ACS Convention Panel: Legal Services for Low-Income People

On June 18, at the 2010 ACS National Convention, a panel of experts discussed "Legal Services for Low-Income People." The panel featured:

 

 

  • Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Moderator;
  • Peter B. Edelman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
  • Justice Earl Johnson, Jr., Scholar in Residence, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Former Justice, California Court of Appeals;
  • Chief Judge Robert W. Pratt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa;
  • Judge Inez Smith Reid, District of Columbia Court of Appeals;
  • Frank B. Strickland, Partner, Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP;
  • Laurence H. Tribe, Senior Counselor for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.

ACS Convention Panel: Access to Federal Courts after Iqbal and Twombly

On July 18, at the ACS National Convention, a panel discussed Iqbal and Twombly. The panel featured: 

 

  • Debo P. Adegbile, Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund;
  • Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP;
  • John A. Freedman, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP;
  • Barbara J. Hart, Shareholder, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C.;
  • Suzette M. Malveaux, Associate Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America;
  • Arthur R. Miller, University Professor, New York University School of Law; 
  • Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown;
  • Judge W. Louis Sands, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia;
  • Judge Diane S. Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

The Northeast Ohio Chapter Annual Luncheon

On June 29, 2010, the Northeast Ohio Chapter hosted its Annual Luncheon. Speaker of the House for the Ohio Generaly Assembly Armond D. Budish was presented the 2010 Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones Public Service Award and keynote addresses were provided by The Honorable William F.B. Vodrey, Magistrate, Cleveland Municipal Court, and ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson.

On June 29, 2010, the Northeast Ohio Chapter hosted its Annual Luncheon. Speaker of the House for the Ohio Generaly Assembly Armond D. Budish was presented the 2010 Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones Public Service Award and keynote addresses were provided by The Honorable William F.B. Vodrey, Magistrate, Cleveland Municipal Court, and ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson.