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Article: Introduction to the Federalist Society 2002 symposium on law and truth; banquet panel on the founding of the Federalist Society.(conservative law student organization)
- Article from:
- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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In looking back at the founding of the Federalist Society as a conservative law student organization it is clear that Steve Calabresi, Lee Liberman Otis, and Gary Lawson were the intellectual powerhouses who put together the original symposiums. Spence Abraham and my jobs were to take care of logistics and organization. There are a few funny episodes that happened along the way.
For the most part we all talked through and agreed on everything. However, as we began to institutionalize the Federalist Society the question of what to name the new organization turned out to be an issue we could not easily resolve. The Yale Chapter--much like the small states at the ...