2023 National Lawyers Convention

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November 9 – 11, 2023

The 2023 National Lawyers Convention will take place Thursday, November 9 through Saturday, November 11 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. Over three days, the Convention will feature four Showcase Sessions discussing the Convention Theme of "Originalism on the Ground", eighteen breakout sessions sponsored by the Practice Groups, the Fifteenth Annual Rosenkranz Debate, the Twenty-Second Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture, and the 2023 Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner.

• Fees • Lodging •

2023 Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner

NEW LOCATION!
The Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Reception - 6:00 p.m.
Dinner - 7:00 p.m.
(ticketed event) BLACK TIE OPTIONAL
SOLD OUT!

Twenty-Second Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture

Featuring

Bari Weiss, Founder & Editor, The Free Press

The Mayflower Hotel 
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Friday, November 10, 2023
5:00 p.m.
(ticketed event)
SOLD OUT!

Fifteenth Annual Rosenkranz Debate

The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Saturday, November 11, 2023
12:30 p.m.

Annual Hon. Robert H. Bork Memorial Lecture

The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Saturday, November 11, 2023
4:30 p.m. 

Showcase Sessions Discussing the Convention Theme:

"Originalism on the Ground"

• Originalism on the Ground: Roundtable
• Whither Precedent?
• Originalism on the Ground: Panel
• How Originalist Is the Supreme Court?

Practice Group and Special Sessions

• Do States Enjoy a Special Solicitude?
• Hyperextension? Federal Financial Agencies & Cryptocurrency Regulation
• Originalism/Textualism and Antitrust Law
• Defend the Constitution, Save the Planet: The Role of Public Interest Groups in Shaping Environmental Law
• Originalist Perspective on Ethics of Supreme Court
• The Judiciary's Federalist Revival
• After Dobbs and Samia: The Potential Implications of Applying a Dobbs Lens to the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Criminal Jurisprudence
• Religious Liberty in the Work-and-Market-place
• SFFA and Beyond
• The Administrative State, Its Supporters and Its Discontents 
• The Current Administration's FCC Agenda
• Fair Elections in an Era of Partisanship
• Reauthorization of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
• Israeli Judicial Independence
• The Injunction Function: Is IP Law Promoting Markets for Innovators and Creators? 
• Nightmare on Half Street: Free Speech and the NLRB
• Second Amendment

Confirmed Speakers to Date

• Hon. Michael G. Adams, Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Kentucky
• Hon. Jonathan Adelstein, President & CEO, The Wireless Infrastructure Association; Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
• Prof. J. Joel Alicea, Co-Director, Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition; Assistant Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
• Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School
• Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Hon. Stewart Baker, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
• Mr. Craig Becker, General Counsel, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
• Hon. Rebecca Bradley, Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Hon. Steven Bradbury, Distinguished Fellow, Executive Vice President’s Office, The Heritage Foundation
• Prof. Emily Bremer, Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School
• Prof. Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law School
• Prof. Chris Brummer, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Financial Technology, Georgetown Law
• Hon. Patrick J. Bumatay, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Hon. Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
• Hon. Paul D. Clement, Partner, Clement & Murphy, PLLC
• Hon. Mignon Clyburn, Principal, MLC Strategies, LLC; Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
• Prof. Daniel A. Crane, Richard W. Pogue Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
• Prof. Michael R. Dimino, Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
• Mr. David D. Doniger, Senior Strategic Director and Attorney, Climate and Clean Energy Program, National Resources Defense Council
• Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• Prof. Richard Fallon, Story Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Ms. Deborah A. Garza, Partner, Rule Garza Howley LLP
• Mr. Kyle George, Principal, Kyle George Law Group; Former First Assistant Attorney General,  State of Nevada
• Prof. Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence & Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University
• Hon. Britt Grant, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• Prof. Tara Leigh Grove, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
• Mr. Eric Hamilton, Solicitor General, Nebraska Department of Justice
• Prof. John C. Harrison, James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
• Hon. Gail L. Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
• Hon. James C. Ho, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• Hon. John W. Holcomb, United States District Court, Central District of California
• Hon. Ryan T. Holte, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; Jurist-In-Residence Professor of Law, The University of Akron School of Law
• Hon. Edith H. Jones, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• Mr. Ashley Keller, Partner, Keller Postman
• Prof. Randall L. Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Prof. Randy Kozel, Fritz Duda Family Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School
• Mr. Jake Laperruque, Deputy Director, Security and Surveillance Project, Center for Democracy & Technology
• Hon. Joan Larsen, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• Prof. Gary Lawson, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Boston University School of Law
• Prof. Ronald M. Levin, William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
• Ms. Caitlin Long, Founder & CEO, Custodia Bank
• Ms. Stephanie A. Maloney, Chief of Staff & Associate Chief Counsel, United States Chamber Litigation Center
• Prof. John O. McGinnis, George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
• Prof. William G. Merkel, Associate Professor, Charleston School of Law
• Prof. Bernadette Meyler, Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
• Hon. Philip A. Miscimarra, Partner, Morgan & Lewis
• Hon. Jay Mitchell, Associate Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
• Hon. Jason Miyares, Attorney General, Virginia
• Erin E. Murphy, Partner, Clement & Murphy, PLLC 
• Hon. Andy Oldham, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• Prof. Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, Austin E. Owen Research Scholar & Professor of Law, The University of Richmond School of Law
• Hon. Michael H. Park, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• Prof. Christopher L. Peterson, John J. Flynn Endowed Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
• Prof. Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law
• Prof. Stephen E. Sachs, Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Mr. Damien M. Schiff, Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Ms. Laurie Self, Senior Vice President & Counsel, Government Affairs, Qualcomm
• Mrs. Carrie C. Severino, President, Judicial Crisis Network
• Ms. Laura Sheridan, Head of Patent Policy, Google
• Prof. Jed Shugerman, Professor of Law, Boston University Law School 
• Hon. Nathan Simington, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
• Hon. Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, Capital University Law School; Former Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
• Prof. Mark W. Smith, Visiting Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University
• Prof. John Stinneford, Edward Rood Eminent Scholar Chair, Professor of Law, & Senior Fellow, Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education, Levin College of Law, University of Florida
• Patrick Strawbridge, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC
• Mr. Aaron Streett, Chairman, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law Practice, Baker Botts LLP
• Mr. David H. Thompson, Managing Partner, Cooper & Kirk
• Mr. Andrew Tutt, Senior Associate, Arnold & Porter
• Hon. Timothy M. Tymkovich, United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• Hon. Stephen A. Vaden, United States Court of International Trade
• Hon. Lawrence J.C. VanDyke, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Ms. Kristen K. Waggoner, General Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
• Prof. Christopher J. Walker, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
• Hon. Seth P. Waxman, Partner, WilmerHale and former United States Solicitor General
• Hon. Beth A. Williams, Board Member, United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 
• Devon Westhill, President & General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity
• Hon. Elizabeth Wydra, President, Constitutional Accountability Center
• Hon. Evan A. Young, Supreme Court of Texas

Lodging

The Mayflower Hotel is sold out of rooms at the Federalist Society's contracted rate. There may be hotel rooms available at the Mayflower at a higher rate; please check directly with the Mayflower at 202-347-3000.

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Convention Fees

*The Daily Sessions Package includes all three days of sessions, CLE, and lunches. CLE materials will be available electronically. A hardcopy of materials can be provided upon request after the Convention, make sure to request CLE Materials in hardcopy form on the CLE sign-in form during the Convention. The Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner and the Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture & Reception are NOT INCLUDED in this package.

**Individual day purchase includes that day’s sessions, CLE, and lunch.  It does not include social events. CLE materials will be available electronically. A hardcopy of materials can be provided upon request after the Convention, make sure to request CLE Materials in hardcopy form on the CLE sign-in form during the Convention.

CANCELLATION FEE OF $100 AFTER MONDAY, OCTOBER 30.
NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6.