The Federalist Society’s Lawyers Division was founded in 1986 to bring together attorneys, business and policy leaders, judges and others interested in examining and improving the state of the law. The Lawyers Division reaches the legal community through over 90 Lawyers Chapters located in virtually every major city in the United States. Over 65,000 are involved in the activities of these groups. Every year, the chapters organize over 400 programs and meetings, drawing a combined audience of over 25,000. Each chapter is run by local volunteer leadership. The chapters host speeches, panel discussions and debates on current topics at the local and national level, and help members find opportunities to become actively involved in the policy and public interest worlds. In addition to the city chapters, the Federalist Society’s Capitol Hill Chapter hosts discussions to examine legal and policy issues that are particularly appealing to congressional staffers.
![Click to play: Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt [SCOTUSbrief]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GaNV0lZSrSw/mqdefault.jpg)
Short video featuring Elbert Lin
In the 1979 case Nevada v. Hall, the Supreme Court declared that states can be...
![Click to play: The English Rule & the American Rule [POLICYbrief]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tk-CzC9cVt0/mqdefault.jpg)
Short video featuring R. Hugh Lumpkin
In the United States, a party to a case pays their own attorney fees, but...
![Click to play: The Rational Basis Test [No. 86]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MhOuTderNC4/mqdefault.jpg)
Short video featuring Jeffrey Jackson
Under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, we have strict scrutiny for laws...
The repeal of an obscure air travel restriction paved the way for government to circumvent providing just compensation for takings
What was the Wright Amendment? George Will once characterized the Wright Amendment and the situation...
Documentary short by FedSoc Films
Justice Stevens’s majority opinion in Chevron v. NRDC has become one of the most hotly...
