2018–2019 In Review…
Speakers:
- Judge Thomas Griffith (D.C. Circuit), “Civic Charity and the Constitution”
- Judge James C. Ho (5th Cir.), “What to Celebrate When Celebrating the Constitution?”
- Judge John K. Bush (6th Cir.), “The Proper Role of a Federal Court of Appeals Judge”
- Judge Amul Thapar (6th Cir.) “Habeas Corpus in Wartime” with Prof. Amanda Tytler
- Judge Jeffrey Sutton (6th Cir.), “State Constitutions and Individual Rights” with Prof. Larry Tribe
- Judge Ryan Nelson (9th Cir.), “The Art of Dissent”
- Judge Britt Grant (11th Cir.), “State and Federal Appellate Courts”
- Judge Kevin Newsom (11th Cir.), “The Cardinal Virtues of Judging”
- Judge Trevor McFadden (D.C. District), “What’s So Bad About Inefficiency?”
- Justice Clint Bolick (Arizona Supreme Court), “Vindicating the Promise of Brown v. Board”
- Justice Thomas Lee (Utah Supreme Court), “Impartialism: Judging and the Rule of Law”
- Prof. Hadley Arkes, James Wilson Institute, seminar on natural law and its bearing on our jurisprudence
- Prof. Randy Barnett, GULC, “The Myth of Substantive Due Process”
- Prof. William Baude, University of Chicago Law School, “Janus Reconsidered”
- Prof. Logan Beirne, Yale Law School, “The Blood of Tyrants and American Legal History”
- Prof. Joseph Weiler, NYU School of Law, “The European Culture War 2003-2019” with Prof. Mary Ann Glendon
- Prof. Ilan Wurman, Arizona State University, “Can a Dead Constitution Bind the Living?”
- Kathryn Ciano, Senior Counsel at Uber, “Regulation and Emerging Technology”
- Paul Clement, former solicitor general of the United States, “The Future of the Supreme Court”
- Steven Engel, Associate Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, “Law in an Era of Politics” with Prof. Jack Goldsmith
- David French, Senior Writer for National Review, “Academic Freedom and Free Speech”
- Yoram Hazony, “A Confederation of Prodigies: On the Ascendancy of Reason and the Extinction of Conservatism in America” with Profs. Mary Ann Glendon, Jack Goldsmith, and Cass Sunstein
- Jeh Johnson, former Homeland Security Secretary, “Navigating a Public/Private Law Career”
- Scott Keller, former Texas Solicitor General, “The Role of the State Solicitor General”
- David Lat, founder of Above the Law, “Judicial Celebrity and Cameras in the Courtroom”
- Michael McGinley, formerly of the White House Counsel’s office, “Judicial selection process in the Trump administration”
Social:
- Trickle Down Gin & Tonics Reagan’s Birthday Party
- Halloween Party: Night of the Living Constitution
- Beginning-of-Year and End-of-Year Barbecue
- Many, many Happy Hours!
Annual Banquet:
- Keynote Speaker: The Honorable William H. Pryor
- Outstanding Alumnus Recognition Award: The Honorable Beth A. Williams
- Charles Fried Award for Intellectual Diversity: Professor Gabriella Blum
- James Madison Award: Grant Newman
- JLPP Award: Chad Harper
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