ACS Chicago: McKesson v. Doe - A Threat to Free Speech and the Right to Protest?

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Friday, July 31, 2020 12:00PM - 1:15PM CDT

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Join the ACS Chicago, Bay Area, Madison, and San Diego Lawyer Chapters, along with the Cook County Bar Association, for discussion on the McKesson v. Doe cert. petition requesting Supreme Court review of a 5th Circuit decision allowing suit for money damages against a Black Lives Matters protest organizer.

Featuring:

Garrett Epps, Contributing Writer, The Atlantic; Professor of Law, Emeritus, University of Oregon School of Law; Member, ACS Board of Directors and the ACS Board of Academic Advisors
Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law and ACS Co-Faculty Advisor, University of Chicago Law School; Member, ACS Board of Advisors
Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Justin Hansford, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Professor of Law, and ACS Faculty Advisor, Howard University School of Law

Moderated by:

Jerry Brown, Attorney, Siegel & Callahan, P.C.; Adjunct Professor of Law, The UIC-John Marshall Law School; Assistant Director of the Legal Legends Luncheon, ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter; Board Member, Cook County Bar Association

1.25 hours of CLE credit are approved for this event.

For CLE documentation, click here.

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