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Oct 24 2025
Friday 12:00 p.m. CDT    

The First Amendment During Days of Rage

Tyler Lawyer Chapter

Tyler, TX
Speakers:
Matthew J. Kacsmaryk
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Tyler Lawyer Chapter
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Feb 8 2024
Thursday 12:15 p.m. CDT    

How Carl Trueman’s "Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self" and Richard Epstein’s "Linguistic Relativism" Help Explain the “War of All Against All”

Chicago Student Chapter

Chicago, IL
Speakers:
Matthew J. Kacsmaryk
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Federal Courts
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Chicago Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Mar 9 2015
Monday 4:00 p.m.    

Richard Epstein: Linguistic Relativism & Decline Of The Rule Of Law

Phoenix, Arizona
Speakers:
Richard A. Epstein
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Free Speech & Election Law
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Phoenix Lawyer Chapter
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Matthew J. Kacsmaryk

Matthew J. Kacsmaryk

District Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Texas

Biography

Matthew J. Kacsmaryk serves as United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
He previously served in the (1) private, (2) government, and (3) nonprofit sectors:

  • Associate in the Dallas office of Baker Botts LLP
  • Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas
  • Deputy General Counsel to the First Liberty Institute

Judge Kacsmaryk is an Honors graduate of the University of Texas Law School, where he joined the Federalist Society and served as an Executive Editor of the Texas Review of Law & Politics. Judge Kacsmaryk co-founded the Fort Worth Lawyers Chapter in 2012, coordinated the 2018 Texas Chapters Conference hosted by the Fort Worth Lawyers Chapter, and presently serves on its Advisory Board.

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Matthew J. Kacsmaryk

Matthew J. Kacsmaryk

District Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Texas

Biography

Matthew J. Kacsmaryk serves as United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
He previously served in the (1) private, (2) government, and (3) nonprofit sectors:

  • Associate in the Dallas office of Baker Botts LLP
  • Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas
  • Deputy General Counsel to the First Liberty Institute

Judge Kacsmaryk is an Honors graduate of the University of Texas Law School, where he joined the Federalist Society and served as an Executive Editor of the Texas Review of Law & Politics. Judge Kacsmaryk co-founded the Fort Worth Lawyers Chapter in 2012, coordinated the 2018 Texas Chapters Conference hosted by the Fort Worth Lawyers Chapter, and presently serves on its Advisory Board.

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Richard A. Epstein

Richard A. Epstein

Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law and Director, Classical Liberal Institute, New York University School of Law; Director, Classical Liberal Institute, Civitas Institute University of Texas at Austin

Biography

Richard A. Epstein is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, at New York University, a senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas Austin, and a senior Lecturer, the University of Chicago. He received an LL.D., h.c . from the University of Ghent, 2003 , and an LLD h.c . from the University of Siegen in 2018 and the Bradley Prize in 2011. He has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1985. He has edited both the Journal of Legal Studies (1981-1991) and the Journal of Law and Economics (1991-2001). He is also a founder and director of the Classical Liberal Institute at NYU Law School. His most recent book is The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government (2014). His other books include Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain ( 1985); Bargaining with the State (1993); Simple Rules for a Complex World (1995); Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty and the Common Good (1998); Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Theory of Classical Liberalism (2003); Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration and the Rule of Law (2011), and most recently, The Myth of Birthright citizenship—and Beyond (2026). He has taught courses in , administrative law, antitrust, constitutional, contracts, environmental law, land use planning; real property, torts and water law. He has written and spoken extensively on a wide range of topics, and is writes a regular column for Defining Ideas.

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