Th CJE sponsors events where judges, professors, members of the bar, law students, and the general public come together to discuss the issues of the day in relation to judicial engagement. This includes out state constitutional forums series, where we examine a particular state’s constitution and how judicial engagement should enforce it in the state’s courts. CJE also sponsors and creates scholarship, documentaries, podcasts, videos, op-eds, and other resources discussing our constitutional liberties and the courts’ role in protecting them.
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Featured past events
Conference on “The Other Declarations of 1776”
2026 marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it also marked the anniversary of various new states issuing declarations of rights in conjunction with their new state constitutions. the Institute for Justice’s Center for Judicial Engagement and the Liberty and Law Center at Antonin Scalia Law School celebrated 250 years of America in their own way. They held a conferenced entitled “The Other Declarations of 1776.”
A Century of Government Trespassing: The Open Fields Doctrine at 100
2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the “open fields doctrine,” the judge-made exception to the Fourth Amendment. With it government officials, including the police, can trespass on 96% of private land in the United States without committing a “search.” To observe the first 100 years of the “open fields doctrine” and the possibility that the next 100 years will be different, IJ invites you to a conference examining the history of the doctrine and its future.
100 Years of Unenumerated Freedoms: Meyer v. Nebraska at a Century
On March 31, 2023 the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice brought together a number of scholars to celebrate the centenary of this monumental moment for liberty and the foundation for so much in the years that followed.
Short Circuit Live in New York City
On October 26, 2022, Short Circuit held a live show at the Mezzanine in the Financial District in New York City. IJ attorney Patrick Jaicomo hosted a discussion with three former Second Circuit clerks, Maaren Shah, Bruce Green, and Alex Reinert.