2019 Thomas M. Cooley Judicial Lecture

Registration is now closed. On site registration will be available, space permitting. 

The Federalist Society and the Georgetown Center for the Constitution invite you to join us Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6 pm for the first annual Thomas M. Cooley Judicial Lecture, which will be delivered by Judge Joan Larsen of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The topic of the lecture is "Respecting Local Control: State Law in the Federal System."

The lecture will be held at Georgetown University Law Center Hart Auditorium, and will be followed by a reception. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.

Judge Joan Larsen
US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Thomas M. Cooley was the longstanding Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and Dean of the Michigan Law School. This lecture series is commissioned to honor United States judges who have made significant legal impact as professors and jurists. Before her appointment to the Sixth Circuit, Judge Larsen was a Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and professor at the University of Michigan Law School. The Federalist Society and Georgetown University Center for the Constitution are honored to have Judge Larsen inaugurate this lecture series.

Schedule of Events:

6:00 pm - Welcome 

• Dean William Treanor, Georgetown University Law School

6:05 pm - Introduction and Presentation of the 2019 Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize

• Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law School

6:10 pm - Remarks by Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize Recipient

• Richard Fallon, Harvard Law School 

6: 15 pm - "Respecting Local Control: State Law in the Federal System."

• Judge Joan Larsen, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit