FedSoc Events

On March 4-5, 1988, The Federalist Society's University of Virginia student chapter hosted the National Student Symposium in Charlottesville, Virginia. The topic of the conference was "Are There Unenumerated Constitutional Rights?" The conference's first panel was titled "Do We Have an Unwritten Constitution?"
Featuring:

Prof. Paul Bator, University of Chicago Law School
Prof. Michael Moore, University of Southern California Law Center
Prof. Ronald Rotunda, University of Illinois College of Law
Moderator: Justice Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court

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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.

The Colorado Lawyers Chapter held a virtual review of the 2019-20 Supreme Court term on August 12, 2020. After Beth Williams, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy, kicked things off with her opening remarks, the panel of legal experts weighed in on some of the biggest cases and trends at the Court.
Featuring:

Opening Remarks: The Honorable Beth Williams, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice
Samantha Harris, Mudrick & Zucker, P.C.
Prof. Alan Chen, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
Moderator: Shoshana Weissmann, R Street Institute
Introduction: Will Trachman, Co-Chair, The Federalist Society Colorado 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 November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". The second day of the symposium began with a panel on "The Treaty Power".
Featuring:

Abraham Sofaer, Department of State
Prof. Harold Koh, Yale Law School
Prof. John Nowak, University of Illinois College of Law
Justice Grover Rees III, Chief Justice of the High Court of American Samoa
Moderator: Judge Laurence Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. 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 November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". The second panel explored the relationship between "The First Amendment and National Security".
Featuring:

Floyd Abrams, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel
Prof. Henry Holzer, Brooklyn Law School
Don Oberdorfer, The Washington Post
Richard Willard, Department of Justice
Moderator: Dr. Suzanne Garment, American Enterprise Institute

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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.

The DC Young Lawyers Chapter hosted Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on July 22, 2020. Sen. Blackburn gave her personal insight into some of the biggest issues currently facing the country.
Speaker:

Hon. Marsha Blackburn, Senator, State of Tennessee & Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Introduction: Kaytlin Roholt Lane, Jones Day & President, DC Young Lawyers Chapter, 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.

On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". On the first day of the symposium, Caspar Weinberger, the Secretary of Defense, gave an address regarding the War Powers Act.
Featuring:

Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense
David McIntosh, Domestic Policy Council
Introduction: Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic & International Studies

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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 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC on "Foreign Affairs and The Constitution: The Roles of Congress, The President, and The Courts". The first panel of the symposium discussed "The President's Powers as Commander-in-Chief vs. Congress' War Power and Appropriations Power".
Featuring:

Rep. Charles Bennett, U.S. Representative, Florida
Prof. Geoffrey P. Miller, University of Chicago Law School
William Bradford Reynolds, Department of Justice
Prof. William Van Alstyne, Duke University School of Law
Moderator: A.B. Culvahouse, Counsel to the President

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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 June 4, 2020, the Miami Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society hosted an online event discussing "Clash of the Titans: General Michael Flynn & Judge Emmett Sullivan - Does the DOJ have Unfettered Discretion to Dismiss the Flynn Prosecution?"
Featuring:

David Oscar Markus, Criminal Trial & Appellate Lawyer, Markus/Moss
Prof. Carissa Byrne Hessick, Ransdell Professor of Law and Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Moderator: Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute

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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.