Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the Fall 2026 semester. Most are free and open to the public.

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Below is my list of speaking engagements for the Fall 2026 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 will likely add additional events and information to this post, as they are scheduled, and update details on existing ones. 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!

I will note that there are only very limited potential additional speaking slots during the fall semester, because I am a visiting professor at the University of Virginia, which creates some logistical constraints, given the need to split time between Charlottesville and my family's home in the Washington, DC area. But that arrangement will end in early December, and I can be more flexible after then, and in the spring semester.

September 17, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, 5:30-7:30 PM: "Tariffs, Nondelegation, and Executive Power" (tentative title), panel on "Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law." Other participants include include Carol Anderson (Emory), Bruce Swartz (Yale), Steve Vladeck (Georgetown), and Mary McCord (Georgetown) as moderator.

September 29, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, time TBA: "Previewing the 2026-27 Supreme Court Term," (tentative title). Annual Supreme Court Preview Panel.

October 5, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA, 11 AM-1 PM: "Tariffs and the Separation of Powers." Sponsored by the Washington and Lee Federalist Society.

October 12, Emory Law School, Atlanta, GA, 12:15 PM-1:45 PM: "The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning." Sponsored by the Emory Law School Federalist Society.

October 16, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom, 2-3:30 PM: "Foot Voting, Federalism, and Political Representation" (tentative title), panel on "Rethinking the Rules of Political Representation," conference on "Taming Polarization: Reforming the American Federal Republic." Other panel participants will be Jenna Bednar  (University of Michigan), Jonathan Rodden (Stanford University), and Nicola Lacey (LSE), as chair. Sponsored by the LSE Phelan US Centre. More information about this event available here.

October 21, Georgetown University Law Center, 5:45 PM-7:30 PM: "Is the Major Questions Doctrine Consistent with Textualism?" Debate with Prof. Chad Squitieri, Daniel Webster Debate Series. Sponsored by the Georgetown Federalist Society. I will be taking the affirmative side.

October 23, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, time TBA: "Tariffs and Executive Power," Panel on "Legal Interventions and Executive Overreach," symposium on "Presidentialism and the Escalation of Executive Power." Other panel participants will include Aaron Nielson (Univ. of Texas), Matt Segal (ACLU), and Corinne Blalock (Harvard).

November 3, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, times TBA: I will be doing two talks, likely one in the early afternoon, and one in the evening. The first will be "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom." The second is likely to be "Tariffs and the Separation of Powers."