ACS Member News: Week of January 20, 2020


ACS Board of Directors member Melissa Murray was a guest on ABC News to discuss the impeachment trial of President Trump.

ACS Board of Directors member Peter Shane, ACS Columbia Law School Faculty Advisor Gillian Metzger, and ACS members Peter Strauss and Paul Verkuil have filed an amicus brief in pending SCOTUS case Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau supporting the CFPB’s constitutionality.

ACS Missouri Lawyer Chapter Board of Directors member Frank Bowman was featured and quoted in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The New York Times, Business Insider, Luzerner Zeitung, Univision, The New York Times, ABA Journal, and Just Security about the impeachment trial.

ACS Next Generation Leader Sam Berger authored an article in The Washington Post about the illegality of delaying the release of Congressionally appropriated military assistance to Ukraine.

ACS Next Generation Leader Peter Cheun was featured in the National Immigrant Justice Center Commentary about his immigration pro bono practice.

ACS Student Chapter Leader at Boston University School of Law Tyler Creighton and ACS Student Chapter Leader at Harvard Law School Kurt Walters were quoted in Vox about a protest of firms that defend fossil fuel companies in climate change lawsuits.

ACS member Jonathan Miller authored a piece in Medium about his new role as the Legal Director at Public Rights Project.