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Spring 2025 Events
January 15, 2025
Wednesday
Regulating Big Tech as Common Carriers
Speakers: Alan Gura (Institute for Free Speech), Prof. Christopher Yoo (Penn Law)
January 28, 2025
Wednesday
A Debate on Pornography Regulation: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
Speakers: Darpana Sheth (FIRE), Ilya Shapiro (Manhattan Institute)
February 5, 2025
Wednesday
Litigating Before Appellate Courts
Speaker: Kannon Shanmugham (Paul, Weiss)
February 11, 2025
Tuesday
The Anatomy of a Federal Jury Trial
Speakers: Judge Tom Barber (M.D. Fla.), Judge Karen Marston (E.D. Pa.)
February 18, 2025
Tuesday
Federal vs. State Criminal Sentencing
Speakers: Judge John Cronan (SDNY), Judge Anthony Kyriakakis (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas)
February 20, 2025
Thursday
Interpreting the "Original Spirit" of the Constitution
Speakers: Professor Sai Prakash (Virginia Law), Professor Michael Rappaport (University of San Diego Law)
February 26, 2025
Wednesday
The Court of Public Opinion: Celebrity Trials
Speaker: Mark Geragos (Geragos & Geragos)
March 6, 2025
Thursday
The Third Amendment as a Challenge to Police Militarization
Speakers: Professor Ilya Somin (George Mason Law), Professor Anjelica Hendricks (Penn Law)
March 19, 2025
Wednesday
The Future of the Conservative Legal Movement
Speakers: Gregg Nunziata (Society for the Rule of Law), Louis Capozzi (Jones Day)
March 20, 2025
Thursday
Careers in Academia
Speaker: Lee Otis (The Federalist Society), Kyle Hammerness (The Federalist Society)
March 25, 2025
Tuesday
The Supreme Court's Not-So-Shadowy Emergency Docket
Speaker: Judge Trevor N. McFadden (D.D.C.)
March 26, 2025
Wednesday
A Conversation with Judge Pan
Speaker: Judge Florence Y. Pan (D.C. Circuit)
April 4, 2025
Tuesday
Annual Symposium on Executive Power and the Presidency
April 8, 2025
Tuesday
The Jurisprudence of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Speaker: Professor Derek Webb (Catholic Law)
April 15, 2025
Wednesday
Judge.AI: A Conversation on Artificial Intelligence and Textualism
Speakers: Judge John Nalbandian (Sixth Circuit), Jack Kieffaber (James Wilson Inst.)
Fall 2024 Events
September 5th, 2024
Thursday
Introduction to the Federalist Society
Speaker: Louis Capozzi L'19 (Jones Day)
September 11th, 2024
Wednesday
Arrogance, Showing Off, and Hiding the Ball: The Dangers of Judicial Rhetoric for American Democracy
Speaker: Judge Stephanos Bibas (Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
September 18th, 2024
Wednesday
Supreme Court Preview
Moderator: Judge Joshua Wolson (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
Speakers: Professor Jennifer Mascott (Catholic Law), Professor Kate Shaw (Penn Law)
September 25th, 2024
Thursday
Can States Defend Their Own Borders?
Speakers: Simon Hankinson (Heritage Foundation), David Bier (Cato Institute)
October 9th, 2024
Wednesday
Should the FTC Ban Non-Compete Agreements?
Speakers: Judd Littleton (Sullivan & Cromwell), Prof. David Abrams (Penn Law)
October 16th, 2024
Wednesday
A Conversation with Judge Eid
Speaker: Judge Allison H. Eid (Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals)
October 17th, 2024
Thursday
The Overturn of Chevron: Arguing the Relentless Case
Speakers: Roman Martinez (Latham & Watkins), Matthew Wiener (Penn Law)
October 22nd, 2024
Tuesday
Climate Change in the Courts
Speaker: Corinne Snow (Vinson & Elkins, Wharton)
October 23rd, 2024
Wednesday
The Right to Sleep in Public?
A Conversation on the Eighth Amendment
Speakers: Timothy Sandefur (Goldwater Institute), Prof. Sandra Mayson (Penn Law)
October 30, 2024
Wednesday
A Conversation with Judge Matey
Speaker: Judge Paul B. Matey (Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
November 13, 2024
Wednesday
Applying History & Tradition After Rahimi
Speakers: David Kopel (Cato Institute), Prof. Mitchell Berman (Penn Law)
December 5, 2024
Thursday
A Look into OIRA During the Trump Administration
Speaker: Paul Ray (Heritage Foundation)
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