Federalist Society
The New York University School of Law chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservative and libertarian law students interest in the current state of the legal order. We place a premium on individual liberty, traditional values, and the rule of law. We believe that the state exists to preserve freedom, that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it ought to be.
To promote an awareness of these principles within the NYU School of Law community, we organize discussion groups, lectures, debates, and symposia during the school year. Our speakers have included some of the country's leading scholars, thinkingers, and jurists, and, of course, several of the Law School's own faculty.