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 16, Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, 12-1 PM (hybrid in-person/online event): "Constraining Executive Power" (tentative title), panel on "Separation of Powers and Institutional Constraints on Executive Power." Other participants will include Prof. Harold Koh (Yale), Prof. Bruce Swartz (Yale), Prof. Noah Rosenblum (NYU), and Liz Oyer. I believe this event is limited to Yale Law School students and faculty.

September 17, Hart Auditorium, McDonough Hall, 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 Carol Anderson (Emory), Bruce Swartz (Yale), Steve Vladeck (Georgetown), and Mary McCord (Georgetown) as moderator.

Sept. 23, Montreal Economic Institute, Montreal, Canada, 12-1:30 PM (online event): "The Legal Battle Over Trump's Tariffs," panel on "How the American Court System Can Help Restore Free Trade in North America." additional information about this event, and free registration available here.

Sept. 26, Society for the Rule of Law, Washington, DC, 5:00-6:00 PM: "Threats to the Rule of Law in the United States." Event for Society for the Rule of Law law student leaders.

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

October 5, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA, 11 AM-12:30 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 17, 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, 11 AM-12:15 PM:  "Tariffs and the Separation of Powers" (tentative title).

November 3, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, 7-8:15 PM: "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom."

December, 3, American Bar Association Administrative Law Conference, 4-5:30 PM Eastern time (virtual event): "Tariffs and the Separation of Powers," panel on Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. Other panelists will include Prof. Ilan Wurman (University of Minnesota), Prof. Elena Chachko (UC Berkeley), and Laura Stanley (Gibson Dunn, moderator).