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NLG, ACS, and SALSA present Shahid Buttar

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Date: 
04.04.2011
Location: 
Room V

Shahid Buttar will come to the law school on Monday, April 4, for a lunch time discussion on the role of the law in social change.   Mr. Buttar, who graduated from Stanford Law School in 2003, is a civil rights lawyer and grassroots community organizer.

Paul Smith, "The Current Status of Litigation to Promote LGBT Rights"

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Fresh from his oral argument before the Supreme Court in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association (a First Amendment challenge to California's ban on the sale of "violent" video games to minors and the topic for the moot court competition in the fall), Mr. Smith will survey cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act; Proposition 8; Don't Ask, Don't Tell; and more.


55:24 minutes (50.73 MB)

ACS Presents: Constitution in 2020: David Strauss on Constitutional Interpretation

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Date: 
02.28.2011
Location: 
Room V

As part of ACS' Constitution in 2020 series, Professor Strauss will discuss his forthcoming book, "The Living Constitution," and common law constitutional interpretation, more generally.

ACS Presents: Professor Adam Cox on Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act

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Date: 
02.25.2011
Location: 
Room III

Professor Cox will discuss the upcoming decennial redistricting and recent legal developments concerning the Voting Rights Act

Diversity Month: ACS and OutLaw present Supreme Court Litigator Paul Smith on the Current Status of Litigation to Promote LGBT Rights

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Date: 
01.19.2011
Location: 
Room II

ACS and OutLaw present a Diversity Month talk by Supreme Court litigator Paul Smith on the current status of litigation to promote LGBT rights.

ACS Presents Judge Gary Feinerman: The Confirmation Process and Early Reflections from the Bench

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Date: 
11.08.2010
Location: 
Room IV

Judge Feinerman will discuss the judicial nomination and confirmation process, based on his recent experience. Additionally, he will provide reflections on his early experience on the bench and his insights on the transition from practicing attorney to federal judge.

Join ACS at The Pub

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Date: 
10.07.2010
Location: 
University of Chicago Pub

An Introduction to ACS with The Hon. Abner Mikva

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Date: 
10.04.2010
Location: 
Room II

Progressive Lawyering: An Introduction to ACS

Judge Mikva will discuss the founding of ACS and the future of progressive lawyering

Panel on Academic Freedom feat. Richard Shweder and Adam Kissel

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Richard Shweder is William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor of Human Development at the University of Chicago. Adam Kissel, is Director, Individual Rights Defense Program at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.


64:36 minutes (59.14 MB)
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