Federalist Society
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The Federalist Society is very different many other institutions and groups out there. By providing a forum for legal experts of opposing views to interact with members of the legal profession, the judiciary, law students, academics, and the architects of public policy, the Society has reconstructed the terms of what legal debate is. Due to the rise in membership, chapters, and activities over the country, the opportunity for this society has grown, as well as their reputation. The Federalist Society discusses many topics at conventions and seminars over the country on topics such as, separation of powers, federalism, limited, constitutional government, and the rule of law in protecting individual freedom and traditional values. Overall, the Society's efforts are improving our present and future leaders' understanding of the principles underlying American law.
History
Founding
The Federalist Society was founded in 1982 by three right-wing law students. David McIntosh, Lee Liberman, and Steven Calabresi were undergraduate classmates together at Yale University. The first two chapters were founded at the University of Chicago Law School and at Yale Law School. After the three men has collaborated ideas, they were soon joined by a Harvard Law student Spencer Abraham. Abraham created the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. The society was created for conservative lawyers to have right inspired discussions. They were not trying to trying to push the law and policies to the right. Though, the group conservatives and libertarians committed to modifying the current legal order in the U.S. The mission and purpose of the society was to provide a forum for legal experts to discuss contrasting ideas. These legal experts include law student, legal professionals, the judiciary, academics, and architects of the public policy.
Current objectives and activities
This section should discuss the group's current initiatives and tactics for influencing political outcomes (which may or may not be very different from its original goals and modus operandi).[1] Paul M. Bator Award: The Paul M. Bator Award recognizes a young academic, under the age of 40, whose life, work, and ideals most closely embody those of the late Paul M. Bator. Olin/Searle Fellows in Law: The Olin/Searle Fellows in Law program will offer top young legal thinkers the opportunity to spend a year working full time on writing and developing their scholarship with the goal of entering the legal academy. Searle Young Legal Scholars Research Fellowships: The Federalist Society is pleased to announce that the Searle Young Legal Scholars Research Fellowships will again be offered this year. Up to two junior tenure-track faculty members will receive funding to take a semester-long research leave in order to make major progress on an important scholarly article.
Organizational structure
This section should describe the group's organizational structure, including its principal leadership positions and their current incumbents.[2]
Achievements
This section should recount the group's major achievements, including but not limited to legislative and/or legal victories.[3] The Bradley Prize is an official way to recognize outstanding institutions or companies that have exceeded expectations in the legal and professional environments. Up to four prizes and $250,000 are awarded to each institution annually.
June 3, 2009, The Federalist Society was awarded the prize for “their ingenuity in forming and nurturing an organization dedicated to preserving the rule of law,” according to Bradley President Michael Grebe
Public perception and controversies
“The Federalist Society is changing the culture of our nation's law schools. You are returning the values and concepts of law as our founders understood them to scholarly dialogue, and through that dialogue, to our legal institutions.”
- President Ronald Reagan
"The Federalist Society has missed no opportunity to assert that the Constitution had been stretched way beyond the Founding Fathers' intentions. They taught, studied, and spoke so diligently that even many liberals came to accept their views."
-The Boston Globe
“[T]he Federalist Society has brought to campus the commitment to real, honest, vigorous, and open discussion. It is a result of the works of the Federalist Society to create a wonderful environment for discussing social, political, legal, and constitutional issue.”
- Dean Paul Brest, Stanford Law School
“...[T]here is no denying that the Federalist Society has left its mark on legal scholarship. Whether this is in fact due to a vast right-wing conspiracy or merely to the persuasiveness of some of its arguments, the intellectual descendants of James Madison can no longer be ignored.”
- Lingua Franca
References
- ↑ "The Things We Do and How We Do Them," Interest Group X. 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2009 from http://www.interestgroupx.org/things_we_do.html
- ↑ First Author and Second Author, "The Organizational Structure of Interest Group X," Fake Journal of Nonexistent Scholarship 36:2 (2015) pp. 36-52.
- ↑ "Major Success for Interest Group X," Anytown Daily News, January 1, 2015, p. A6.