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FEDERALIST SOCIETY

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Winter Semester 2008

  • April 18, 2008 * 3:00 * Drell House
    Law Review Workshop

  • April 17, 2008 * 6:30 * Room 300
    "Taking on the Government: Litigating on Behalf of the Duke Lacrosse Team in Durham, the Second Amendment in D.C., and Students Disfavored by Racial Preferences in Michigan"
    Membership Dinner with Charles Cooper
    Former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
    Partner, Cooper & Kirk PLLC

  • April 11, 2008 * 4:00 * Law Lounge
    Super-Sized TGIF
    Co-sponsored with American Constitution Society and Stanford Law & Policy Review

  • April 8, 2008 * 4:30 * Dean's Conference Room
    Judicial Clerkship Workshop

  • March 31, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 190
    "A Discussion on Same-Sex Marriage"
    Professor Amy Wax, University of Pennsylvania Law School
    Professor Pamela Karlan, Stanford Law School
    Co-sponsored with American Constitution Society and OutLaw

  • March 13, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 180
    "Of Verboten Jokes, 'Free Speech Gazebos,' and Terroristic Collages: The Threats to Free Speech on Campus"
    Greg Lukianoff (SLS '00)
    President, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
    Co-sponsored with Levin Center for Public Interest Law

  • March 11, 2008 * 6:30 * Cypress North, Tresidder Union
    "The Future of Conservatism"
    Ramesh Ponnuru
    Senior Editor, National Review
    Co-sponsored with Stanford Review, Stanford College Republicans, and Stanford Conservative Society

  • March 11, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 280B
    "Constitution Revolution at the Supreme Court: How the Supreme Court is Rewriting the Constitution"
    William H. Mellor
    President and General Counsel, Institute for Justice
    Co-sponsored with Levin Center for Public Interest Law

  • March 7-8, 2008 * University of Michigan Law School
    Federalist Society Student Symposium

  • March 4, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 280A
    "Lochner Was Right: Economic Liberty and the Courts"
    Timothy Sandefur
    Pacific Legal Foundation
    Co-sponsored with Levin Center for Public Interest Law

  • February 26, 2008 * 6:30 * Faculty Club
    Membership Dinner with Peter Thiel (SLS '92)
    Clarium Capital Management

  • February 23, 2008 * 10:30 * Reagan Presidential Library
    Second Annual Western Conference

  • February 21, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 271
    "Presidential Politics: Constitutional and Otherwise"
    Steven Lenzner
    Salvatori Fellow, Claremont McKenna College

  • February 19, 2008 * 7:00 * Palo Alto
    Membership Dinner with Judge Michael McConnell
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

  • February 14, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 180
    Debate: "Is the D.C. Gun Ban Unconstitutional?"
    Alan Gura, Counsel for Respondent, District of Columbia v. Heller
    Jack Rakove, Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner, D.C. v. Heller

  • February 6, 2008 * 5:30 * San Francisco
    Federalist Society Happy Hour with San Francisco Lawyers Chapter

  • February 4, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 95
    "Article II: The Roots of an Imperial Presidency"
    Gary Schmitt
    Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

  • January 29, 2008 * 1:00 * Room 290
    "The Curious Role of the D.C. Circuit"
    Judge Thomas B. Griffith
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    Co-sponsored with J. Reuben Clark Law Society

  • January 28, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 90
    "How to Become an AUSA"
    Assistant United States Attorney Theodore Cooperstein (SLS '87)
    Southern District of Florida

  • January 17, 2008 * 4:00 * Room 185
    "The Doctrine of Judicial Restraint: The Need for Judicial Humility"
    Judge J. Clifford Wallace (SLS '49)
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Co-sponsored with J. Reuben Clark Law Society

  • January 16, 2008 * 12:45 * Room 280B
    "Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal"
    Professor Randall Kennedy
    Harvard Law School
    Co-sponsored with Black Law Students Association

Fall Semester 2007

  • November 26, 2007 * 12:45 * Room 190
    "Two Decades of Constitutional Doctrine"
    The Honorable Edwin Meese
    Attorney General of the United States, 1985-88

  • November 15-17, 2007 * Washington, DC
    Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention

  • November 8, 2007 * 12:30 * Old Union
    Federalist Guide to Law School

  • November 2, 2007 * 12:45 * Room 180
    "We Can Fight Terrorism Without Sacrificing Civil Liberties"
    Former Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA)
    Liberty Strategies LLC

  • October 29, 2007 * 6:00 * Room 190
    "Appellate Fact-Finding: A Method to Acquire Power to Obtain the Desired Result"
    Judge Carlos Bea (SLS '58)
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • October 24, 2007 * 5:00 * Moot Court Room
    "A Discussion on the Current Supreme Court Docket"
    Judges Alex Kozinski & Stephen Reinhardt
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Introduction by Dean Larry Kramer, Stanford Law School
    Moderated by Professor Jeffrey Fisher, Stanford Law School
    Co-sponsored with American Constitution Society

  • October 23, 2007 * 10:00 * Law Lounge
    Live Broadcast of Chief Justice John Roberts's
    Lecture at Brigham Young University
    Co-sponsored with J. Reuben Clark Law Society and American Constitution Society

  • October 21, 2007 * 2:00-6:00
    Reception for Bay Area Law School Federalists

  • October 16, 2007 * 12:45 * Room 180
    "Affirmative Action: Beyond a Tenth of the 'Talented Tenth'?"
    Douglas Besharov
    American Enterprise Institute

  • October 10, 2007 * 9:00 * Antonio's Nuthouse
    Federalist Society Pub Night

  • October 4, 2007 * 12:45 * Room 280A
    "The Supreme Court and Judicial Restraint"
    Edward Whelan
    President, Ethics and Public Policy Center
    Contributor, Bench Memos on National Review Online

  • September 27, 2007 * 12:45 * Room 185
    "The War on Free Speech: Campaign Finance Reform and the First Amendment"
    Bradley Smith
    Former Chairman, Federal Election Commission
    Professor, Capital University Law School

  • September 13, 2007 * 12:30 * Room 180
    "Political Transparency in Supreme Court Appointments"
    Professor John Harrison
    University of Virginia School of Law & Stanford Law School

  • September 12, 2007 * 6:30 * Law Lounge
    "Constitutional Conversations: Supreme Discomfort"
    Kevin Merida & Michael Fletcher
    The Washington Post
    Co-sponsored with Stanford Constitutional Law Center and American Constitution Society

  • September 7, 2007 * 6:00 * Crothers Courtyard
    Federalist Society Welcome Back Barbecue

  • September 6, 2007 * 5:30 * Kresge Auditorium
    "Mandatory Minimums and the Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity"
    Judge Paul Cassell (SLS '84), U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
    Judge William Sessions, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
    Co-sponsored with Stanford Criminal Justice Center, Stanford Black Law Students Association, Stanford Criminal Law Society

Spring Semester 2007

  • April 18, 2007 * 12:30 * Room 180
    "Not-So-Serious Threats to Judicial Independence"
    Judge William H. Pryor
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  • April 11, 2007 * 3:45 * Room 180
    "Alberto Gonzales and Executive Privilege"
    Professor Douglas Kmiec
    Pepperdine University School of Law

  • April 6-7, 2007 * Room 290
    "A Conference on Elections and Democracy"
    Co-sponsored with Stanford Constitutional Center, Stanford Law & Policy Review, and American Constitution Society

  • March 20, 2007 * 12:30 * Room 180
    Debate: "Should there be an exception to McCain-Feingold for grassroots lobbying?"
    James Bopp,     Counsel, Wisconsin Right to Life
    Professor Alan Morrison, Co-Counsel, John McCain et al.
    Co-sponsored with Stanford Law & Policy Review and American Constitution Society

  • February 23-24, 2007 * Northwestern University Law School
    Federalist Society Student Symposium

  • February 21, 2007 * 12:30 * Room 190
    "Overcriminalization: Washington's New Annual Pastime"
    Professor Richard Epstein
    University of Chicago & Hoover Institution

  • February 15, 2007 * 12:30
    "A Pragmatic Defense of Originalism"
    Professor John O. McGinnis
    Northwestern University Law School

  • February 13, 2007 * 12:30 * Room 180
    "The Professors and Rumsfeld v. Fair"
    Professor Peter Berkowitz
    George Mason University Law School & Hoover Institution

  • February 8, 2007 * 6:00 * Room 190
    "The New Federalism Cases"
    Judge Michael McConnell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    Professor Pamela Karlan, Stanford Law School
    Co-sponsored with American Constitution Society

  • February 5, 2007 * 12:15 * Room 190
    "The Death Penalty: Reflections of an Advocate"
    Dean Kenneth W. Starr
     Pepperdine University School of Law
    Introduced by Professor Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanford Law School

  • January 26, 2007 * 12:30 * Room 271
    "Is the Supreme Court Disappearing?: Reflections on the First Year of the Roberts Court"
    Professor Orin S. Kerr
    George Washington University School of Law

  • January 24, 2007 * 12:30 * Room 185
    "The Treaty of the Democratic Peace"
    Tod Lindberg
    Hoover Institution & Policy Review
    Co-sponsored with International Law Society and Stanford National Security and the Law Society

  • January 17, 2007 * 8:00 * 750 Pub
    Federalist Society Pub Night

  • January 14, 2007 * 2:00-5:00
    Reception for Bay Area Law School Federalists

Fall Semester 2006

  • November 8, 2006 * 4:30 * San Francisco
    Visit to Chambers of Judge Carlos Bea
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • November 3, 2006 * 5:00-7:00 * Law Lounge
    A Pre-Election Day TGIF
    Co-sponsored with American Constitution Society, Stanford Law & Policy Review, and Public Interest Law Students Association

  • October 31, 2006 * 12:45 * Room 280B
    "Did It Really Work?: Welfare Reform Ten Years Later"
    Ron Haskins
    Brookings Institution
    Co-sponsored with Stanford Law & Policy Society

  • October 23, 2006 * 12:45 * Room 280B
    "Executive Power at War and Peace"
    Ronald A. Cass
    Cass & Associates & Boston University School of Law
    Co-sponsored with Stanford National Security and the Law Society

  • October 4, 2006 * 12:45 * Room 185
    "Justice Scalia's Original Meaning Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition"
    Professor Ralph A. Rossum
    Claremont McKenna College

  • September 22, 2006 * 12:45 * Room 95
    "The Future of Roe"
    Ramesh Ponnuru
    National Review

Spring Semester 2006

  • March 8, 2006 * 12:30 * Room 290
    "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Policy, Processes & Operations Brief: A Panel Discussion with Department of Defense Experts"
    Rear Adm. James M. McGarrah, Director, Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants;
    Brig. Gen. Thomas Hemingway, Department of Defense Legal Advisor, Military Commissions and War Crimes Prosecution;
    Col. Barry Coble, Chief of Detainee Affairs for the Joint Chiefs of Staff
    Co-sponsored with Dean's Office, Business Executives for National Security, and Stanford National Security and the Law Society

  • February 16, 2006 * 12:00 * Room 271
    "Broken Borders: An Insider's View on Immigration Reform"
    C. Stewart Verdery, Jr.
    Mehlman, Vogel, Castagnetti, Inc.
    Former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security

  • February 2, 2006 * 4:00 * Room 285
    "The Crisis Today in Constitutional Legitimacy"
    Roger Pilon
    Cato Institute

  • January 31, 2006 * 12:30 * Room 180
    "The Mysterious Unitary Executive"
    Professor Richard Epstein
    University of Chicago & Hoover Institution

  • January 26, 2006 * 4:00 * Room 190
    Paul D. Clement
    Solicitor General of the United States

Fall Semester 2005

  • December 1, 2005 * 12:20 * Room 271
    "Is Originalism Still the Least Bad Theory?"
    Michael S. Greve
    American Enterprise Institute

  • November 14, 2005 * 4:15 * Room 190
    "Supreme Court Preview"
    John Elwood
    Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    United States Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel

  • November 7, 2005 * 12:30 * Room 280A
    "School Choice: Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education"
    Clint Bolick
    Alliance for School Choice

  • October 31, 2005 * 12:30 * Room 272
    "Sex, Lies, and Feminism in Legal Academia"
    Christina Hoff Sommers
    American Enterprise Institute
    Commentary by Deborah Rhode, Stanford Law School

  • October 27, 2005 * 12:00 * Room 180
    "In Defense of the Solomon Amendment"
    Gerald Walpin
    Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman

  • October 12, 2005 * 5:00 * Room 190
    Debate: "Guantanamo Bay Detainees"
    Professor John Yoo, Boalt Hall
    Professor David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center
    Co-sponsored with American Constitution Society

  • September 20, 2005 * 12:30 * Room 180
    "The Ten Commandments Cases"
    Jeffrey Ventrella
    Alliance Defense Fund

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