Justice Engoron will discuss his 34 years of experience in New York City courts, including as presiding judge in New York v. Trump, the recent civil investigation and lawsuit against the Trump Organization for financial fraud.
Conversation with Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg
Mr. Sandoval-Moshenberg, attorney for Kilmar Ábrego García, will be discussing the challenge to the Trump administration’s unlawful deportation of Ábrego García in one of the most high-profile immigration cases of this century.
Litigating LGBTQ Rights in NC: Lunch with Professor Richardson
Join Duke ACS and OutLaw for an amazing discussion with Amy Richardson, a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law, for a lunch talk on her experiences litigating high-profile LGBTQ+ Rights cases. Learn about her work on these cases as well as what it is like working with organizations like Lambda Legal and the ACLU for meaningful pro bono work in conjunction with a robust practice in the Private Sector. Lunch will be provided to attendees who have RSVP'd at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYyms57mx_DsJsXbMKN58bENLXo2u… . Sponsored by Duke ACS and OutLaw. For more information about this event, please contact Keanan Jenkins at keanan.jenkins@duke.edu or Ari Jones at ari.jones@duke.edu.
ACS at 25: Past, Present, and Future of the Progressive Legal Movement
Please join ACS, the Washington DC ACS Lawyer Chapter, the Georgetown University Law Center ACS Student Chapter, and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law for an important event commemorating ACS’s twenty-fifth year. In 2001, then-Professor Peter Rubin, a member of the Georgetown Law faculty, convened a small group of progressive lawyers and others to incorporate and launch nationally the American Constitution Society. At the time ACS had only one chapter, its flagship chapter at Georgetown Law School, founded two years earlier by students of Professor Rubin. ACS had been so successful at Georgetown, and after Bush v. Gore the need for an organization dedicated to restoring the proper understanding of American law had become so clear that there was an enormous thirst for an organization like ACS.
Twenty-five years later, ACS has grown to have 250 chapters across the country, bringing together progressive lawyers, students, judges, scholars, elected officials, and advocates who are committed to upholding the rule of law and ensuring that the law is a force for improving people’s lives. ACS President Phil Brest, Board Chair Keith Harper, and Board Chair-Elect Michele Goodwin return to where it all began to discuss ACS’s legacy, meeting the current moment, and the future of the progressive legal movement.
Featuring:
Phil Brest, President, American Constitution Society
Dr. Michele Goodwin, Board Chair-Elect, American Constitution Society; Linda D. & Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown Law; Faculty Director, O'Neill Institute
Ambassador (ret.) Keith Harper, Board Chair, American Constitution Society; Partner and Chair of the Native American Practice Group, Jenner & Block
Tessa Freeman, ACS Georgetown Chapter President (Moderator)
Introductory remarks will be provided by Hon. Peter Rubin, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Court of Appeals.
4:00-5:00 p.m. Panel
5:00-6:00 p.m. Reception
The Constitutionality of the President’s Attack on Venezuela
Constitutional law professor Neil J. Kinkopf, who has worked for multiple presidential administrations, will join us for a discussion on the constitutionality of President Trump’s recent attack on Venezuela to arrest Venezuelan President Maduro
A Conversation with Rachel Cohen
Rachel Cohen made national news when, after Skadden signed a deal to perform $100 million of pro bono work for the Trump Administration in response to its illegal threats, she resigned and publicly criticized the firm. Since then, she has worked with Lowell and Associates, PLLC, a firm organized in part to defend the legal profession's integrity, and has been involved in organizing anti-ICE protests throughout Chicago.