2023-2024 Lunch Talks
BLSA x Disability Rights and Advocacy Committee Present: Conversation with Kareem Dale, Director and Senior Counsel at Discover, Former Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy
BLSA Presents: Conversation with Michelle Jenkins, Director of Legislative Affairs at IL Department of Human Services
BLSA and Impact Initiative Present: Conversation with McKinley Nelson, founder of Project sWish
ACS x APALSA x BLSA x LLSA Present: Voting Rights: Heightened Stakes in an Election Year, with Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights members Ami Gandhi & Cliff Helm
BLSA x Christian Legal Society Present: The Black Church and the Law
BLSA and Public Interest Law Society Present: What is Civil Rights Litigation? With Danielle Hamilton from Northwestern's Appellate Advocacy Center and Jordan Poole from the civil rights firm, Loevy & Loevy!
BLSA Presents: A Conversation with Arthur Mitchell to learn more about gerrymandering, voting rights, and his work at the National Redistricting Foundation!
APALSA x BLSA x LLSA x SALSA Present: Joining a Journal as an Affinity Group Member
APALSA x BLSA x Law and Business Society Present: 1L Job Search Panel where our panelists represented a wide variety of 1L jobs, including positions in government, Big Law, clinics, public interest, judicial externships, business, and more.
BLSA, APALSA, and LBS Present: Firm Interviewing Panel
ACS x BLSA x Defenders Present: Pursuing Justice Through Public Defense - A Conversation with Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell
BLSA Presents: Nelson Willis Memorial Lecture with Alex Sims-Jones of APS and Associates
BLSA Presents: A conversation with Rhymefest, rapper, songwriter, humanitarian, and activist about his multifaceted career and commitment to community service!
BLSA Presents: Improving the Clerkship System: A Conversation with Aliza Shatzman from the Legal Accountability Project and Professor Adam Davidson