27th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
The 27th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference will take place January 7-8, 2026, in New Orleans, LA, at the Loews New Orleans Hotel. The conference will proceed under the general aegis of the AALS Annual Meeting, with our events and speakers cross-listed in the AALS Annual Meeting Program.
Please note: Registration for the Annual Faculty Conference is free, but it does not provide access to the AALS Annual Meeting. Those who wish to attend the AALS Annual Meeting must register separately with AALS.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, January 7
Welcome & Luncheon Debate: Resolved: The President Has the Indefeasible Power of Removal 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- Prof. Aditya Bamzai, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
- Prof. Andrea Katz, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Kristin Hickman, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, McKnight Presidential Professor in Law, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law, Associate Director, Corporate Institute, University of Minnesota Law School
7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-A 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
- Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick, “How to Be a Textualist,” Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Prof. Jonathan Green, “Precedent's Past,” Associate Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
- Prof. Jide Okechuku Nzelibe, “The Constitutional Consequences of Foreign Affairs Polarization,” Howard and Elizabeth Chapman Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
- Prof. Haley Proctor, “No Law Without Delegation,” Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
- Dr. Christopher Wolfe, “Constitutional Perfection: A Rebuttal of Bailey on Deliberative Democracy,” Associate Professor of Political Science, University of St. Thomas
- Moderator: Prof. Michael Moreland, University Professor of Law and Religion, Director, Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-B 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
- Prof. Johnny Rex Buckles, “Voluntary Wealth Redistribution to the Poor Through Transfer Tax Reform,” Professor of Law, Mike and Teresa Baker College Professor, University of Houston Law Center
- Prof. Itai Fiegenbaum, “Hiding in Plain Sight: A Counternarrative of Controlling Shareholders in American Corporate Finance,” Assistant Professor of Law, St. Thomas University College of Law
- Prof. Jason S. Johnston, “The Race to the Bottom in Extraterritorial State Regulation: Economic Analysis and Legal and Political Responses,” Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Environmental Law, Nicholas E. Chimicles Research Professor of Business Law and Regulation, Director, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, University of Virginia School of Law
- Prof. Kenneth Rosen, “Celebrating the Declaration of Independence: The Underappreciated Importance of Economic Freedom for the Founders and Its Lessons for Today,” Professor of Law, The University of Alabama School of Law
- Prof. Andrew Schwartz, “Foundation Duration,” Laurence W. DeMuth Chair of Business Law, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
- Moderator: Prof Miranda Perry Fleischer, Associate Dean of Faculty, Richard and Kaye Woltman Professor in Finance, University of San Diego School of Law
7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-C 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
- Prof. Jacob Eisler, “Racial Gateways,” James Edmund and Margaret Elizabeth Hennessey Corry Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
- Prof. Jason Jarvis, “Joinder Asymmetry,” Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
- Prof. Michael Lewyn, “Can Green Amendments Stop Car Pollution?,” Director of the Institute on Land Use and Sustainable Development, Professor of Law, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
- Branton Nestor, “Historical Protections and Limits of the Free Exercise of Religion,” Associate Attorney, Gibson Dunn
- Maru Opabola, “Recentering Receivers in the Press Clause,” Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Jeremy Kidd, Professor of Law, Drake University Law School
Welcome Remarks by AALS President-Elect Danielle Conway 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel: Abundance and the Law 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm
- Prof. Bridget Dooling, Assistant Professor of Law, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
- Prof. Daniel Lyons, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Law, Dean's Distinguished Scholar, Boston College Law School
- Prof. Chris Walker, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
- Prof. Daniel Walters, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Christina Mulligan, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Reception 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Thursday, January 8
Breakfast 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Panel: Originalism, Birthright Citizenship, and the 14th Amendment 9:00 am - 10:45 am
- Prof. Amanda Frost, David Lurton Massee, Jr., Professor of Law, Director, Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program, University of Virginia School of Law
- Prof. Kurt Lash, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Law, University of Richmond School of Law
- Prof. Keith Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
- Prof. Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
- Moderator: Prof. J. Joel Alicea, St. Robert Bellarmine Professor of Law, Director, the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 2-A 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
- Prof. Eric Claeys, “The Police Power and the Fourteenth Amendment,” Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
- Prof. James Duane, “The Day the Supreme Court of the United States Almost Outlawed Religious Discrimination in Jury Selection,” Professor of Law, Regent University School of Law
- Prof. Earl Maltz, “The Fourteenth Amendment as a Reconstruction Measure,” Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
- Prof. Bradley Rebeiro, “Enforcing the Reconstruction Amendments,” Associate Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School (Co-author, Prof. Tyler Lindley, Associate Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School)
- Prof. David Upham, “The Religion Clauses and the Fourteenth Amendment: Towards an Originalist Settlement,” Associate Professor of Law, St. Thomas University College of Law
- Prof. Kevin Walsh, “The Real Ius of 'Justice' in Justiciability,” Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Anthony Gaughan, Associate Dean, Kern Family Chair in Law, Professor of Law, Drake University Law School
7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 2-B 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
- Prof. Eric Bolinder, “The Ticking Time Bomb of Nondelegation,” Assistant Professor of Law, Liberty University School of Law
- Prof. Eric Chaffee, “The New Old SEC,” John C. Hutchins Professor of Law; Director, Compliance Risk Management and Financial Integrity Institute; Co-Director, Center for Business Law; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Strategic Programs, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Prof. Samuel Estreicher, “Corporate and Union Political Activism: The Problem of Dissent,” Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Public Law, Director, Institute of Judicial Administration, New York University School of Law
- Prof. Gary Myers, “Putting the Constitution into Practice – Law School Admissions Data and Compliance with Students for Fair Admissions,” Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law
- Elias Neibart, “Legislatures are Not Administrative Agencies,” Judicial Law Clerk
- Prof. Moin Yahya, “Precedential Originalism,” Professor of Law, University of Alberta Faculty of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Michael McGinniss, Professor of Law, J. Philip Johnson Faculty Fellow, University of North Dakota School of Law
7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 2-C 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
- Jorge Barrera-Rojas, “Comparative Law by Exclusion,” Associate Research Scholar in Law, Olin-Searle Fellow, Yale Law School
- Prof. Christian Burset, “Reading Statutes Wrongly in the Common-Law Tradition,” Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
- Prof. Shea Daley Burdette, “Back to the Fourth Amendment,” Assistant Professor of Law Libraries, Assistant Director, Zimmerman Law Library, University of Dayton School of Law
- Prof. Kenneth Lasson, “Civil Liberties in Uncivil Times,” Professor of Law, Emeritus, University of Baltimore School of Law
- Prof. Adam MacLeod, “Vested Rights and the Presumption of Lawful Use,” Professor of Law, Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global and International Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law
- Prof. Tamar Meshel, “Four Years to Chapter 4: An Empirical Analysis of FAA Judicial Decisions,” Associate Professor of Law, University of Alberta Faculty of Law
- Prof. Robert Steinbuch, “Free Speech and the Freedom of Information Act,” Professor of Law, University of Arkansas William H. Bowen School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Donald Childress, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
Luncheon Panel: Developments in Delaware: DExit, SB21, Musk, and More 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
- Prof. Eric Chaffee, John C. Hutchins Professor of Law; Director, Compliance Risk Management and Financial Integrity Institute; Co-Director, Center for Business Law; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Strategic Programs, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Prof. Itai Fiegenbaum, Assistant Professor of Law, St. Thomas University College of Law
- Prof. Mohsen Manesh, Mr. & Mrs. L.L. Stewart Professor of Business Law, Associate Dean of Faculty Research & Programs, Faculty Director, Portland Program, University of Oregon School of Law
- Moderator: Prof. Robert Miller, Professor of Law, Rouse Chairholder, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations 2:45 pm - 4:45 pm
- Prof. Charles Capps, “What Interpretation Just Is and Why It Matters,” Associate Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
- Prof. Katherine Mims Crocker, “Ex Parte Young Redux,” Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
- Prof. Gregory Dickinson, “Law Proofing the Future,” Assistant Professor of Law and, by courtesy, Computer Science, University of Nebraska College of Law
- Prof. Jonathan Green, “Some Traditional Questions About 'History and Tradition,'” Associate Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
- Prof. Ryan Snyder, “Historical Practice at the Founding,” Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law
- Commenter: Prof. John Harrison, James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law, Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
- Commenter: Prof. Adam MacLeod, Professor of Law, Katherine A. Ryan Chair for Global and International Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law
- Commenter: Prof. Kevin Walsh, Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
- Commenter: Prof. Keith Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
- Moderator: Dean Merritt McAlister, Interim Dean, Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Preliminary Thoughts on Legal Issues Relating to the Maduro Seizure 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
- Prof. Roger Alford, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
- Prof. Soledad Bertelsen, Assistant Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
- Prof. Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Public Law, Director, Institute of Judicial Administration, New York University School of Law
- Prof. John Harrison, James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law, Class of 1941 Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
- Prof. Jide Okechuku Nzelibe, Howard and Elizabeth Chapman Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
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