Join the ACS New York Lawyer Chapter, the Leitner Center for International Law & Justice, and ACS Fordham Law School Student Chapter for a discussion on the First Amendment Right. A number of U.S. states and the federal government have taken actions and enacted legislation to restrict rights protected by the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Such restrictions include book bans, censorship of speech in educational settings, libraries, museums and private corporations, restrictions on press access, penalizing lawful dissent and protest, and more. Our distinguished speakers will discuss ongoing infringements of these 1st Amendment guarantees, and the legal challenges and advocacy their organizations are undertaking to counter these infringements.
Featuring:
Carey Dunne, Founder and Chair, Free + Fair Litigation Group
Elly Brinkley, Staff Attorney, U.S. Free Expression Programs, PEN America
Moderator:
Jeanmarie Fenrich, CSR Program Director, Leitner Center for International Law & Justice, Fordham University School of Law
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General meeting and introduction for new members. Give a broad overview of who we are and what we do to the student population. Take requests and ideas for events that students might be interested in.
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.
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.
ACS LA and Veterans Law Society at UCLA will host Yale Law School Professor Eugene R. Fidell to discuss the U.S. military's recent strikes against alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and the Pacific. The discussion will focus on the legal justifications, consequences, and implications of these acts.
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?
