The delegation listened to lively debates and panel discussions from judges, academics and lawyers on sessions themes that included: Is the Separation of Powers Principle Exportable?; Confirmation Battles and Presidential Nominations; The Administrative State and the Constitution; and War Powers and the Executive.

 

A few of the notable sessions speakers or panelists included, Hon. John R. Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Judge José A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit; Judge Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and Judge Debra Ann Livingston, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

 

The students also attended a banquet where Judge Laurence H. Silberman, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, delivered the keynote address. Judge Silberman spoke on the need for honor in public service.

 

About the Campbell Law Federalist Society: The Federalist Society is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the core beliefs of the Founding Fathers: the state exists to preserve freedom, the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and it is the providence and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. The Federalist Society seeks to promote awareness of these beliefs and to further their application through its activities.

 

About Campbell Law School: Since its founding in 1976, the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others and create a more just society. The School has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. In 2008, the Law School’s Moot Court Program was ranked in the top ten nationally by the University of Houston’s Blakely Advocacy Institute among 196 ABA accredited law schools. Campbell Law boasts more than 3,000 alumni, including 2,000 who reside and work in North Carolina. For the past 20 years, Campbell Law’s record of success on the North Carolina bar exam is unsurpassed by any other North Carolina law school. In the fall of 2009, Campbell Law School will relocate from the main Campbell University campus to a new location in downtown Raleigh.

 

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