ACS Member News: August 2022


ACS Board of Directors Member Michele Goodwin was awarded the Margaret Brent Award by the American Bar Association and ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.   

ACS Board of Directors Member Michele Goodwin was quoted in “The Shifting Dynamics Around Rape and Incest Exceptions to Abortion Bans” in The Dispatch and in “In California, Abortion Could Become a Constitutional Right. So Could Birth Control.” in California Healthline.

ACS Board of Directors Member Michele Goodwin was quoted in “Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of colorin OPB and in “Windsor Hills crash’s uncounted victim: Armani died before he took his first breathin the Los Angeles Times.  

ACS Board of Directors Member Melissa Murray was quoted in “Major legal fights loom over abortion pills, travel out of state” in The Washington Post.      

ACS Board of Directors Member Melissa Murray appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition for a segment on “What legal implications arise after Indiana approves an abortion ban? 

ACS Board of Directors Member Aziz Huq was quoted inPros and cons of prosecuting Donald Trumpin The Week UK and was featured in “Every President a King?in The New Republic 

ACS Board of Advisors Member Reuben A. Guttman was quoted “SEC Enriches Fraudsters, Lawyers as Secrecy Shrouds Tips Program” in Bloomberg Law.       

ACS Board of Advisors Member Reuben A. Guttman was quoted in Legal battles flare over UPMC, star surgeonsin the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  

ACS Board of Advisors Member Adam Winkler was quoted in “Supreme Court puts almost all of California's gun control laws in danger” in SFGate and in “Newsom signs gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight” in Los Angeles Times. 

ACS Board of Advisors Member Adam Winkler was quoted in “The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S.in NPR and in “Bill would not turn current semi-automatic weapon owners into felonsin AP.  

ACS Board of Academic Advisors Member Erwin Chemerinsky co-authored “The Electoral Count Act must be fixed. A new proposal doesn’t go far enough.” in The Washington Post and authored “With Supreme Court shift on Indian law, will it reconsider a recent landmark ruling?” in ABA Journal.     

ACS Board of Academic Advisors Member Erwin Chemerinsky was quoted in “California Politics: A final big gun bill in the Los Angeles Times and in Lacking power, Supreme Court’s liberals find voice in dissentin The Hill.    

ACS Board of Academic Advisors Member Leah Litman was quoted in “Michigan Supreme Court: Law bans discrimination based on sexual orientation” in Detroit Free Press.

ACS Board of Academic Advisors Member Leah Litman was quoted in “There’s a bipartisan bill to codify Roe — and abortion rights groups can’t stand itin VOX.       

ACS Board of Academic Advisors Member Steve Vladeck was featured in “Constitutional Citizenship in the U.S. Territories” in Lawfare. 

ACS Board of Academic Advisors Member Steve Vladeck was quoted in “Judge signals support for special master to review some Trump records FBI seizedin NBC News and in “Should Former Presidents Get Special Legal Treatment?in The New Yorker.  

ACS Chicago-Kent Faculty Advisor Carolyn Shapiro was quoted in “House considers potential election fallout of upcoming Supreme Court case” in Roll Call and in “Will Republicans Pushing for a Constitutional Convention Succeed?” in Newsweek.  

ACS Chicago-Kent College of Law Faculty Advisor Carolyn Shapiro was quoted in “Experts warn of election ‘havoc’ across the U.S. if North Carolina case succeedsin the Wisconsin Examiner.  

ACS Duke Law School Co-Faculty Advisor Neil Siegel was quoted in “Justice Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion reversal” in Detroit News.   

ACS Duke Law School Co-Faculty Advisor Neil Siegel was quoted in “Justice Alito’s Crusade Against a Secular America Isn’t Overin The New Yorker.  

ACS University of Alabama School of Law Faculty Advisor Joyce Vance was quoted in “As Jan. 6 probe expands, officials worry DOJ resources are at a breaking point” in NBC News.   

ACS University of Alabama School of Law Co-Faculty Advisor Joyce Vance was quoted in “DOJ affidavit reveals a “significant number of civilian witnesses” flipped on Trump: ex-prosecutorin Salon and in 'Temporary' Delay in Graham's Georgia Testimony 'Could Be Months': Vancein Newsweek.  

ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Co-Chair Juan Thomas was appointed as the Civil Rights & Social Justice Chair for the American Bar Association.     

ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter Co-Chair Christopher Hu was selected to Rising Stars for 2017 - 2022 by Super Lawyers.  

ACS Minneapolis – St. Paul Lawyer Chapter Co-President Rachel Kitze Collins was appointed to the Merit Selection Panel, which will advise the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on the selection of a new U.S. Magistrate Judge.  

ACS State AG Project Council of Advisors Member Terri Gerstein authored “It’s time to raise the federal minimum wage” in Lowell Sun.  

ACS State AG Project Council of Advisors Member Terri Gerstein was mentioned in “Arbitration Use by Employers Up as High Court Affirms Validityin Bloomberg Law.    

ACS Member Melanie E. Bates appeared on “Discussing Criminal Justice Reform with Melanie E. Bates, Esq.” on Desire To Dream podcast. 

ACS Member Andrew Wright was quoted in “DOJ Claims Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Used Personal Email for Official White House Records” in Law.com.  

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