2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Awardee

Miriam Seifter, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School

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ACS has selected 34 up-and-coming legal professionals as 2024 Next Generation Leaders

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Progress and Impediments on Path to Abolition in U.S.

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Episode 146: Abortion, Courts, Elections, and You

April 16, 2024

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ACS Selects University of Wisconsin Law School’s Miriam Seifter for 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award

April 16, 2024

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American Constitution Society Announces 2024 Next Generation Leaders

April 11, 2024

ExpertForum Blog

Inferable Discrimination: A Landmark Decision Addresses Selective Law Enforcement

Aliza Hochman Bloom April 4, 2024

ExpertForum Blog

Progress and Impediments on Path to Abolition in U.S.

Russ Feingold Christopher Wright Durocher April 4, 2024

Podcast

Episode 145: Insurrection on the Docket

April 2, 2024

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