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As the Section celebrates its 60th anniversary, Professor Douglas Laycock joins Richard Foltin to examine how church–state law has evolved since the Section's founding in 1966. The discussion trace...

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Join Bobbi Bittker in conversation with Paul Smith and Matthew Halverson as they reflect on 60 years of LGBTQ advocacy within the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. The discussion expl...

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This webinar honors Juneteenth by bringing together scholars, practitioners, and organizers to examine emerging theories and practices that seek liberation at the junction of race and business law....

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Legal experts Professor Sheldon Evans of Washington University School of Law, Alan Butler, Executive Director and President of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and Peter Mina, Foun...

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Join Carrie DeCell and Maria Villegas Bravo for a timely conversation on the growing use of commercial spyware and its implications for privacy, free expression, and civil liberties. As U.S. govern...

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Join Juan Thomas in conversation with Judge Tonya Parker as they examine the Texas Supreme Court's decision to amend its judicial conduct rules to permit judges to publicly decline to perform same-...

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Join Wendy Shiba and Ann Burroughs for a timely conversation on the role of the Japanese American National Museum in defending civil rights, preserving historical memory, and confronting modern thr...

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Join us for a timely and thought-provoking webinar examining the legal, constitutional, and moral stakes of the Apache Stronghold fight to protect Oak Flat (Chi’chil Biłdagoteel), a sacred site cen...

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Sponsored by the ABA Task Force to Combat Antisemitism In August 2025, the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association adopted a resolution endorsing the Global Guidelines for Countering An...

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Join Janai Nelson in conversation with Paul Smith as they examine the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais and its sweeping implications for voting rights, racial representation, partis...

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This program will examine the Supreme Court’s recent reliance on “history and tradition” as an interpretive methodology in Establishment Clause cases, while not applying the same framework in Free ...

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César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, a law professor at Ohio State University, discussed the Fourth Amendment's application in immigration law enforcement during an American Bar Association program o...

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Part 3 of a three-part Webinar Series: Environmental Justice at an Inflection Point: Back to the Future? Joint Sponsors: ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, ABA Environmental Justice Ta...

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Join Susana Sandoval Vargas, Midwest Regional Counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, in conversation with moderator Gary Rhoades of the ABA’s Human Rights Magazine edito...

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The federal government’s large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Chicago - known as Operation Midway Blitz - triggered a rapid and coordinated response from city leadership, legal advocate...

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Learn from Charina Garcia, Partner at WR Immigration, Angelica Rice, Associate at WR Immigration and Mimi Tsankov, retired U.S. Department of Justice Immigration Judge, as they explore the impact o...

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Months ago, we asked a troubling question: what would happen if the administration removed the military’s top lawyers and replaced them with more compliant ones? Today, as recent actions raise new ...

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The Supreme Court’s increasing use of the shadow docket is reshaping how critical legal decisions are made – often without full briefing, oral argument, or detailed explanation. In this Chair Chat...

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Join ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice Chair Mario Sullivan and Transformative Justice Coalition President and Founder Barbara Arnwine for a timely and critical conversation on the fut...

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Who holds government lawyers accountable? Mario Sullivan is joined by Bonnie Robin-Vergeer to examine the DOJ’s proposed rule on attorney misconduct, its impact on state bar authority, and what it ...

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