Event Archives
Annual South Side Pitch Competition
The South Side of Chicago is full of entrepreneurs who deserve recognition for building businesses in the community. Those businesses provide a living for the entrepreneurs themselves and change the lives of neighbors, employees, and customers. For…
IJ’s Annual Law Student Conference
The Institute for Justice (IJ) is pleased to offer our acclaimed Law Student Conference again this year. The Law Student Conference is an annual tradition of nearly thirty years, drawing law students from across the country (as…
Baby Ninth Author Meet and Greet
Meet the author of the new book Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters, published by University of Michigan Press. Joined by others from the Institute for Justice, Anthony Sanders…
Dinner and Discussion: South Bend Code Enforcement
Are you being fined for the condition of your home by the City of South Bend? At the Institute for Justice (IJ), we believe that South Bend may be abusing its power to fine you,…
Protecting our Freedoms: State Constitutions, Baby Ninth Amendments, and Understanding our Rights
Please join the Philadelphia Lawyers Chapter for an evening reception and event featuring Anthony Sanders. Anthony will be discussing his new book, “Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why it Matters.” Members: $10…
Baby Ninth Live Online Book Forum
Join us online for the launch of an inspiring new book from Anthony Sanders of the Institute for Justice, Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters (University of…
100 Years of Unenumerated Freedoms: Meyer v. Nebraska at a Century
Please join the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice on March 31, 2023, when we celebrate the centenary of this monumental moment for liberty and the foundation for so much in the…
Joanna Schwartz “Shielded–How the Police Became Untouchable”
Professor Joanna Schwartz is one of the most respected and prolific scholars on qualified immunity. In her latest book, Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable, Professor Schwartz brilliantly examines how the legal system in general,…
IJ LIVE Webinar
In this webinar for IJ Partners Club, Guardians Circle, and Four Pillars Society members, IJ’s Donor Relations Manager Rosalind Hanson and IJ Attorney and Special Counsel to IJ’s Four Pillars Society Rob Peccola will discuss…
Policymaker Briefing on License to Work 3: Removing Barriers to Workforce Participation in Your State
The Institute for Justice recently published the third edition of License to Work. This new report provides an updated snapshot of state licensing requirements for 102 lower-income occupations – including barbers, landscape contractors, and interior…
Student Event: Fall 2022 Legal Intensive
We are thrilled to announce that IJ will host our sixth Legal Intensive in person on November 5th, 2022 at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, MA. For over 30 years, IJ has hosted an…
Short Circuit Live in New York City
Please join us in person to see a special Short Circuit Live recording at the Mezzanine in New York City! The recording will feature Professor Bruce Green of Fordham, Professor Alex Reinert of Cardozo, and…
Constitutional GPA Launch @ UCLA
The Institute for Justice is launching an interactive civil rights study, Constitutional GPA, that makes it easier to overcome qualified immunity by identifying clearly established constitutional law in each federal circuit. We also catalog each…
Center for Judicial Engagement’s Forum on the Michigan Constitution
Join us on Friday, May 20, 2022 at The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan, for an exciting exploration of judicial engagement and the Michigan Constitution! Judicial engagement is the idea that courts should demand…
Short Circuit Live at the National Press Club
Please join us in person to see a special Short Circuit Live! It doesn't get much better than this: three amazing SCOTUS advocates and the Institute for Justice, at the National Press Club in Washington,…
IJ-Florida Celebrates 10 Years
We have now been litigating for liberty for ten years in the Sunshine State! We are proud to say that, during that time, we have achieved victories in all four of IJ’s pillars—economic liberty, free…
Center for Judicial Engagement’s Forum on the Georgia Constitution
Join us on Friday, February 4, 2022 at Georgia State University College of Law, for an exciting exploration of judicial engagement and the Georgia Constitution! Judicial engagement is the idea that courts should demand the government…
Does the Will of the People Actually Exist?
When a court refrains from declaring a law unconstitutional it often explains that the law represents the “Will of the People” and that mere judges should invalidate that “Will” very sparingly. But what actually is…
Outrage Legislation: Civil Rights & Section 1983 at 150 Years
On April 20, 1871, President Grant signed into law the Ku Klux Klan Act, the Reconstruction Congress’s latest effort to address the ongoing terror rampant in the post-Civil War South. Section 1 of the Act created a…
Pennsylvania Judicial Engagement State Forum
Join us on Friday, October 16, 2020, for an exciting exploration of the Pennsylvania Constitution! Judicial engagement is the belief that the courts should not defer to the political branches when examining whether those branches…