David Cole, ACLU National Legal Director
In his role as national legal director, David Cole directs a program that includes approximately 1,000 state and federal lawsuits on a broad range of civil liberties issues. He manages 140 ACLU staff attorneys in New York, Washington, San Francisco, and North Carolina, oversees the organization’s U.S. Supreme Court docket, and provides leadership to approximately 300 staff attorneys who work in ACLU affiliate offices across the country.
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Aziz Z. Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Aziz is a scholar of US and comparative constitutional law. He works on topics ranging from democratic backsliding to regulating AI. His award-winning scholarly work is published in several books and in leading law review, social science, and political science journals. He has also written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and many other non-specialist publications. He has an active pro bono practice, and is on the board of the ACLU of Illinois, American Constitution Society, and the New Press.
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