Following lunch, there will be breakout sessions that address immigration; litigation on behalf of high-profile clients, featuring a panel of top litigators; structural reform litigation, featuring a panel of federal judges; and federal preemption of state law. These sessions will be followed by a career/networking fair, as well as organizing meetings for student and lawyer chapter leaders.
On Saturday:
Saturday morning will begin with a plenary panel, "Revitalizing Democracy," featuring Donna Brazile, Representative Artur Davis, Heather Gerken, Ron Klain, Robert Lenhard and John Podesta, followed by breakout sessions on legislative impediments to access to justice; next-generation discrimination; domestic surveillance; and the prosecution of government whistleblowers.
Following lunch, there will be breakout sessions that address immigration; litigation on behalf of high-profile clients, featuring a panel of top litigators; structural reform litigation, featuring a panel of federal judges; and federal preemption of state law.
I'll be on the Saturday morning panel speaking about prosecution of leakers and whistleblowers along with Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Geoffrey Stone and Laura Handman.
If you are not familiar with the ACS,
ACS is among the nation's leading progressive legal organizations, comprised of policymakers, judges, scholars, lawyers, law students and concerned individuals. Its mission is to ensure that fundamental principles of human dignity, genuine equality and individual rights and liberties enjoy their rightful, central place in American law. ACS has established student chapters at over 140 law schools around the country, and lawyer chapters in over 20 cities. Each chapter periodically hosts events featuring experts addressing substantive legal and policy issues, in addition to social events and other programs.
Their excellent legal blog is here.
