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Shakespeare and the Law 2019 Belief and the Burden of Proof through the Lens of Six of the Bard's Plays
On April 29, 2019, The Federalist Society's Boston Lawyers Chapter cosponsored their sixteenth annual Shakespeare and the Law Program with McCarter & English and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. This year's program took on the themes of belief and the burden of proof through the lens of six of Shakespeare’s plays: Cymbeline, Hamlet, Henry IV, Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, and Othello.
Following a staged reading of brief scenes from each of the plays, judges, prosecutors, attorneys, activists, and commentators discussed how allegations of impropriety should be measured and judged in the courtroom, the workplace, the college campus, and the congressional hearing room.
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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.
Featuring:

Justice Judith Cowin, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (retired)
Samantha Harris, Vice President, Procedural Advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights (FIRE)
Judge Timothy Hillman, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Jeff Jacoby, Columnist, Boston Globe
Wendy Kaminer, Author, Lawyer and Social Critic
Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Joan Lukey, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Judge George O’Toole, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Chief Judge Patti Saris, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Judge Douglas Woodlock, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Judge Rya Zobel, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Moderated by:

Jennifer Braceras, Senior Fellow, Independent Women’s Forum; Former Commissioner of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (2001-2007)
Judge Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (Retired)

Directed by:

Adam Sanders, Associate Artistic Director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

Produced by:

Daniel J. Kelly, Partner, McCarter & English; Chairman, Boston Lawyers Chapter

Introduction by:

Steven Maler, Founding Artistic Director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

On April 25, 2019, the Federalist Society's Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group sponsored a panel discussion on "Government Takings Litigation Update - Through the Lens of Love Terminal."
A 2018 federal circuit court ruling rejected compensation to the plaintiff in a case in which the government took through eminent domain a privately owned airline terminal and physically demolished it. The plaintiffs, now seeking cert before the U.S. Supreme Court, spent $17 million building that terminal at Dallas Love Field Airport. The U.S. Court of Claims ruled that the taking of the terminal was worth more than $133 million, but the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, declaring the terminal's value to be zero, as the investment property had yet to earn a positive cash flow. Our panel of experts discussed the impact of Love Terminal Partners v. U.S. on takings law.
Featuring:

Mr. George Will, Opinion Writer, The Washington Post
Prof. J. Peter Byrne, J. Hampton Baumgartner, Jr., Chair In Real Property Law, Georgetown Law
Ms. Elizabeth P. Papez, Partner, Gibson Dunn
Prof. George L. Priest, Edward J. Phelps Professor of Law and Economics, Yale Law School
Moderator: Mr. Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent, The New York Times

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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.

With recent changes in leadership at the Department of Justice, and still further changes imminent, it is not yet clear what the priorities of the DOJ will be moving forward. Join us for lunch and a panel focused on the various approaches the DOJ may have in the coming years, and what that will mean for the country. Topics discussed will include but not be limited to, border security, election tampering, civil asset forfeiture, and overcriminalization.
Featuring:

John Richter, Partner, King & Spalding
Hon. Scott Keller, Partner, Baker Botts
Lee Casey, Partner, Baker & Hostetler
Hon. George J. Terwilliger, Partner, McGuireWoods
Moderator: Hon. Raymond Randolph, United States Court Of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

On March 15-16, 2019, the Federalist Society's student chapter at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law hosted the 2019 National Student Symposium. The banquet dinner featured a fireside chat with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and Senator Jon Kyl.
Featuring:

Introduction: Eugene Meyer, President, The Federalist Society
Moderator: Senator Jon Kyl, Arizona
Governor Doug Ducey, Arizona

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 March 15-16, 2019, the Federalist Society's student chapter at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law hosted the 2019 National Student Symposium. The 2019 Joseph Story Award was awarded to Prof. Samuel Bray of the Notre Dame Law School.
The Joseph Story Award is named for Joseph Story, who was appointed to the Supreme Court at the age of 32, served as the first Dane Professor of Law at Harvard, and wrote the Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. It is the successor to the Paul M. Bator Award.
The Joseph Story Award is given annually to a young academic (40 and under) who has demonstrated excellence in legal scholarship, a commitment to teaching, a concern for students, and who has made significant public impact in a manner that advances the rule of law in a free society.
Featuring:

Eugene Meyer, President, The Federalist Society
Walter Pelton, Vice President and Chair of the Joseph Story Award, University of Chicago Law School Federalist Society
Prof. Samuel Bray, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School

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 March 15-16, 2019, the Federalist Society's student chapter at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law hosted the 2019 National Student Symposium. The winner of the second Annual Article I Initiative Writing Contest was Deion Kathawa, a student at Notre Dame Law School.
The Federalist Society's Article I Initiative is focused on the critical issue of why the modern Congress is not functioning as the most powerful branch as envisioned by the Framers. In order to help engage new thought and discussion, the Initiative's second annual writing contest dealt with the theme "Ambition Counteracting Ambition: Enduring Principle or Failed Experiment?"
Featuring:

Nathan Kaczmarek, Director, Article I Initiative | Director, Regulatory Transparency Project, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
Deion Kathawa, Notre Dame Law School

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 April 5, 2019, the Federalist Society's Ohio lawyers chapters hosted the 2019 Ohio Chapters Conference in Columbus, OH. The third and final panel explored "Emerging Religious Liberty Issues in Ohio".
Intensifying public debates over religious liberty have spilled into the courts, with some cases making their way to the United States Supreme Court. Ohio is no stranger to this national trend. Panelists will discuss Tree of Life Christian Schools v. City of Upper Arlington, an Ohio zoning dispute involving religious liberty claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), for which a petition for writ of certiorari was recently filed in the United States Supreme Court after the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sided with the city. Panelists will also discuss the Ohio Constitution's provision regarding religious liberty, which explicitly refers to “the rights of conscience," and discuss if and how this provision of the Ohio Constitution should be interpreted differently than the First Amendment with respect to religious liberty issues.
Featuring:

Jeremiah Galus, Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
Holly Gross, Vice President of Government Relations at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Philip Williamson, Associate, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Moderator: Matthew Byrne, Of Counsel, Jackson Lewis P.C.

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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 April 5, 2019, the Federalist Society's Ohio lawyers chapters hosted the 2019 Ohio Chapters Conference in Columbus, OH. The second panel covered "The Future of Administrative Deference".
More and more judges, advocates, and scholars are calling on the courts to reexamine the deference paid to administrative agencies’ legal interpretations. This debate has attracted the most attention at the federal level. But the same is now occurring in state courts—including in Ohio, where just last year four justices on the Supreme Court of Ohio questioned the appropriateness of deference to agency interpretations. This distinguished panel will address these developments, make some predictions about future developments, and discuss whether those likely developments are good, bad, or neither.
Featuring:

Prof. Aditya Bamzai, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Kristin Hickman, Distinguished McKnight University Professor & Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law, University of Minnesota Law School & Associate Director, Corporate Institute
Prof. Christopher J. Walker, Associate Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law & Director of the Moritz Washington, D.C., Summer Program
Moderator: Hon. R. Patrick DeWine, Associate Justice, Ohio 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.

On April 5, 2019, the Federalist Society's Ohio lawyers chapters hosted the 2019 Ohio Chapters Conference in Columbus, OH. United States Solicitor General Noel Francisco offered a keynote presentation regarding the "proliferation of nationwide injunctions".

Hon. Noel Francisco, United States Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice

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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.