This year's Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention wraps up today in Washington. Panel recordings are available at the Federalist Society website, here.
At his substack, Ed Whelan has thoughts: Why the Federalist Society Has Been a Great Success.
And at Volokh Conspiracy, Josh Blackman is posting his reactions to the Convention: Day One Of #FedSoc2024.
UPDATE: Josh Blackman adds further thoughts: A Tribute to Gene Meyer. From the introduction:
The 2024 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention is a wrap. I already wrote about our change of venue from the Mayflower to the Washington Hilton. Yet, there is a far more monumental change looming on the horizon. For the past four decades, Gene Meyer has served as the President of the Society. Indeed, he was the first employee hired by Steve Calabresi, Lee Liberman Otis, and David McIntosh. Over that time, FedSoc has flourished in ways that were simply unimaginable in the early 1980s. The Society's influence on the law, the courts, the academy, and our society, is difficult to quantify. This will be the final national convention with Gene Meyer at the helm. Gene has announced that he plans to step down. The search for his successor is drawing to a close, as I understand.
At the end of the convention, after Steve Sachs's excellent Bork Lecture, a tribute was given to Gene Meyer by Steve Calabresi, Chris DeMuth, and Richard Epstein. The video of that tribute does not appear online, though I hope it is posted soon. All three tributes were so moving. The ballroom became quite emotional.
Posted at 6:23 AM