Immigration: The Federal-State Showdown

On Friday, June 17 at 2pm, ACS hosted a panel discussion on immigration featuring:

  • Garrett Epps, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
  • Deirdre C. Fitzpatrick, Associate General Counsel, SEIU
  • Michael S.Greve, John G. Searle Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
  • Angela Maria Kelley, Vice President for Immigration Policy and Advocacy, Center for American Progress
  • Neil J. Kinkopf, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
  • Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

Sentenced for Life: Considering the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions

On Friday, June 17, 2011, the American Constitution Society featured a panel discussion on the collateral consequences of criminal convictions, featuring:

  • Judge Lynn S. Adelman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • Cynthia Jones, Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law
  • U.S. Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Nkechi Taifa, Senior Policy Analyst for Criminal Civil, and Racial Justice Reform, Open Society Policy Center
  • Yolanda Vázquez, Clinical Supervisor and Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Melvyn I. Weiss, Founder, MIW Mediating & Consulting LLC

Redistricting in 2011

On Friday, June 17, 2011 ACS hosted a panel on redistricting in 2011, featuring:

  • Kristen Clarke, Co-Director, Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
  • Gilda R. Daniels, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
  • R. Keith Gaddie, Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma
  • J. Gerald Hebert, Executive Director and Director of Litigation, Campaign Legal Center
  • Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Acting Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • Nina Perales, Director of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Judicial Independence in Peril?

On Friday, June 17, ACS hosted a panel discussion on judicial independence, featuring,

  • Senior Associate Justice Mark D. Martin, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice
  • Richard Neely, Former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals; Partner, Neely & Callaghan
  • Judge Stephen Reinhardt, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Justice Harold See Jr., Former Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
  • Justice Myra C. Selby, Former Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court; Partner, Ice Miller LLP
  • Justice Marsha Ternus, Former Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court

Globalization, Corporate Accountability & the Courts

On Friday, June 17, ACS hosted a panel discussion on globalization and corporate accountability, featuring:

  • F. Paul Bland Jr, Senior Attorney, Public Justice
  • Judith Brown Chomsky, Solo Practitioner, Cooperating Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
  • Kent Greenfield, Professor, Boston College Law School
  • Isaac Nesser, Associate, Quinn Emanuel
  • Owen C. Pell, Partner, White & Case LLP
  • Jeanne M. Woods, Professor, Loyola University College of Law

Dodd-Frank and the Future of Securities Litigation

On Friday, June 17, 2011, ACS hosted a panel discussion featuring:

  • Christine S. Azar, Partner, Labaton Sucharow LLP
  • Daniel Berger, Shareholder, Berger & Montague, PC
  • David M. Brodsky, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Darren J. Check, Partner, Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check LLP
  • George T. Conway III, Partner, Litigation, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  • Russell D. Duncan, Partner, Orrick
  • Jay W. Eisenhofer, Managing Director, Grant & Eisenhofer PA
  • Jill E. Fisch, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Daniel Fisher, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine
  • Byron S. Georgiou, President, Georgiou Enterprises
  • Salvatore J. Graziano, Partner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
  • Holly J. Gregory, Corporate Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • Karl A. Groskaufmanis, Partner, Fried Frank
  • Marc I. Gross, Partner, Pomerantz, Haudek, Grossman & Gross LLP
  • Lee Harris, Professor, University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
  • Barbara J. Hart, Chief Operating Officer, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart PC
  • Donald C. Langevoort, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Francis J. Menton Jr. Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
  • John C. Millian, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • Saule T. Omarova, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown
  • Paul C. Saunders, Of Counsel, Litigation, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
  • Damon A. Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO
  • Barry A. Weprin, Partner, Milberg LLP