Pre-Convention Events

Pre-Convention Virtual Events

You don't have to physically be in D.C. for the National Convention to enjoy some of the exciting programs we have planned during the days leading up to it. Check out some of our pre-convention events and programs below, and stay tuned for updates!

Thursday, June 9
1-2 p.m. ET

ACS Summer Reading List Book Talk
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
Author: Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
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Monday, June 13
2-3 p.m. ET

ACS Summer Reading List Book Talk
Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
Author: Valena Beety, Professor of Law and Deputy Director for the Academy for Justice at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Host: Christina Swarns, Executive Director, Innocence Project
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Tuesday, June 14
4:00 p.m. ET

ACS Virtual Graduation Ceremony 2022
This program will acknowledge our graduating leaders, present our ACS Student Chapter Awards, and will feature remarks from the Hon. Loren AliKhan, Associate Judge, D.C. Court of Appeals, Russ Feingold, ACS President, Adam Miller, Deputy General Counsel & Director of Judicial Appointments, Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan; Co-President, ACS Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter, Zinelle October, ACS Executive Vice President, and Zoraima Pelaez, Student Board Member, ACS Board of Directors; The University of Texas School of Law '22.
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Wednesday, June 15
1-2 p.m. ET

ACS Summer Reading List Book Talk
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution
Author: Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation
Host: Leah Litman, Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Michigan School of Law
Learn more about the ACS Summer Reading List »


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