Join LS4BL, ACS, and Professor Wasserman for a lunchtime event discussing the intersection between Torts & Race. Lunch will be provided. No need to RSVP.
Penn Law x Drexel Law: The First Amendment in Flux
The event is a co-hosted event between Penn Carey Law and Drexel Kline Law Schools. The 12:15 start should allow Drexel students/faculty to come over to Penn and get settled (we can meet them at the entrance and take them to the room). Professor Berman has agreed to moderate, with Professors Cimino, Kalhan, and Shanor are on the panel. Below are some topic ideas we've shared with or heard from some attendees to start discussions, but we are letting the panelists guide the discussion.
- Recent executive order condemning "anti-America" or "anti-Christianity" speech (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/)
- 10/2's "Compact for Excellence in Higher Education," particularly the tying of federal funds to "transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle and even spark violence against conservative ideas" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-nine-universities-compact-federal-funds/)
- Law firm/university settlements with the White House
- De-airing of Jimmy Kimmel over his comment related to Charlie Kirk's assassination and other uses of executive power or threats to quash speech
- And more.
Secrets of the Killing State
This event will feature Professor Corinna Barrett Lain, the S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, for a presentation and discussion of her recent book Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection. The event will take place in Room 109 of the University of Nebraska College of Law.
Voter Protection Live Training
ACS is partnering with the Virginia Election Protection is helping to coordinate election protection efforts across the state. This live training will prepare law students to be legal observers at various polling locations on Election Day (November 4).
Sidebar Session
ACS will be showing How to Lose a Democracy (autocratic legalism edition) a Global Overview.
Lunch will be provided.
Contracts - Beyond the Doctrine
In contract law, parties are presumed to act in their own best interests. Yet when parties act imprudently, judicial decisions and legislative or administrative interventions designed to address those “bad choices” raise questions about paternalism and distributional fairness. Join ACS for a lunch talk with Professor Mark G. Kelman as he explores these themes and their role in shaping contract law.