From litigation challenging COVID regulations to the recent legal challenges to state laws regulating transgender surgery and medications to recent actions to reassess the EPA's "Endangerment Finding," important questions have emerged about how courts should evaluate scientific claims. What are the challenges “with appealing and deferring to the authority of the expert class,” as Justice Thomas wrote in his Skrmetti concurrence? What is the role of the judge and the jury in evaluating scientific claims made by the parties?
Featuring:

Mr. Benjamin M. Flowers, Partner, Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC
Prof. Michael Gerrard, Professor, Columbia Law School; Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Mr. Rob Johnson, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice
Mr. J.J. Snidow, Partner, Keller Postman LLP
Moderator: Hon. Jennifer Mascott, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Introducer: Mr. David Haungs, President, Yale Student Chapter

The advent and rise of AI over the past several years poses radical questions for lawyers and the law. How will AI change the practice of law, including the work of law firms and inside judges’ chambers (“AI for the Law”)? And how should courts respond to the myriad legal issues implicating AI – copyright and beyond (“The Law of AI”)? Do the last five years of legal cases against social media companies tell us anything about the future of AI companies in the courts? Will there be a “techlash” against AI similar to the “techlash” against social media? How might national security concerns inform the AI legal and regulatory landscape?
Featuring:

Mr. Ryan L. Bangert, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Special Counsel to the President, Alliance Defending Freedom
Mr. James M. Burnham, Managing Partner, King Street Legal; President, Vallecito Capital
Hon. Kevin C. Newsom, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Mr. Mike Trinh, Associate General Counsel, OpenAI
Mrs. Tobi Young, General Counsel, Saronic Technologies
Moderator: Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Introducer: Mr. Gabriel Powell, President, Notre Dame Student Chapter

What do the tools of originalism teach us about significant immigration legal issues? For example, what was the President’s authority to remove aliens at the time of the Founding? How much of immigration is left to the President versus Congress? What can originalism tell us about immigration and due process? Experts discuss cutting edge issues in immigration law and ask how and whether originalism can help provide answers.
Featuring:

Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School
Prof. Stephanie Barclay, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center & Faculty Co-Director, Georgetown Center for the Constitution, Georgetown University Law Center
Mr. Trevor W. Ezell, General Counsel, Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott
Mr. Gene P. Hamilton, President & Co-Founder, America First Legal Foundation
Moderator: Hon. James P. Sullivan, Texas Supreme Court
Introducer: Ms. Jordan Lamb, Former President, Texas Student Chapter

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Roberts Court. Many of the Court's most high-profile rulings have occurred this decade—and the decade is only half over. The advocates who argued and won five of the most high-profile rulings of the Roberts Court discuss trends of the Roberts Court; the path to victory in their respective cases; and what is on the horizon for the Roberts Court. Cases discussed include Dobbs, Students for Fair Admissions, Loper Bright, Skrmetti, and Bruen.
Featuring:

Hon. Paul D. Clement, Partner, Clement & Murphy, PLLC
Mr. Cameron T. Norris, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
Mr. Matthew Rice, Solicitor General, Tennessee
Mr. Scott G. Stewart, Solicitor General, Mississippi
Moderator: Hon. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
Introducer: Mrs. Morgan Larson, President, Arizona State Student Chapter

Overflow: Hutchins Hall Michigan Law School
We are pleased to announce that the Honorable James C. Ho & Allyson Newton Ho will be the keynote speakers for a Fireside Chat at the Saturday evening banquet.


Hon. James C. Ho, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Allyson Newton Ho, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Moderator Katherine Rifiotis Slivensky, Michigan Student Chapter President
Moderator JJ Marshall, Michigan Student Chapter, Symposium Co-Director

Featuring:

Prof. Jamal Greene, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Prof. Tara Leigh Grove, Professor and Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law
Prof. Richard Primus, Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Amanda Tyler, Thomas David & Judith Swope Clark Professor of Constitutional Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Prof. Keith E. Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Moderator: Hon. Raymond Kethledge, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
Prof. Julian Davis Mortenson, James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Moderator: Hon. Joan Larsen, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Nicholas Bagley, Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Emily Bremer, Professor, Notre Dame Law School
Prof. Jennifer Nou, Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Hon. Paul J. Ray, Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Moderator: Hon. Neomi Rao, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Hon. Justin Amash, former United States Congressman from Michigan
Prof. Josh Chafetz, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown University Law Center
Prof. Gillian E. Metzger, Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law, Columbia Law School
Amanda H. Neely, Of Counsel, Gibson Dunn and former General Counsel to Senator Rob Portman
Moderator: Hon. Robert J. Luck, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. Jeffrey Pojanowski, Biolchini Family Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Prof. Jennifer L. Mascott, Director of the Separation of Powers Institute and Associate Professor of Law, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Prof. Nina A. Mendelson, Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Environmental and Energy Law Program, University of Michigan Law School
Prof. Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Prof. Aaron Nielson, Solicitor General of Texas and Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School
Moderator: Hon. Chad A. Readler, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Prof. John F. Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Intellectual Property Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Prof. Christopher J. Walker, Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Moderator: Sarah Isgur, Senior Editor, The Dispatch

Featuring:

Sheldon Gilbert, President and CEO, The Federalist Society
Moderator: Jesse Panuccio, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

In recent years the Supreme Court has decided critically important executive power and administrative law cases. From agency deference and adjudication, to presidential immunity, to “jaw boning”—what does it all mean for the future of the presidency and the administrative state the president oversees? How might the country’s new president approach these issues?
Featuring:

Steven Engel, Partner, Dechert LLP
Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University
Sarah Harris, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP
Moderator: Hon. Chad Readler, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Featuring:

Hon. Gregory J. Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Hon. Barbara Lagoa, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Hon. Steven J. Menashi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Hon. Amul R. Thapar, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Moderator: Hon. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Nearly twenty five years after the election of Governor Jeb Bush, the Florida state courts have transformed. Previously, many state judges had a more activist, progressive view of the role of a judge. Today, many state judges hold originalist and textualists views of judicial interpretation. Our panel will consider the last 25 years of judicial appointments in Florida, discussing how the roles of the executive, the JNC, and the conservative legal movement have contributed to these transformations. They will discuss how the Florida Supreme Court today differs from the Court that ruled on Bush v. Gore in 2000.
Featuring:

Jason Gonzalez, Shareholder, Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC and Former General Counsel to Governor Charlie Crist, 2008
Ryan Newman, General Counsel to Governor Ron DeSantis, 2021 - 2025
Daniel Nordby, Partner, Shutts & Bowen LLP, Former General Counsel to Governor Rick Scott, 2017 - 2019
Jesse Panuccio, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Former General Counsel to Governor Rick Scott, 2012 - 2013
Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC and Former General Counsel to Governor Jeb Bush, 2002 - 2007
Moderator: Hon. T. Kent Wetherell II, Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida and Former Deputy Solicitor General of Florida, 1999-2002

Featuring:

Hon. Jeb Bush, Former Governor, Florida
Moderator: Raquel “Rocky” Rodriguez, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC and Former General Counsel to Governor Jeb Bush, 2002 - 2007

Featuring:

Prof. Sadie Blanchard, "Adjudicating ESG Reputation," Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Prof. Benjamin Chen, "What are Linguistic Canons for?," Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Prof. Robert Leider, "The Individual Right to Bear Arms for Common Defense," Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Prof. Tyler Lindley, "Reconstructing Section 1983," Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Mr. Luke Schumacher, “A Council of Grand Strategists: The Original Hope, Fear, and Intent of the U.S. Senate in Foreign Affairs,” J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School and Ph.D Candidate, University of Virginia Department of Politics
Commenter: Prof. Jud Campbell, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Commenter: Prof. Tara Leigh Grove, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Commenter: Prof. Robert Miller, F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, University of Iowa College of Law
Commenter: Prof. Brian Slocum, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, Florida State University College of Law
Commenter: Prof. Keith Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Moderator: Prof. Christina Mulligan, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

This panel will explore the Court’s recent decision in Loper Bright as well as its major questions cases. What impact will overturning Chevron deference have on the major questions doctrine? How do the two doctrinal developments relate? How do they connect to the non-delegation doctrine? These and related questions will be examined.
Featuring:

Prof. Eric Bolinder, Assisant Professor of Law, Liberty University School of Law
Prof. Tara Leigh Grove, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Prof. Brian Slocum, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, Florida State University College of Law
Moderator: Prof. Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School

Featuring:

Prof. Stephanie Barclay, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Dean Rachel Rebouché, Kean Family Dean and Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law
Prof. Stephen Sachs, Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Prof. Mary Ziegler, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis Law School
Moderator: Sherif Girgis, Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School

Opaque algorithms shape what news stories you see on social media, dictate how artificial intelligence answers prompts, and can even decide whether applicants get a mortgage or a job interview. Amidst claims of algorithmic race, gender, and viewpoint discrimination, more and more individuals of all political affiliations are calling for greater government regulation of algorithms, while regulatory skeptics worry that government intervention will impede important technological innovation. This panel will explore the wisdom of efforts to regulate algorithms and how best to frame concerns about algorithmic errors and bias.
Featuring:

Prof. Gregory Dickinson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law
Mr. Dhruva Krishna, Visiting Jurist, University of California Los Angeles School of Law
Prof. Christina Mulligan, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Prof. Eugene Volokh, Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Los Angeles School of Law
Moderator: Prof. Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Professor of Law & Director, Intellectual Property and Information Law Program, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law