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The "Muslim Travel Ban": Legal and Social Implications
On April 20, 2017, ACS hosted the event The "Muslim Travel Ban": Legal and Social Implications featuring a panel to discuss President Donald J. Trump's executive order suspending entry into the United States by people of certain Muslim-majority countries. The panel included Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights; Tarek Z.
The Supreme Court in a Time of Transition
ACS welcomed back to Columbia Law School the Hon. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. '83, the 46th Solicitor General of the United States under President Barack Obama. Verrilli discussed the U.S. Supreme Court during a time of transition. The event was co-sponsored by the D.C. Law Students Association, Social Justice Initiatives, and the Office of Career Services and Professional Development. (See picture to the left of former Solicitor General Verrilli with members of our Executive Board.)
Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gap
ACS welcomed election law scholar and University of Chicago law professor Nick Stephanopolous back to Columbia Law School to talk about partisan gerrymandering, the upcoming Supreme Court case Whitford v. Gill, and the efficiency gap. Stephanopolous was previously an associate-in-law at Columbia Law School.