Our website is currently undergoing updates, some links may no longer work and content may change. Please check back soon.

The Latest

In Pung v. Isabella County, the Supreme Court rejected arguments that the Constitution requires compensation based on a property’s fair-market value after a tax sale, holding instead that surplus auction proceeds are the proper measure when the sale is fairly conducted. Join us

In two major decisions this term, the Supreme Court narrowed the use of U.S. courts in international disputes, limiting new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statute and clarifying sovereign immunity under the Helms-Burton Act. Join us TODAY at 10:45 AM for a discussion with

@AFergusonFTC A year after Skrmetti, its central questions — the line between sex and transgender classifications, the appropriate level of judicial scrutiny, and who decides those questions — continues to be addressed across federal and state courts in real time.

@AFergusonFTC Post-Skrmetti, lawsuits by transgender activists challenging state laws aimed at protecting parental rights have faced a harder road. In April, the 8th Circuit upheld Iowa's law requiring schools to notify parents when a student seeks a gender-identity accommodation. In Iowa

@AFergusonFTC In the emerging world of detransition litigation, other courts are now asking exactly who bears responsibility when patients are harmed by medical transitions. In January, a New York jury returned a ~$2M verdict in Varian v. Einhorn & Chin — reportedly the first U.S. malpractice

Get involved on campus

Students

Upcoming Events

FedSoc Forums

Practice Groups

The Federalist Society’s Practice Group members are grouped by substantive area of law. Every Practice Group has an Executive Committee that meets once a month. These volunteers help track major developments in their area of expertise and direct the content and programming of the Practice Group. They organize events including FedSoc Forums, in person programs, and panels for several single day conferences like the annual Executive Branch Review Conference. Executive Committee members regularly author blog posts and articles featured in FedSoc’s Publications. They also help plan and present FedSoc’s flagship annual conference, the National Lawyers Convention.