Please join the Bay Area Lawyer Chapter for a Meet & Greet with our 2025—2026 Board Members. You will have the opportunity to share your input on programming and learn how you can get involved in your ACS Chapter.
Challenges to the Rule of Law: Big and Small
ACS will host Rachel Cohen, former BigLaw associate who quit when her firm accepted the terms that President Trump set to avoid becoming the target of an Executive Order. She will discuss how she saw her big law firm change from before to after President Trump's challenges to the rule of law. Professor Rudy Monterrosa, founder of a small immigration law firm and public defender, will moderate a fireside chat, providing his perspective on President Trump's challenges from the small firm and public perspectives.
Mamdani Triumphs: Legal Reverberations of Trump's Policy Failures
We're inviting Abdel-Rahman Hamed, local civil rights attorney, and in conjunction with the Muslim Law Students Association, organizing this event to discuss how American voters reacted at the polls to the Trump administration's policy changes. This is what the Founding Fathers intended as the antidote for unpopular policy, after all. With all the pardons and tariff, ICE, National Guard, and DOJ lawsuits, how will courts handle directly conflicting city, state, and federal laws?
President Trump and Control of Administrative Agencies: The Firing of NLRB Commissioner Gwynne Wilcox
The Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, the Public Interest Law Student Association, and the Cardozo Chapters of the American Constitution Society, the National Lawyers Guild, and the Federalist Society invite you to: President Trump and Control of Administrative Agencies: The Firing of NLRB Commissioner Gwynne Wilcox
On November 18, Gwynne Wilcox will join Dan Silverman at Cardozo to discuss her lawsuit against Trump and his administration for firing her as an NLRB commissioner. This conversation will be moderated by Professor David Rudenstine.
Judicial Interning and Clerkship Panel
The event features a distinguished panel composed of former interns and clerks who have served at various levels of the judiciary, encompassing both Colorado state and federal courts as well as national federal courts. The event will help 1L members to prepare for summer intern positions and 2L/3L members prepare for clerk applications.
Civil Procedure - Beyond the Doctrine
Join Professor Sohoni as she examines the history and legitimacy of universal injunctions—a key judicial tool lower courts used to wield against government overreach. She will also discuss the implications of Trump v. Casa and the alternatives that exist in place of universal injunctions.