Join us for a discussion with Jim Harrington, Texas civil rights attorney and founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project. Harrington will share stories from his new book, The Texas Civil Rights Project: How We Built a Social Justice Movement and reflect on decades of advocacy alongside César Chávez and the United Farm Workers.
Featured Speaker: Jim Harrington
This event will feature Professor Daniel Ortiz discussing the reasoning of the Supreme Court in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton and what the holding means for free speech jurisprudence moving forward.
A student Q+A will follow.
Join OUTLaw and ACS for a panel discussing the precedent of Obergefell v. Hodges and the future of gay marriage in the United States. Guest speakers Milan Pham, from Equality NC, and Kelly Parry-Johnson, from Advocates for Trans Equality, will provide invaluable insight on the precedent with time for a Q&A at the end. Food will be provided for attendees who RSVP.
Join the American Constitution Society and Federalist Society chapters at the University of Wisconsin Law School for a conversation about when the President may use the military for domestic policing, as has recently taken place in Los Angeles and the District of Columbia. The event is generously sponsored by the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy. Lunch will be provided.
The event will be moderated by Prof. Joshua Braver, who is teaching a class this semester on Civil-Military Relations.
ACS's panelist is Joseph Nunn, counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program. He focuses on issues surrounding the domestic activities of the U.S. military, including the Insurrection Act, the Posse Comitatus Act, National Guard deployments, and martial law.
FedSoc's panelist is Andrew Atkins, an attorney at Holy Cross Law LLC and former deputy legal counsel for the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Northwestern's ACLU and ACS Chapters are co-hosting a panel discussion on censorship and current efforts against book banning. The panel features three distinguished panelists: Anne Stava, Illinois State Representative; Sarah Lamdan, Deputy Director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom; and Professor Jamelia Morgan, an award-winning law professor and Director of the Center for Race and Disability Justice. This event will take place on Monday, October 27th at 12:00pm in RB 175 at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. We plan on having food available for all attendees.