Join the ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter for an informative discussion on leveraging state civil rights legislation in Illinois to hold ICE and state agents accountable, including shortcomings of current state law and proposed solutions in the Illinois Constitutional Rights Act of 2026.

Panelists:

• Hon. Rubén Castillo, Mediator, FEDARB; U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Illinois (retired)
• Matt Piers, Senior Counsel, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Member, ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Board of Advisors
• Carolyn Shapiro, Professor of Law, Founder and Co-Director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Member, ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Board of Advisors

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