[Construction] 2024 NLC

Registration for active members is now open!

Registration for non-members will open on September 17.

November 14 – 16, 2024

The 2024 National Lawyers Convention will take place Thursday, November 14 through Saturday, November 16 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Over three days, the Convention will feature Showcase Sessions discussing the Convention Theme of "Group Identity and the Law", breakout sessions sponsored by the Practice Groups, the Sixteenth Annual Rosenkranz Debate, the Twenty-Third Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture, and the 2024 Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner.

More info will be posted soon!

• Fees • Lodging •

2024 Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner

The Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Reception - 6:00 p.m.
Dinner - 7:00 p.m.
(ticketed event) BLACK TIE OPTIONAL

Twenty-Third Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture

The Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Friday, November 15, 2024
5:00 p.m.
(ticketed event)

Fifteenth Annual Rosenkranz Debate

The Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Saturday, November 16, 2024
12:30 p.m.

Annual Hon. Robert H. Bork Memorial Lecture

The Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Saturday, November 16, 2024
4:30 p.m.

Showcase Sessions Discussing the Convention Theme:

"Group Identity and the Law"

• Showcase I: The Age of Group Identity: What is it? How Did We Get Here? How Do We Move Beyond It?
• Showcase II: How Should the Law Discourage Tribalism, Polarization, Racism, Religious Enmity, and Antisemitism in the United States?
• Showcase III: Sex, Gender, and the Law
• Showcase IV: Race in the Law After SFFA

 Thursday Schedule:

• Welcome 9:00 am – 9:30 am
• Showcase Panel I 9:30 am – 11:30 am
• Lunch Buffet 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
• Breakout Panels 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
• Breakout Panels 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
• Breakout Panels 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
• Lawyers Convention Reception (Ticketed event) Black Tie Optional 6:00 pm
• Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner (Ticketed event) Black Tie Optional 7:00 pm
• Closing Reception 10:00 pm

  Friday Schedule:

• Showcase Panel II 9:00 am – 11:00 am
• Lunch Buffet 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
• Breakout Panels 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
• Breakout Panels 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
• Special Session 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
• Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture (Ticketed event) 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
• Barbara K. Olson Memorial Reception (Ticketed event) 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm

  Saturday Schedule:

• Showcase Panel III 9:00 am – 10:45 am
• Breakout Panels 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
• Annual Rosenkranz Debate & Luncheon 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
• Showcase Panel IV 2:45 pm – 4:30 pm
• Hon. Robert H. Bork Memorial Lecture 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
• Closing Reception (Ticketed event) 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Lodging

Washington, D.C. hotels become booked very quickly for the fall convention season. To reserve overnight accommodations for the Convention, please contact the Washington Hilton directly or reserve your room online.

Inquire about the special rate of $249 per night offered to Federalist Society Convention registrants. Registrants must secure hotel rooms no later than October 15 (unless rooms sell out sooner) in order to receive the discounted rate. Specify "Federalist Society" when contacting the Hilton.

Guests can also call 1-800-HILTONS or 202-483-3000.

Click here to reserve a room in the Federalist Society room block.  

 Confirmed Speakers to Date

• Prof. Todd Aagaard, Professor of Law, Charles Widger School Of Law, Villanova University
• Prof. Peter S. Arcidiacono, William Henry Glasson Distinguished Professor of Economics, Duke University
• Mr. Russel Balikian, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Prof. David Bernstein, University Professor of Law and Executive Director, Liberty & Law Center, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• Mr. Jonathan Berry, Managing Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC
• Hon. Clint Bolick, Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona
• Mr. Theodore J. Boutrous, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Ms. Zhonette Brown, General Counsel and Senior Litigation Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance
• Hon. Paul D. Clement, Partner, Clement & Murphy, PLLC
• Hon. Charles T. Canady, Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court
• Prof. Doriane Coleman, Thomas L. Perkins Distinguished Professor of Law
• Ms. Robin Colwell, Principal, BGR Government Affairs, LLC
• Ms. Rebecca Dormon, Labor-Management Relations Consultant, IRI Consultants
• Mr. Jay Edelson, Founder & CEO, Edelson PC
• Mr. Christopher Ekren, Global Technology Counsel, Sony Electronics
• Mr. Miguel A. Estrada, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Mr. T. Elliot Gaiser, Ohio Solicitor General
• Prof. Philip A. Hamburger, Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law
• Prof. Tyler Austin Harper, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Bates College
• Mr. Scott Blake Harris, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Crest Hill Advisors
• Ms. Erin M. Hawley, Senior Counsel, Vice President of Center for Life & Regulatory Practice, Alliance Defending Freedom
• Hon. Gail L. Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
• Hon. Melissa Holyoak, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
• Congressman Darrell Issa, United States Representative (R-CA 48th District)
• Mr. Umair Javed, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CTIA
• Hon. Ro Khanna, Congressman, California’s 17th District 
• Prof. Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• Mr. Elbert Lin, Chair, Issues & Appeals, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
• Prof. Mario Loyola, Research Assistant Professor and Director, Environmental Finance and Risk Management Program, Florida International University; Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
• Prof. Ira Lupu, F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor Emeritus of Law, The George Washington University Law School
• Prof. Robert Luther, III, Distinguished Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• Ms. Heather Mac Donald, Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Contributing Editor, City Journal
• Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus, Founder and Chairman, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
• Mr. Roman Martinez, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
• Mr. Luke McCloud, Partner, Williams & Connolly
• Prof. Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law, Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
• Prof. William Merkel, Associate Professor, Charleston School of Law
• Dean Thomas J. Miles, Dean & Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics, The University of Chicago Law School
• Hon. Paul Michel, Former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Hon. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
• Prof. Melissa Moschella, Professor of the Practice, Philosophy, McGrath Institute, University of Notre Dame
• Mr. Dan Morenoff, Executive Director & Secretary, American Civil Rights Project
• Mr. Jesse Panuccio, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
• Mr. Patrick F. Philbin, Partner, Torridon Law 
• Ms. Lucy Ricca, Executive Director, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, Stanford Law School
• Prof. Kyle Rozema, Professor of Law & Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• Prof. Steve Sanders, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
• Mr. D. John Sauer, Former Solicitor General, Missouri
• Prof. David M. Schizer, Harvey R. Miller Professor of Law and Economics and Dean Emeritus, Columbia Law School
• Mr. Kannon K. Shanmugam, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
• Mr. Oramel H. Skinner, III, Executive Director, Alliance For Consumers
• Mr. Mark W. Smith, Senior Fellow, Ave Maria School of Law and Host of the Four Boxes Diner Second Amendment Channel
• Mr. Zack Smith, Legal Fellow and Manager, Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program, The Heritage Foundation
• Hon. Keith Sonderling, Former Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Prof. Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, Emerita, New York Law School; Former President, American Civil Liberties Union
• Prof. Sonja B. Starr, Julius Kreeger Professor of Law & Criminology, The University of Chicago Law School
• Mr. David H. Thompson, Managing Partner, Cooper & Kirk PLLC
• Mr. Joshua P. Thompson, Director of Equality and Opportunity Litigation, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
• Mr. Andrew Wheeler, Partner and Head of Federal Affairs, Holland & Hart; Former EPA Administrator
• Hon. Jenny R. Yang, Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
• Prof. John C. Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley; Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Prof. Todd Zywicki, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Convention Fees

*The All-Inclusive Package includes all three days of sessions, CLE, and lunches and 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.

**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, NOVEMBER 4.
NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11.