Vice President Joe Biden & Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Open American Constitution Society National Convention June 9

Other Convention speakers include Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards

CONTACT: Paul Guequierre, Director of Communications, pguequierre@acslaw.org or (202) 393-6187

Washington, D.C. – Vice President Joe Biden will join U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to open the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy 2016 National Convention in Washington, D.C. June 9.  Other Convention speakers include U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

The ACS National Convention is the premier legal event of the year, bringing together nearly 1,000 of the nation's leading progressive lawyers, judges, law students, policymakers, scholars and activists to discuss critical legal and public policy issues.

See convention website here.   

WHAT: ACS 2016 National Convention

WHO:
Vice President Joe Biden
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Planned Parenthood Federation of American President Cecile Richards

WHEN:
June 9 – 11, 2016
Vice President Biden and Sen. Warren will open the Convention June 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Sen. Klobuchar will speak Friday June 10 at 12:45 p.m.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards will speak June 11 at 3:15 p.m.

WHERE:
Capital Hilton
1001 16th St, NW
Washington, D.C.

RSVP: This event is OPEN PRESS. Please RSVP to Paul Guequierre at press@acslaw.org with your name, outlet, position, phone number and email address. All media will be required to present a government issued ID and a media credential to gain access.

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS), founded in 2001 and one of the nation's leading progressive legal organizations, is a rapidly growing network of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges, policymakers and other concerned individuals. For more information about the organization or to locate one of the more than 200 lawyer and law student chapters in 48 states, please visit www.acslaw.org.