American Constitution Society, Sacramento Chapter

05/24/2021

Join us tomorrow for for a conversation with California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maria Lucy Armendariz, and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Vince Chhabria about their careers and their journeys to the bench from diverse personal and professional backgrounds. Register here: https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/861

08/17/2020

We're excited for our tomorrow's zoom panel at noon. There is still time to register!

Executive Director Noreen Farrell will speak at the American Constitution Society’s panel on California’s role in the fight for gender equality, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

08/11/2020

Join us next Tuesday Aug. 18 at noon to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with our discussion of Gender Equality in California: Past, Present, and Future. Registration here: https://www.acslaw.org/event/acs-sacramento-gender-equality-in-california-past-present-and-future/

07/25/2020

Join the ACS Sacramento and Los Angeles Lawyer Chapters and the Mexican American Bar Assocation (MABA) for a discussion of the cases decided during the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2019 - 2020 term.

Participating panelists:
Araceli Martínez-Olguín: Supervising Attorney, National Immigration Law Center; Member, ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter Board of Directors
Aaron Tang: Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
Kimberly West-Faulcon: Professor of Law and James P. Bradley Chair in Constitutional Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Moderated By:
Jennifer M. Chacón Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

The American Constitution Society is a State Bar of California approved CLE provider. This event has been approved for 1.5 hours of California MCLE credit.

To register, please click on the link below:
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/648

07/09/2020

Join the ACS Bay Area chapter tomorrow at 1pm for a conversation with some of the advocates before the Supreme Court in some of the biggest cases of this Term.

We'll cover issues including discrimination against employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the “ministerial exception” to antidiscrimination laws, the Administration’s attempted rollback of the DACA program, and the standard for bringing claims of race discrimination under a Reconstruction-era law. Join the ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter and a distinguished panel of experts to hear the story behind each of their landmark cases at the Court this Term.

Featuring:

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law; Member, ACS National Board of Directors and Board of Academic Advisors (argued Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media)

Jeffrey L. Fisher, Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, and ACS Faculty Advisor, Stanford Law School (argued Ramos v. Louisiana and Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru)

Pamela Karlan, Kenneth and Hare Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, and ACS Faculty Advisor, Stanford Law School; Member & Former Board Chair, ACS National Board of Directors (argued Bostock v. Clayton County)

Araceli Martínez-Olguín, Supervising Attorney, National Immigration Law Center; Member, ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter Board of Directors (counsel in the consolidated DACA cases)

Michael Mongan, Solicitor General, California Department of Justice (argued the consolidated DACA cases)

Moderated by: Brian Goldman, Partner, Supreme Court & Appellate Practice, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter Board of Directors

03/31/2020

ACS National’s next COVID call is 4/1 at 10 AM PST. 👩🏻‍💻🧑🏽‍💻📲📞

The next in our COVID-19 briefing call series is Wed, 4/1! Featuring ACS President Russ Feingold, Center for Democracy and Technology Senior Counsel Greg Nojeim and TLS Faculty Director Jennifer Daskal on the use of government surveillance to stop the spread of COVID-19. Register: https://buff.ly/2wNRFdf

03/27/2020

Join us at today at noon for a call on Protecting American Workers During a Pandemic.

As federal and state governments mobilize to combat COVID-19 and shore up the economy, what can they do to protect American workers? And what role should industry play in cooperation with government to make sure that workers are central to whatever solutions are adopted?

Featuring: Professor Charlotte Garden, Seattle University School of Law and Satoshi Yanai, Office of the California Attorney General. CLE credit available.

As COVID-19 spreads throughout the country, more than a million workers are expected to lose their jobs by the end of March. Those who remain employed face other obstacles, especially healthcare worke

03/08/2020

Great event today with Victoria Ortiz author of Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life & Work! Thanks to Capital Books on K for hosting! And to Nancy for planning a great event!