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Fall 2024 Natural Law Jurisprudence Seminars at Harvard & Notre Dame Law Schools

Fall 2024 Natural Law Jurisprudence Seminars at Harvard & Notre Dame Law Schools

Dec 16 2024
This fall, we witnessed the further flourishing of our Natural Law Jurisprudence Seminars at Law Schools. With gatherings of eager students at Notre Dame Law School and Harvard Law School, two institutions where we have hosted seminars in…
Reflecting on the 2024 James Wilson Summer Fellowship

Reflecting on the 2024 James Wilson Summer Fellowship

By Garrett Snedeker • Aug 21 2024
Reflections on the 12th James Wilson Fellowship class hosted in August 2024.
Once More Into the Breach: Making Again the Case for Natural Law - Webinar with Hadley Arkes

Once More Into the Breach: Making Again the Case for Natural Law - Webinar with Hadley Arkes

By The James Wilson Institute • Jul 11 2024
JWI Founder and co-director Hadley Arkes discussed themes from his recent book Mere Natural Law in a webinar co-sponsored by JWI and the Catholic Bar Association.
A Discussion with Joshua Turner '15

A Discussion with Joshua Turner '15

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 20 2024
Josh's experience arguing Idaho v. U.S. in front of SCOTUS and what EMTALA means for state abortion laws
Dr. Eithan Haim & Marcella Burke: Transgenderism and the Test of Truth

Dr. Eithan Haim & Marcella Burke: Transgenderism and the Test of Truth

By The James Wilson Institute • Jun 12 2024
Whistleblowing Irreversible Surgeries on Minors
Looking Back at our 2024 Winter Fellowship

Looking Back at our 2024 Winter Fellowship

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 26 2024
In praise of our 2024 Winter James Wilson Fellows

Finishing My Law School Marathon

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 8 2024
On December 14, 2023 I visited the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, surrounded by a small group of colleagues, friends, and family, for the culmination of a more than four year journey from law school through the bar exam.…

JWI 2.0 Major Announcements

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 16 2023
We are thrilled to announce the biggest news in our decade-long history! These three updates are the building blocks in the next era of JWI, what we like to call JWI 2.0.    JWI receives the largest grant in the organization's history: …

Professor Hadley Arkes: "The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence"

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 11 2023
In his article, The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence, written for the Summer 2023 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, Professor Hadley Arkes reflects on Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization and how the…
Professor Hadley Arkes: “The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence”

Professor Hadley Arkes: “The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence”

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 11 2023
In his article, The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence, written for the Summer 2023 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, Professor Hadley Arkes reflects on Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization and how the overturning of Roe is true to form for the last four decades of conservative jurisprudence. The conservative Justices who cleverly avoid questions of rights and morality, he conjectures, maintain their integrity as judges and achieve desired ends, but do so in a way that results in judicial confusion and moral inaction.
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