Upcoming Events

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Second-year law students are invited to a toast to celebrate being halfway through law school. Dean Risa Goluboff will address the audience. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

Andrew Ferguson ’12, Virginia’s solicitor general, has also served as chief counsel to U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Food will be provided.

Mutale Nkonde is the founding CEO of AI For the People, a communications nonprofit. She has also been a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and, as an artificial intelligence policy adviser, was part of a team that introduced Algorithmic Accountability and Deep Fakes Accountability Acts to Congress. Food will be provided.

Andrew Ward, an attorney with the Institute for Justice, will discuss whether the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment protect a right to work. He will also offer his insights as lead counsel in Tiwari v. Friedlander, a recent case addressing the right to engage in a common occupation. Food will be provided.

Nearly 50 years ago, the majority of the Supreme Court in Rodriguez rejected the claim that education is a fundamental right and held that Texas’ system of using local property taxes to fund its public schools did not violate the Equal Protection Clause. Today, the fight for equity in K-12 public education continues on numerous fronts — some decades-old and some unique to the present moment. With debates about public schooling increasingly becoming a microcosm of larger political and social issues, the symposium will contextualize these struggles and think creatively about ways to forge a more just and equitable system. The event will feature paper presentations, topical panel discussions, a book signing and more. St. Mary’s University law professor Albert Kauffman will deliver the keynote.

The United States relies heavily on economic measures to manage international conflict and competition. From sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine to restrictions on investment in China and controls over cross-border technology flows, regulations aimed at protecting national security are in the forefront as the United States winds down long-standing military operations around the world. The conference convenes legal and policy experts to discuss the latest developments in and future trajectories of the economic levers of national security. Neil H. MacBride ’92, general counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will deliver the keynote address. There is no cost to attend this conference, but registration is required. Parking will be available in the D2 and D3 lots adjacent to the Law School.

Professor Michael Morley of Florida State University College of Law will discuss the legal rationales for nationwide injunctions. Food will be provided.

Professor Christopher J. Walker of the University of Michigan Law School will give a lecture on the future of the major questions doctrine after West Virginia v. EPA.

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