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Gerard Lynch Delivers James Madison Lecture

Gerard E. Lynch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit delivered the 2019 James Madison Lecture at NYU School of Law on Nov. 4. His lecture was entitled “Complexity, Judgment and Restraint."

The Madison Lecture is the most important lecture series at NYU School ...

Paul Friedman Delivers Flannery Lecture

On Nov. 6, Paul L. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia presented The Eleventh Annual Judge Thomas A. Flannery Lecture in Washington D.C., with additional remarks from Jessie K. Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

The lecture series ...

‘Conversations with RBG’ By Jeffrey Rosen

President and CEO of The National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen has published a new book, Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law. In this prolific work, Mr. Rosen provides readers with an intimate look at the life, career, and personal philosophies of U ...

David F. Levi on Judicial Independence

ALI President David F. Levi delivered a talk on the importance of impartiality in the American Judiciary at “The Fair & Impartial Judiciary Symposium,” hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Law School on Oct. 26.

The fair and impartial judiciary is a pillar of the American constitutional system ...

Robert Post on 'Understanding Citizens United'

Robert C. Post of Yale Law School delivered a free talk, "Understanding Citizens United: The Constitutional Question of Campaign Finance Reform," at the Branford Forum on Nov. 3. The talk continued the conversation on many of the topics addressed in Professor Post’s 2016 book, Citizens Divided: Campaign ...