FedSoc Events

On December 14, 2020, the Little Rock, Nebraska, and Chicago Lawyers Chapters co-hosted Judges Steven Seeger, Lee Rudofsky, and Brian Buescher for a riveting discussion on their career paths leading to becoming judges. The judges shared their advice for aspiring judges and described the work they face in their jobs.
Featuring:

Hon. Lee Rudofsky, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
Hon. Brian Buescher, Judge, United States District Court, District of Nebraska
Hon. Steven Seeger, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Moderator: Chad Pekron, Lead Counsel, Appellate, Walmart; President, The Federalist Society's Little Rock Lawyers Chapter

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

The year 2020 is not our country's final election. After an election dominated by rule changes, court battles, and allegations of fraud, what have we learned? On December 16, 2020, the Federalist Society's Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, New Jersey, and Delaware Lawyers Chapters co-hosted a panel on the 2020 presidential elections, tackling questions about possible election reforms and the future of election law.
Featuring:

Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Harmeet Dhillon, Founding Partner, Dhillon Law Group Inc.
Jerry Goldfeder, Special Counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law
Moderator: Prof. Michael Moreland, University Professor of Law and Religion & Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy
Introduction: Louis Capozzi, The Federalist Society's Philadelphia Lawyers Chapter

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On January 19-20, 1990, The Federalist Society hosted a conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The topic of the conference was "The Presidency & Congress: Constitutionally Separated and Shared Powers." The first panel discussed "Agency Autonomy and the Unitary Executive."
Featuring:

Mr. Terry Eastland, National Legal Center for the Public Interest
Prof. E. Donald Elliot, Yale Law School
Judge Laurence Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Moderator: Judge Stephen Breyer, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

On January 19-20, 1990, The Federalist Society hosted a conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The topic of the conference was "The Presidency & Congress: Constitutionally Separated and Shared Powers." Attorney General Richard Thornburgh opened the conference with an address on the importance of separation of powers.
Featuring:

Hon. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United States
Introduction: E. Spencer Abraham, Deputy Chief of Staff for Vice President Dan Quayle
Introduction: David McIntosh, The Federalist Society

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.

On November 30, 2020, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joined the Federalist Society's Columbia Law Student Chapter for a wide-ranging discussion on net neutrality, Section 230, and more, in an online Q&A co-sponsored by the Federalist Society's Regulatory Transparency Project.
Featuring:

Chairman Ajit Pai, Federal Communications Commission
Moderator: Brad Larson, Regulatory Transparency Project Series Chair, the Federalist Society's Columbia Student Chapter

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On November 19, 2020, the Federalist Society's Regulatory Transparency Project and the Memphis Lawyers Chapter co-hosted an online event discussing "Civil Liberties and COVID-19 Shelter in Place Orders."
Featuring:

Julia Mahoney, John S. Battle Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Introduction: Greg Grisham, Fisher Phillips

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On November 17, 2020, the Federalist Society's Article I Initiative and the Little Rock Lawyers Chapter cohosted a webinar on Supreme Court nominations and the perils of court-packing.
Featuring:

Dan McLaughlin, Senior Writer, National Review Online
Introduction: Chad Pekron, Walmart

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On April 3-5, 1987, the Federalist Society's Chicago Student Chapter hosted the sixth annual National Student Symposium at the University of Chicago Law School. The symposium's fourth panel discussed "The Role of the Legislative and Executive Branches in Interpreting the Constitution."
Featuring:

Prof. Robert Nagel, University of Colorado Law School
Prof. Burt Neuborne, New York University Law School
John Harrison, Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Steven Ross, Counsel for the House of Representatives
Moderator: Prof. Daniel Polsby, Northwestern Law School

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues. All opinions expressed are those of the speakers.

On November 17, 2020, the Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter hosted an online interview with former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly.
Appointed to Wisconsin’s high court in 2016 by then-governor Scott Walker, Justice Kelly quickly distinguished himself as one of the Court’s most vocal and consistent advocates for textualism and originalism. Justice Kelly made the most of his four-year tenure on the high court, resolving a host of high-profile cases ranging from gun rights to warrantless home inspections and, perhaps most notably, beating the US Supreme Court to the punch in ending judicial deference to administrative agencies at the state level. Matthew Fernholz, the president of the Federalist Society's Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter, interviewed Justice Kelly about his remarkable time on the court and his plans for the future.
Speaker:

Hon. Daniel Kelly, Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
Moderator: Matthew Fernholz, Cramer, Multhauf & Hammes, LLP

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

On November 12, 2020, The Federalist Society hosted an online showcase discussion for the 2020 National Lawyers Convention with Professors Robert George of Princeton and Cornel West of Harvard. The title of the panel was "Showcase Discussion: A Discussion with Professors Robert George and Cornel West on Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Thought, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the Cancel Culture."
In the aftermath of George Floyd's killing, the country is re-examining fundamental aspects both of our society and how we talk about changing it. In order to undertake that examination in a spirit of honesty and free inquiry, one view holds that participants need to feel free from the danger, and sometimes, as we have seen, the reality, of punishment or intimidation for taking an unpopular point of view. Those holding this view are concerned that we seem to be entering an era of enforced conformity to a new norm—that America is systemically racist, and that a failure to accept and acknowledge this fact is disqualifying from having a place in academia, in public life, or even in the private sector. They are concerned that the radical changes being called for ignore the pillars of the successful American experiment that ultimately led from slavery to the outlawing of racial segregation, and that these changes will do grave harm both to American society as a whole and to the radical changes’ intended beneficiaries.
On the other hand, some believe that our society is so inherently degraded by racism that a fundamental change is justified from the old ways of how we have felt we can think and speak about these issues. The thought is that the traditional notions of free speech and free thought are themselves devices that support oppression, and inevitably are employed to prop up established practices and ways of thinking that have created, and perpetuate, racial inequity. This view holds that those who have been harmed by racism are only further harmed by a so-called “balanced” discussion of their grievances.
Professors George and West will address whether both society, and the ways in which we can discuss its virtues and its deficiencies, are in need of fundamental change.
Featuring:

Prof. Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Pinceton University
Prof. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University
Moderator: Mrs. Jennifer C. Braceras, Director, Independent Woman’s Law Center
Introduction: Hon. Dean A. Reuter, General Counsel | Vice President & Director, Practice Groups, The Federalist Society

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.