The ACS New York Law School Student Chapter and the ACS New York Lawyer Chapter are hosting a symposium for ACS student chapters throughout the Northeast.

Join students and professionals for a series of panels considering topical legal issues of the day, including hate speech, the Second Amendment and gun violence, the role of the State Attorneys General in opposing restrictive federal policies, the 2020 elections, police accountability, and more, including a keynote address by former Public Advocate candidate and ACS National Board Member Dawn L. Smalls.

9:00 a.m.

Check-in opens at the New York Law School lobby (185 West Broadway).

Coffee available in Room WA11.

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.​ (Room WA10)

Keynote address by Dawn L. Smalls, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP; Member, ACS National Board of Directors

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (Room WA10)

Session 1: Resisting Hate

• Nadia Aziz, Co-Interim Director of the Stop Hate Project, Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
• Nora Benavidez, Director of U.S. Free Expression Programs, PEN America
• Michael L. Bloch, Counsel, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP Nadine Strossen,
• Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II, Professor of Law, New York Law School; Former President, American Civil Liberties Union

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.​ (Room WA11)

Grab-and-go lunches available for Convening registrants.

12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. (Room W220)

Session 2: ​Policing the Police - Enforcing Transparency and Accountability, a CLE panel presented by the NYLS Racial Justice Project

• Monifa Bandele, Vice President and Chief Partnership & Equity Officer, MomsRising.org; Steering Committee Member, Communities United for Police Reform
• Alvin Bragg, Visiting Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Racial Justice Project, New York Law School; former Chief Deputy Attorney General, New York State Office of the Attorney General
• Andrew G. Celli, Jr., Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
• Julian Clark, Policing Fellow, Policing Project at NYU School of Law
• Christopher Dunn, Legal Director, New York Civil Liberties Union
• Jonathan Darche, Executive Director, New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board

Moderated by Rebecca Roiphe, Professor of Law and Co-Dean for Faculty Scholarship, New York Law School; former Assistant District Attorney for New York County

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. (Room WA10)

Session 3: 2020 – Elections, Gerrymandering, and the Census

• Perry Grossman, Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, New York Civil Liberties Union
• Elena Goldstein, Acting Bureau Chief and Senior Trial Counsel, Civil Rights Bureau, New York State Office of the Attorney General
• Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause New York

3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Room WA10)

Session 4: The Changing Role of the State Attorney General

• Alvin Bragg, Visiting Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Racial Justice Project, New York Law School; former Chief Deputy Attorney General, New York State Office of the Attorney General
• Matthew Colangelo, Chief Counsel for Federal Initiatives, New York State Office of the Attorney General
• Lisa F. Grumet, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Diane Abbey Law Institute for Children and Families, New York Law School
• Mayur Saxena, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Affirmative Civil Rights and Labor Enforcement, New Jersey Office of the Attorney General

4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. (Room WA10)

Session 5: The Second Amendment and State Efforts in Gun Violence Prevention

Eric Ruben, Assistant Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law Nicholas Suplina, Managing Director for Law and Policy, Everytown for Gun Safety

6:00 p.m. Networking Happy Hour Reception

Join us for post-convening drinks and snacks at M1-5 Lounge at 52 Walker Street, between Church Street and Broadway.