Constitutional Law

No Regrets: Register Now for ACS National Convention

Three things you could have done but didn’t and now regret:

• Bought Google stock in 2004 when it was first offered.

• Traded in your giant Land Rover for a Mini Cooper when gas was “only” $2.00 a gallon.

• Written down the date and starting time of the bar exam.

All is not lost. You still have time to eliminate one regret if you register today for the 2008 American Constitution Society (ACS) National Convention. But you need to act now. Registration closes Friday at Midnight. Click here to register.

That’s right. You have just 24 hours left to register for the 2008 Convention, June 12-14, and secure your spot alongside many of the nation’s legal and policy superstars. This year’s ACS Convention, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, will be two days chock full of the most engaging discussions and interactions about law, justice and public policy issues for today, the next four years and beyond.

If you register now you will be confirmed to:

• Hear Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy’s keynote address;

• Hear former Deputy Attorney General and U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, Jr.;

• Engage with a luncheon panel of Supreme Court journalists, including Robert Barnes, Linda Greenhouse, Dahlia Lithwick and Tony Mauro, moderated by Tom Goldstein.

But that’s just the beginning.

You also will:

• Learn about the shape of law and justice policies of a new administration through a plenary panel comprised of Wade Henderson, John Podesta, Walter Dellinger, Elena Kagan, Jamie Gorelick, Greg Craig and Charles Cooper; and

• Enjoy the Saturday night banquet, join in a tribute to Judge Patricia Wald and participate in a conversation with Judge Wald and fellow judicial pathbreakers Judges Abner Mikva, Judith Rogers, David Tatel, and moderator Dean Elena Kagan;

• Consider the future of “Our Enduring Constitution” in a plenary panel discussion with Laurence Tribe, Kathleen Sullivan, Jack Balkin, Pamela Harris, Judge William Fletcher, Goodwin Liu, Theodore Shaw and Randy Barnett;

• Hear about what goes into “Picking the President” and how the processes and responsiveness could be improved, with Jan Witold Baran, Melody Barnes, Chris Bowers, Hendrik Hertzberg, Pamela S. Karlan, Ron Klain and Joe Trippi. 

• Listen to, and ask questions of, more than 100 other engaging panelists on a rigorous and wide ranging collection of subjects including privacy rights in a post 9-11 world, government secrecy, corporations and financial regulation and religious liberty and discrimination and many more.

View the entire schedule here.  

Many wise people have noted that the things in life you most regret are the things you didn’t do. Don’t add the 2008 ACS National Convention to that list. Sign up today to attend. Don’t be left out. 

Full post as published by ACS Blog on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).