Government Events

The Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and the Reves Center for International Studies will host a symposium titled "Rethinking Constitutions when Democracy Is under Siege: A Global Perspective" on Friday, September 13.

Join the American Constitution Society for a discussion of progressive constitutional interpretation with renowned constitutional law scholar and Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

The 2019 Supreme Court Preview will feature judges and  Supreme Court advocates who have collectively argued more than 300 cases before the Supreme Court, and leading Supreme Court reporters and columnists.

Joan Biskupic will present the university's Constitution Day lecture on September 16. The nation's annual Constitution Day and Citizenship Day observance commemorates  the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787.

David Brandenberger (Professor of History, University of Richmond) reveals for the first time the enormous role that Stalin played in the "Master Narrative" of the USSR between 1938 and 1956.

The Alexander Hamilton Society, John Quincy Adams Society, and Global Research Institute present the first annual AHS/JQAS debate. Guest speakers will debate the following: should America seek primacy or restraint? See description for speaker bios. 

Toby Heytens will discuss the way that states, mainly state attorney general's offices, have played a role in curbing the expanding executive power during the Obama and Trump administration. 

Interested in applying to law school? Natalie R. Blazer, Director of J.D. Admissions at Georgetown University Law Center, is hosting an information session for W&M Students!