Join the Detroit Mercy ACS Student Chapter, the Immigration Law Association, and the Environmental Law Association on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM ET as we welcome Tiba Fatli from the International Refugee Assistance Project. Fatli will discuss the impact of climate change and climate policies that cause communities to migrate and become climate refugees.
To attend this event, please click here and use the following zoom dial-in information:
Zoom Meeting ID: 936 1375 1605
Passcode: 179174
Join the Brooklyn Law School Chapter ACS Student Chapter E-Board as we host a general body meeting to discuss the E-Board elections process.
To RSVP for this event, please click here, and enter the zoom dial-in information listed here below.
Meeting ID: 835 3921 1203
Passcode: ACS
Please join the NYU ACS Student Chapter on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 for a Dinner Table Discussion about the intersection of racism, gender, LGBTQIA+ issues, and the law. This conversation will be led by Professor Shirley Lin, an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering. Her research focuses on sex and disability discrimination, the rights of LGBTQIA+ workers, legal theory, and organizational theory.
Professor Shirley Lin will assign a couple articles related to race, gender, and LGBTQIA+ identity to help registrants ground their discussion. No background knowledge is required. This is a wonderful opportunity to discuss these important issues with a NYU Law faculty member.
Join the ACS DC, At-Large, Bay Area, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapters and the Texas Moratorium Network for a presentation by exonerated death-row inmate Juan Melendez.
Juan Melendez spent nearly 18 years on Florida's death row for a crime he did NOT commit. In January 2002, he became the 99th death-row inmate to be exonerated and released since 1973. His case highlights persistent and pervasive problems in America’s death penalty system. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about Juan’s struggle for freedom, and his inspirational story of human resilience, courage, faith and forgiveness. Juan’s presentation will follow a Q&A session featuring capital punishment experts Richard Dieter and Judi Caruso.
Featuring:
Judi Caruso, Attorney, New Mexico Law Office of the Public Defender; Former Board Member, Witness to Innocence
Richard Dieter, Former Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center of DC; Board Member, Witness to Innocence
Juan Melendez, Exonerated Death-Row Inmate
Moderated by:
Hooman Hedayati, Member and Attorney, Texas Moratorium Network Board; Member, ACS DC Lawyer Chapter Board of Directors; ACS Next Generation Leader
Join the Illinois Law ACS Student Chapter and the Black Law Student Association for a discussion on the issue of slavery and the U.S. Constitution.
Featured panelists will include:
Dr. H. Timothy Lovelace, Jr.
Jason Mazzone
Join the University of Florida Law ACS Student Chapter and the Immigration Law Association for a chat with Ira Kurzban, partner at Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A. about incoming changes in immigration law and practice under the Biden administration.
