Upcoming Speaking Engagements [Updated]

Ilya Somin's speaking engagements for the Spring 2024 semester. Most are free and open to the public.

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This post is a list of my upcoming speaking engagements for the Spring 2024 semester. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public—and in person.  The listed times are those in the time zone where the event is being held.

I may add additional events and information to this post, over time.

In the meantime if your university, think tank, research institute or other similar organization would like to invite me to speak (either virtually or in person) on any topic within my expertise, I am open for business! You can get an overview of the issues I write and speak about at my website.

Jan. 9, 12:00-1:15 PM, Brigham Young University Law School, Provo, UT: "The Case for Disqualifying Trump Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment." Debate with Prof. Kurt Lash. Sponsored by the BYU Federalist Society.

Jan. 10, 2-3 PM, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC: "The Case Against Nationalism." This event is by invitation only, I believe.

Feb. 1, noon-1 PM (tentative time), University of Dayton School of Law: "A Qualified Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine." Sponsored by the Dayton Federalist Society.

Feb. 8, 1:15-2:15 PM, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business,  Rm. 0420, 701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI: "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom." Sponsored by the Adam Smith Society.

Feb. 9, 12-1PM, University of Michigan Law School,  Hutchins Hall, Room 138, Ann Arbor, MI: "Sanctuary States of the Left and Right: A Defense of Liberal Immigration Sanctuaries and Conservative Gun Rights Sanctuaries." Sponsored by the Univ. of Michigan Federalist Society.

Feb. 15, noon-1:15 PM (tentative time), Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH: "The Free Market Case for Open Borders Immigration" (tentative title). Sponsored by the Case Western Federalist Society.

Feb. 22, noon- 1 PM, University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, NC: "Rights and Wrongs of State Preemption of Local Government Policy" (debate with Prof. Rick SU). Sponsored by the UNC Federalist Society.

Feb. 29, noon-1 PM, Scalia Law School, George Mason University, 3301 Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA, Rm. 120: "Is Trump Disqualified From Office." Panel with Debra Perlin (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the organization litigating Trump v. Anderson on behalf of the plaintiffs) and John Maier (CREW). Sponsored by the George Mason University American Constitution Society (ACS).

Mar. 6, 12:45-2:00 PM: Boston University School of Law, Boston MA, 765 Commonwealth Ave, Rm. 204: "The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning." Sponsored by the BU Federalist Society.

Mar. 6, 4:20-5:40 PM, Law and Economics Workshop, Boston University School of Law, Boston MA: "The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning." This event is likely limited to faculty and other invitees. It will focus on different aspects of the article than the Federalist Society event earlier the same day.

April 2, 12-1 PM, Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, Hazel Hall, Rm. 120: "The Criminal Cases Against Trump." Sponsored by the George Mason Criminal Law Society.

April 5, 10:30-11:00 AM, University of Denver, Denver, CO: "Takings, the Police Power, and the Right to Use," Conference on "The Origins, Justification, and Implications of the Right to Property."

April 11, 11:40 AM-1 PM, MIT Sloan School of Management,  Rm. E62, 100 Main St,  Cambridge, MA: "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom." Sponsored by the MIT Adam Smith Society.

April 23, 12-1 PM, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Van Metre Hall, Rm. 111, 3351 Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA: "The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning," Panel on "Solving the Nation's Housing Shortage." The other panelists will be Prof. Bryan Caplan, author of Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing (George Mason University), and Jerry Howard (former Director of the National Association of Home Builders). UPDATE: This event has been postponed till September, for scheduling reasons. I will post the new date and time when it is set.