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Join the ACS Minnesota chapter and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office to learn more about ongoing litigation against the Trump administration.

We'll see you over the lunch hour on Wednesday, Nov. 5, for this important conversation! RSVP here: getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev....

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Our *10 annual* benefit is tonight! We're thankful for all of our current and past attendees who have helped support a strong local progressive community.

Thanks to Tane Danger for hosting our programming every year, too!

Now's the time to get your tickets for the ACS Minnesota Progressive Law Benefit! Come join us on Thursday, Oct. 23, for a night of fun and fundraising for progressive legal causes. Registration closes soon!

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Some volunteers learning about IIMN

Kicking off our event at the International Institute of MN, creating Welcome Kits for new arrivals to the US (co-sponsored with @swaempls.bsky.social )

📦 Join us July 28 for a hands-on kit build + tour at the International Institute of MN! Help assemble welcome kits for immigrant and refugee students. 💛

🕕 6–8PM | 📍St. Paul

RSVP: getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev...

This is part of our #Inalienable series of events focused on #ImmigrantJustice

ACS Minnesota: Can He Do That? Executive Orders and Their Impact on the Legal Community | ACS

Up next in our "Can He Do That?" series is an insightful event on the impact of recent executive orders on legal practice. Please join us on June 4 at 5:30 PM for appetizers, refreshments, and important discussion on how law firms can fight back.

Register here: www.acslaw.org/.../acs-minn....

Please join our friends at the University of St. Thomas School of Law for an important conversation with Professor Rachel Barkow about the need for sentencing reform and the Supreme Court's role in mass incarceration.

Please register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon....

Obviously, a huge victory for the migrants here and a major defeat for Trump’s lawless effort to rush out a rendition flight before the courts could act.

But also—potentially a massive signal from the Supreme Court that it is finally prepared to go toe to toe with Trump to halt AEA deportations.

Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

Allison Riggs: 'This is a fight for the very soul of democracy' Read more here.

“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”

Careers

If you want to work for a law firm that will never bow down to Trump or stay silent when he attacks the legal system, we are hiring. www.elias.law/careers

Associate Open Letter - Signatory Full list of signatories, updated roughly hourly, available here. [NTD: PLEASE ONLY SIGN WITH FIRM AND CLASS YEAR.] Letter below: ***** Over the past several weeks, the Executive Branch has launched...

ACS stands with our lawyer members, future lawyers in our student chapters, and all lawyers who refuse to capitulate to President Trump's threats, both explicit and implicit.

ATTN large law firm associates: here's a sign-on opportunity to show strength in unity. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Soliciting Nominations for the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership Nominate a local progressive leader!

Each year, the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter is honored to present the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership to a local progressive leader. Click the link below to submit your nominations!

Soliciting Nominations for the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership Nominate a local progressive leader!

Each year, the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter is honored to present the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership to a local progressive leader. Click the link below to submit your nominations!

Members of our ACS Minnesota Lawyers Chapter volunteered this week at Feed My Starving Children. Thanks to FMSC for having us for a fun and rewarding food-packing shift!

Hope to see you there! This is open to lawyers, judges, law clerks, and anyone else who might be interested --

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Thank you to everyone who attended our event on the 14th Amendment, Section 2 -- and thank you to our amazing panelists, too!

The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution Does the text mean what it plainly says?

Trump's attempt to nullify the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship provision is an attempt to reverse one of the most important outcomes of the Civil War, the idea that American citizenship is not based on race www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Immigration Policy Tracking Project A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.

Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/

Section 2 says that states which suppress voting rights can lose representation in Congress. But for over 150 years, that provision hasn't been enforced.

This event will explore the history of this nearly forgotten provision and to take a look at a lawsuit that attempts to revive it.

ACS Minnesota: Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2: A Case for Democracy? January 29, 12:00-1:30 pm CT

Hope you can make it to our upcoming event on Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

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folks on our @minnesotaacs.bsky.social board are also seeking volunteers to gear up for action --> acslaworg.my.salesforce-sites.com/GWVolunteers...

Congrats on the win Justice Procaccini!

Photo of Adam Miller and Justice Procaccini.

Thank you to everyone who attended our event with Justice Procaccini. We appreciate the Justice being so generous with his time and for his insights!

and create internal policies to benefit those with caregiving responsibilities.

International Women’s Day may be March 8, but investing in women must be a priority every day.

Take action steps: encourage & support women considering senior leadership positions; elevate women’s voices in strategic decision-making processes; acknowledge invisible social & domestic workload many women shoulder in addition to their careers;

Despite women making up 50% of incoming law school classes, a significant & persistent gender gap exists as women become more senior.
Consistent w the UN theme for this year’s IWD, we in the progressive legal community must invest in women to accelerate progress in elimination of gender-imbalances.

While Int'l Women’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made towards a more equitable future for women, we must acknowledge the long road ahead and seize opportunities to invest in women. 1/4

Join us on February 1 for a panel discussion about the future of the state judiciary and possible changes to the judicial selection system -- Featuring Reps. Jamie Long and Emma Greenman.

CLE credit is available.

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