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Institute of Bill of Rights Law

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“Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.”
- Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey, 1816.

 

November 6, 2009
  • Families, Fundamentalism, & the First Amendment (read more)

January 26, 2010   

  • AMERICAN ORIGINAL, The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

  Joan Biskupic, USA Today legal affairs correspondent
  Professor Alan Meese, William & Mary School of Law and former law clerk of Justice Scalia

Joan Biskupic will be signing copies of her new book, AMERICAN ORIGINAL, The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, following the program  Books will be available for purchase.

February, 2010

  • Bushrod Moot Court Tournement Final Round and presentation of The Edmund Randolph “Silver Tongue" Award

The Award is presented annually by the Student Division of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law to a practitioner known for outstanding oral advocacy  (check back for details)

March 2010 

  • Redistricting Litigation

William & Mary Law School Election Law Program  (check back for details)

March 25, 2009

  • The Will of the People or Elites?
    Does the Supreme Court Care about Public Opinon?

  Barry Friedman, New York University Law School
  Larry Baum, Ohio State University, Department of Political Science
  Neal Devins, William and Mary School of Law, College of William & Mary Government Dept

Barry Friedman will be signing copies of his new book, Will of the People, following the program.  Books will be available for purchase.

(check back for details)

 

The Election Law Program and the Election Law Society drew 150 people to their "2008 Campaigning in the Courts" panel which was co-sponsored by the Election Law Program of the IBRL. The panelists included Robert Bauer and Benjamin Ginsberg, who have, among other things, represented the Democratic and Republican National Committees (respectively). For more information about the Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School, please see law.wm.edu/electionlaw.

2009 ELS Symposium Panel

 

2009 Bushrod Winners

The Silver Tongue Award:  Brandon Boxler (left) and Stephen Barry (right) were the finalists in the 2009 Bushrod Moot Court Tournament.   The final round took place February 19, 2009 as part of the Edmund Randolph Award for Excellance in  Oral Advocacy , popularly known as the Silver Tongue Award.  Paul Clement (center), former Solicitor General of the United States, named the 2009   Silver Tongue Award recipient, moderated the final moot court round.  Read more.


The recent Boundaries of Intellectual Property symposium was featured in the BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal and on scholar Rebecca Tushnet's 43 (B)log.


Reproduced with permission from BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 77 PTCJ 369 (Feb. 13, 2009). Copyright 2009 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com>]

 

Read: Scholars Discuss IP Boundaries And Potential Reforms at Conference, in the BNA Journal.

 

Read: Rebecca Tushnet's 43 (B)log.

DVDs of IBRL Events Available for Purchase


Mission

The mission of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law (IBRL) is to contribute to the ongoing national dialogue about issues relating to the U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights. One of the guiding philosophies of the Institute is the conviction that our collective understanding of constitutional issues is enhanced significantly when experts from diverse disciplines-lawyers, journalists, historians, political scientists, economists, sociologists, and politicians-are brought together for serious discussion and debate. Following this interdisciplinary approach, the Institute provides a forum for airing and debating matters of law and policy as a means of increasing our understanding of important constitutional issues. The Institute has been actively involved in its mission since 1982, when it was founded at the law school.

The Institute performs its functions in a manner consistent with its ties to a professional school and an institution of higher education. It undertakes no lobbying and adopts no partisan political stance.


IBRL Administrative Faculty
  • Director
    [[nedevi, Neal Devins]]
  • Assistant Director
    [[msnich, Melody Nichols]]
  • Program Director, Election Law Program
    [[rghuls, Rebecca Hulse]]