On Wednesday September 26, 2007 the Boston Lawyer Chapter, the New England School of Law Student Chapter and the Georgetown University Law Center Alumni Club of Boston hosted award-winning author of the new book "Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror," law professor and commentator David Cole. During the presentation, Professor Cole discussed his new book and his critique of the Bush administration's "preventive paradigm" in the "war on terror." With "Less Safe, Less Free", Professor Cole seeks to answer the question of whether the post-9/11 turn to preventive coercion has not only sacrificed some of our most fundamental principles, but has actually made us less secure from threats of terrorism, and less free as Americans.

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 the ACS Boston Lawyer Chapter hosted a lecture and presentation featuring Professor Daniel Kanstroom, author of “Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History” (Harvard University Press). The discussion explored some of the deepest aspects of the current U.S. debate, with particular focus on the nature and history of the U.S. deportation system as described in Prof. Kanstroom's new book.

On January 18, over 80 people attended an event held by the ACS Boston Lawyer Chapter at Suffolk University Law School entitled: "The Alito Nomination and the Future of Reproductive Rights." The event included three panelists, Dan Avila, Associate Director of Public Policy, Massachusetts Catholic Conference, Louise Melling, Director, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, and Lynn Paltrow, Founder and Executive Director, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and was moderated by Massachusetts State Representative Marty Walz. The panelists’ presentations were excellent, and a lively dialogue followed the panel. The discussion focused the Alito confirmation’s likely effect on reproductive rights law, and included an in-depth analysis of the recent ruling of the Supreme Court in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood.