Zack is a Legal Fellow and Manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
He previously served for several years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Florida. Prior to that, he spent two years as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which he joined after clerking for the Hon. Emmett R. Cox on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Smith received his undergraduate, master’s, and law degrees from the University of Florida. During law school, Smith served as the Editor in Chief of the Florida Law Review and served on the executive boards of several student organizations, including the UF Chapter of the Federalist Society.
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Rogue Progressive Prosecutors: What is the Proper Role of a Prosecutor?
Mississippi Lawyers Chapter
River Hills Club3600 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211
Rogue Prosecutors: What is the Role of a Prosecutor?
Evansville Lawyers Chapter
Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn Conference Center501 Main Street
Evansville, IN 47708
Rogue or Righteous? Debating the Role of Prosecutors in Today's Legal Landscape
Miami Lawyers Chapter
The Biltmore1200 Anastasia Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33144
DEI in the Courts: What to Do When Courts Discriminate?
Montgomery Lawyers Chapter
Mezzanine Classroom, Alabama Judicial Building300 Dexter Ave
Montgomery, AL 36104
First Amendment & Religious Liberties
Cornell Student Chapter
Cornell Law SchoolMyron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
The Impact of DEI Initiatives feat. Zack Smith
Co-Sponsored by the Michigan Lawyers Chapter and the University of Michigan Law School Student Chapter
The University of Michigan, Hutchins Hall625 S. State St., Room 132
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
DEI In The Courts
Michigan Student Chapter
The University of Michigan Law School625 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
The Death Penalty and Non-Death Crimes
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Student Chapter
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico2250 Boulevard Luis A. Ferré Aguayo
Ponce, PR 00717
The Myth of Mass Incarceration Remains Strong—Despite All Evidence to the Contrary
Federalist Society Review, Volume 25
A review of Jeffrey Bellin, Mass Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became Addicted to...
Courthouse Steps Decision: McElrath v. Georgia
On February 21, the Supreme Court unanimously decided McElrath v. Georgia, holding that a jury’s...
Courthouse Steps Decision: McElrath v. Georgia
On February 21, the Supreme Court unanimously decided McElrath v. Georgia, holding that a jury’s...
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Police Need Wiretap Order to Access Nearly Real-Time Facebook Activity
New Jersey police officers sought to “compel Facebook to provide the contents of two users’...
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Probate-Juvenile Court Had No Authority To Grant Criminal Witness Immunity
In a per curiam opinion, a unanimous Supreme Court of Ohio held that the Probate-Juvenile...