On Tuesday, October 30, 2007, the Washington, DC Lawyer Chapter hosted an event entitled “Progressive Careers Panel Discussion”. The event was co-sponsored with the George Washington University Law School Student Chapter. The discussion featured panelists Marc E. Elias, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP; Angela Kelley, Director, Immigration Policy Center, American Immigration Law Foundation; Seema Mahini, Attorney, USDA Office of General Counsel; Edward J. Palmieri, Counsel, Sprint-Nextel Corp., Office of Privacy; Corey W. Roush, Partner, Hogan & Hartson; Courtney Spivey, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia; and was moderated by Elliot Williams, Counsel to Senator Charles Schumer, Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

 

On March 23, 2006, ACS's Washington DC Lawyer Chapter hosted a panel discussion on the criminal and civil liability of journalists who reveale classified information relating to government activities -- on the same day that The Washington Post's lead editorial warned of such "Dangerous Prosecution". The panel was moderated by Lillie Coney, Associate Director of the Electronic Information Privacy Center, and featured Walter Pincus, staff writer for The Washington Post; David Rivkin, partner at Baker Hostetler and former official in the George H.W. Bush Justice Department; and Lee Levine, partner at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P. and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

On Friday, October 28 the DC Lawyer Chapter hosted a Happy Hour with over 75 attendees.  Because the event was advertised at the Equal Justice Works Conference, many of those attending were progressive lawyers and law students who had not previously been involved with ACS. ACS Associate Director of Student Chapters Joi Chaney thought that having the event at a chic downtown bar contributed to its success, saying that attendees “may want to get involved now that they realize we are a fun group of people wishing to do more than just talk about con law.