and the Women's Bar Association of Illinois as we welcome a panel of appellate advocates, as they make the case for diversifying the appellate bar and discuss the critical importance of underrepresented law students and lawyers considering careers in appellate law.
Featuring:
Hon. Ann Claire Williams (Ret.), Of Counsel, Jones Day and former Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Brad Garcia, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Juvaria Khan, Executive Director, The Appellate Project
Beverly Marie Jones, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender
Sopen Shah, Associate, Perkins Coie LLP; Member, ACS Madison Lawyer Chapter Board of Directors
Moderated by:
Shannon P. Bartlett, Associate Dean of Inclusion and Engagement and Instructor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Earlier this fall Justice Alito gave a speech to the Federalist Society which, among other things, described “religious liberty” as something that is “becoming a disfavored right”. In this speech he challenged the landmark case of Employment Division v. Smith, which held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment does not exempt individuals from neutral laws of general applicability. One of the cases before the Supreme Court, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, could potentially overturn the decision in Smith. Additionally, both Justice Alito and Justice Thomas indicated earlier this fall that they had interest in overturning Obergefell v. Hodges, which created the constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples, due to the fact that it protected a “novel constitutional right over the religious liberty interests explicitly protected in the First Amendment.” With clear indication from some Supreme Court justices that religious liberties ought to take priority over LGBTQ rights in these cases, what can and should be done in response? What are some of the possible outcomes of Fulton and what implications might these outcomes have for advocates of LGBTQ+ rights?
Join the NYU Law ACS Student Chapter on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 5:30 pm as we seek to answer these questions!
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To attend this event, please register here.
Captioning will be provided.
Please join the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law ACS Student Chapter and the ACS Philadelphia Lawyer Chapter on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from 6:30-8pm (EDT) for an exciting panel event entitled: "Trial by Combat - A Conversation on the Professional, Ethical, and Moral Obligation of Lawyers." Distinguished panelists Christine Chung, Lawyers Defending American Democracy, and Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law Professors Clare Coleman and Anil Kalhan will offer thought-provoking discussion of the professional obligations lawyers owe to each other, as well as society, along with the critical role that enforcement of standards of conduct plays in today's profession. Reserve your spot here today! Registration is free but required. Zoom link to follow.
Join the Chicago-Kent Law ACS Student Chapter as we welcome Professors Cherish Keller and Harold Krent for a face off moot-court style on the question of constitutional law. They will argue the U.S. Supreme Court case Caniglia v. Strom and will focus on the question of whether the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement applies to searches of the home.