Prof. Adam Winkler

Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

Adam Winkler is a professor at UCLA School of Law. His book We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights was the winner of the 2018 Scribes Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Bar Association's Legal Gavel Award, and the California Book Award. He is also the author of Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America, which did not win any awards but was the subject of a question on the game show Jeopardy!. He is one of the twenty most cited active law professors in judicial opinions, and his writing has appeared in Wall Street Journal, New York Review of Books, Atlantic, and Scotusblog. Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, he clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, practiced law in Los Angeles, and was a John M. Olin fellow at USC Law School.

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Should the Future Be Determined by the Past? Bearing Arms After Bruen.

Thursday 12:00 p.m. EDT

Should the Future Be Determined by the Past? Bearing Arms After Bruen.

Teleforum

Speakers:

The Path to Clerkships and the Bench

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Friday 12:15 p.m. PDT

The Path to Clerkships and the Bench

UCLA Student Chapter

UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Speakers:

Topics:

Jurisprudence

In-Person Event

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen

Monday 2:00 p.m. EDT

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen

Will the Supreme Court Recognize a Right to Bear Arms in Public?

Teleforum

Speakers:

Topics:

Civil Rights • Second Amendment • Supreme Court

Dead or Alive: The Second Amendment in the Federal Courts After Trump

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Wednesday 12:15 p.m. PDT

Dead or Alive: The Second Amendment in the Federal Courts After Trump

California-UCLA Student Chapter

UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Speakers:

Topics:

Second Amendment

In-Person Event

Preserving Freedom: Federal vs. State Power

Saturday 10:30 a.m. PDT

Preserving Freedom: Federal vs. State Power

2016 Annual Western Chapters Conference

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065

Speakers:

Topics:

Administrative Law & Regulation • Federalism • State Courts • State Governments • Federalism & Separation of Powers

In-Person Event

Aug 11 2022

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Should the Future Be Determined by the Past? Bearing Arms After Bruen.

Robert Leider, Nelson Lund, Adam Winkler

Professor Nelson Lund will moderate a debate between Professors Adam Winkler and Robert Leider on...

Aug 11 2022

Should the Future Be Determined by the Past? Bearing Arms After Bruen. — FedSoc Forums

Should the Future Be Determined by the Past? Bearing Arms After Bruen.

Robert Leider, Nelson Lund, Adam Winkler

Professor Nelson Lund will moderate a debate between Professors Adam Winkler and Robert Leider on...

Dec 14 2021

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen — FedSoc Forums

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen

Robert Leider, Nelson Lund, Adam Winkler

Will the Supreme Court Recognize a Right to Bear Arms in Public?

In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), the Supreme Court decided for...

Dec 14 2021

Click to play: Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen — FedSoc Forums

Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen

Robert Leider, Nelson Lund, Adam Winkler

Will the Supreme Court Recognize a Right to Bear Arms in Public?

In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), the Supreme Court decided for...

Feb 17 2016

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Preserving Freedom: Federal vs. State Power

Stephen M. Duvernay, Adam Freedman, Sandra Segal Ikuta, Christina Sandefur, Adam Winkler

2016 Annual Western Chapters Conference

Sometimes federalism is invoked because we believe the best way to preserve freedom is to...