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

  Posted by intern-1@jwinst.org on 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 […] …

• 2023 UT and UVA Natural Law Jurisprudence Seminars

  Posted by James Wilson Institute on Sep 27, 2023
  In these last couple of weeks of September, we were ecstatic to host our Natural Law Jurisprudence Seminars at the University of Texas Law School and the University of Virginia Law School. Though it is customary for us to host only one seminar per semester, the enthusiasm for this program was so great that we […] …

• Legally Defining Real Religious Communities

  Posted by James Wilson Institute on Sep 21, 2023
  Prof. Hadley Arkes's review of Prof. Mark Movsesian's article "Defining Religion in the Court." …

• 2023 James Wilson Fellowship

  Posted by James Wilson Institute on Sep 1, 2023
  In early August of 2023, we convened our annual James Wilson Fellowship. The class and the Fellowship can certainly be counted among our best yet. We share this report with you as a way of celebrating our 2023 Class.  Early this spring, we selected a group of outstanding young lawyers and law students to comprise our tenth class of Fellows. […] …

• Equal Protection for All – Josh Craddock ’19 on the Overturn of Roe

  Posted by James Wilson Institute on Jun 28, 2023
  JWI Affiliated Scholar Josh Craddock ’19 speaks on the momentous overturning of Roe v. Wade, and what are the next steps for the Pro-Life movement in ensuring the Equal Protection of the pre-born. …