Surviving Law School

05/03/18 • 57 min

ACS Conference Call featuring Tracey E. George, Vanderbilt Law professor and co-author of "What Every Law Student Really Needs to Know: An Introduction to the Study of Law" in conversation with Vaishali Goyal ’18, Boston College Law School, ACS Next Generation Leader.

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Inside the Russia Investigations: How Congress and the Special Counsel Work in Parallel

This event, hosted by the ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter and ACS DePaul University College of Law Student Chapter on Sept. 21, 2017, explores the Russia investigations that are being conducted independently by Congress and by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Congressman Mike Quigley, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, is interviewed by former federal prosecutor, MSNBC Contributor, and ACS Chicago Board Member Renato Mariotti about the role of the Congressional investigation and the current status of the investigation. Afterward, Renato discusses about the latest developments in the Mueller investigation and take questions from the audience. Renato Mariotti is a partner at Thompson Coburn LLP. Before he joined Thompson Coburn, he was a federal prosecutor in Chicago for over nine years, where he prosecuted white collar crime, including tax fraud and cybercrime. He is a legal analyst on television and in print, most frequently for MSNBC.

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The Judiciary in Jeopardy: A Look at Judicial Nominations in the Trump Administration

On September 6, 2017, ACS hosted a call on the current state of federal judicial nominations. The federal judiciary is instrumental in protecting our rights on issues ranging from immigration to the environment. With Republican Senators having strategically held numerous seats open during the Obama Administration, the Trump White House is now poised to fill the nearly 18 percent of Article III judgeships that remain vacant. This is an Administration that has questioned the independence of the judiciary, attacked individual judges, and is aggressively pursuing an agenda to transform the composition of the courts to regress in many areas of the law. Moderator: Lena Zwarensteyn, Director of Strategic Engagement, American Constitution Society Featured Speakers: Senator Mazie Hirono, U.S. Senator from Hawaii Christopher Kang, Former Deputy Assistant and Deputy Counsel to President Barack Obama; ACS Board of Directors Ronald Klain, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Revolution; ACS Board of Advisors