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In the spring of 1982, FedSoc was born here on Yale Law School's campus when a brave cohort of organizers dared to host a symposium gathering heterodox voices to debate the pressing legal issues of the day. In celebration of this momentous fortieth anniversary of the Federalist Society’s founding, it is my delight to inform you about our upcoming Nathan Hale Symposium on Wednesday, April 13.
We are humbled to carry on our founders' legacy by organizing the Hale symposium around one of today's most salient issues: Dobbs v. Jackson Whole Women’s Health and the Future of American Abortion.
Our current symposium agenda consists of three events. First is a lunchtime conversation on the history of the pro-life movement called Dobbs in Context: What Does the Pro-Life Movement Stand For? It will feature Professors Reva Siegel, Daniel K. Williams, and Mary Ziegler. Second, we will start our evening program with Dobbs: The Case and its Arguments, a discussion with Scott Stewart (the Solicitor General of Mississippi, who argued the case for Dobbs in front of the Supreme Court) and Professor Akhil Amar. After a short dinner break, we will conclude with Debating Dobbs: The Right to Life featuring Professors Sherif Girgis, Andrew Koppelman, and Kate Stith. We are proud that each panel will feature both conservative and liberal voices.
While our panelists will be joining over Zoom, we have reserved Baker 140 for our lunchtime conversation and SLB 127 for our two evening panels. Lunch and Dinner will be served to all attendees, and there will be a 30-minute break between the evening panels for attendees to enjoy the YLS community happy hour in the Courtyard. Feel free to join us at any part of the day; there is no obligation to attend every program.
As always, all within the YLS community are welcome to attend. In addition, we will be circulating the livestream links for this event to the national Federalist Society.
We hope you will choose to join us either online or in-person to celebrate FedSoc's first forty years! Here's to many more to come. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch FedSoc's most recent documentary film: "Roe v. Wade: A Legal History."
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