Test your constitutional knowledge before finals! Join ACS for a fun and engaging Trivia Night, the perfect way to review key concepts while connecting with your peers. Don’t miss this opportunity to study in a relaxed and interactive setting!
How to 1L: How to take Finals
Join the American Constitution Society and the Student Public Interest Network on Wednesday, November 25th at 12:00 PM to get some world-class guidance on each of your Fall exams. Students who survived prior years' exams will be stationed around the room to discuss exam strategy, walk through practice exams, and share last-minute tips in the home stretch to finals.
ACS Mixer
Come join us at The Bier Stein for our mixer!
American Constitution Society Happy Hour
A happy hour event designed to bring together members and prospective members of the American Constitution Society at UMD Law to both network and commiserate about legal current events.
The Ins and Outs of Impact Litigation: How to Launch a Career Making Positive Change
Impact litigation has long been a way for a relatively small number of lawyers to make systemic changes through the courts. However, jobs in impact litigation can be competitive and hard to find. There is also a great deal of confusion about how impact litigation works, and what the day-to-day life of an impact litigator looks like.
This panel will explore the many forms that impact litigation can take, and how to break into impact litigation as a career.
Panelists:
Phylicia Hill, Director of Impact Litigation, Legal Aid DC
Antonio Ingram, Senior Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Racial Justice Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, Founder and Executive Director, Upper Seven Law
Anne Swift, Senior Counsel, Democracy Forward
Moderator:
Zack Gima, Vice President of Strategic Engagement, American Constitution Society
ACS NE Ohio: Conversation with Former Skadden Associate Rachel Cohen
Please join the ACS NE Ohio Lawyer Chapter and ACS CSU College of Law Student Chapter in welcoming acclaimed attorney Ms. Rachel Cohen (Harvard Law School '22; Ohio State University '14) to discusses how she openly defied one of the most powerful institutions in America— the executive branch—as a means of upholding the rule of law and honoring the oath she swore to the United States Constitution. In March 2025, Ms. Cohen made headlines when she resigned from her job as a third-year finance associate at one of the nation's elite law firms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP. On the heels of President Trump's string of retaliatory executive orders targeting the legal practices and client lists of several Big Law firms, Ms. Cohen penned a letter—signed by over 1,800 other associates— urging Big Law leadership to take a stand against what she described as "the administration's intimidation tactics, viewpoint discrimination, and attempts to weaponize the executive against the rule of law." In a company-wide resignation email, Ms. Cohen pleaded with her colleagues: "We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not continue to work here." Days after Ms. Cohen resigned, news broke that Skadden reached a deal with the Trump administration— to the tune of $100 million— to avoid becoming the next firm targeted by the President's unprecedented executive orders. Since her resignation, Ms. Cohen has testified before Congress, taken to TikTok to inspire fellow Chicagoans to protest ICE, and shared her story with several law schools across the country. Cleveland State University College of Law is honored to be the latest to welcome her.
Join us to hear Ms. Cohen discuss the roles and responsibilities that we—as law students, lawyers, and leaders—have in responding to and combating the rising tide of authoritarianism infiltrating our industries. What does it mean to uphold the rule of law? What challenges might lawyers face in the coming years? And what can we do to keep the rule of law and an independent legal profession intact?
Register here!