ACS at Georgetown Law presents Clerkships 101. Come learn about what it means to clerk, the application process, and more with Blake Phillips, former judicial clerk for the Montana Supreme Court and current board member of the Washington, DC ACS chapter. This event will also kickstart a mentorship program for students interested in applying for clerkships.
Food will be served. Contact georgetownacs@georgetown.edu with questions and to request accommodations.
We plan to host a lunch event with speaker Kalpana Kotagal, Commissioner of the EEOC, she will speak about the current state of DEI programs and initiatives under Trump II.
Join the American Constitution Society for a General Body Meeting to meet the Executive Board, hear updates from ACS nationally, discuss upcoming and future events, hear from Faculty Advisor Prof. Andrew Bradt about his federal clerkship experience, and discuss current Supreme Court cases.
The ACS Washington DC Lawyer Chapter invites you to join this conversation featuring law scholar and author Brian Soucek to speak on his book, The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education with Free Speech expert Mary Anne Franks.
Featuring:
Brian Soucek, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis; Author, The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education
Mary Anne Franks, Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law, George Washington Law School; Author of Fearless Speech, and The Cult of the Constitution
Register here!
The ACS Tampa Lawyer Chapter is hosting its next Grounds for Discussion on Saturday, January 24, at 10 am. Professor Jeffrey D. Swartz will be leading the discussion on the constitutionality of federal agents' activity under the 4th Amendment; whether the president has the power to withdraw from NATO, which is a treaty passed and ratified by the Senate and under US law; the upcoming SCOTUS rulings on birthright citizenship and tariffs; and lastly, the war powers of the president and the significance of recent and potential military actions overseas.
Topic TBD (depending on pending cases before the Supreme Court and current events).
Featuring:
Jeffrey D. Swartz, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cooley Law School
Join UChicago ACS for a discussion with David Cole on the direction of impact litigation, executive powers, and the rule of law after a year of the second Trump Administration.
In his role as the ACLU's National Legal Director, David Cole managed more than 200 ACLU staff attorneys and supported staff in the National office, oversaw the ACLU’s U.S. Supreme Court docket, and provided leadership to 400 more legal staff who work in ACLU affiliate offices in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C. Cole is on leave from Georgetown University, where he has taught constitutional law and criminal justice since 1990, and is the Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy. Cole writes regularly for The Nation, New York Review of Books, Washington Post, and many other periodicals. He is the author or editor of 10 books, several of which have won awards, including the Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, the American Book Award, and prizes from the American Political Science Association, the Boston Book Review, and the Jesuit Honor Society. His most recent book, "Engines of Liberty: How Citizen Movements Succeed," published in 2016, examines the strategies civil society organizations employ to change constitutional law.