Upcoming Events

Answering the Chief Justice’s Call on the Antiquities Act

Date: July 12, 2024
Location: Arlington, VA
Time: All Day, beginning 9:00 a.m. EDT

Pacific Legal Foundation seeks papers for a research roundtable on “Answering the Chief Justice’s Call on the Antiquities Act” to be held this July at our offices in Arlington, Virginia. In a 2021 statement accompanying the Supreme Court’s order denying certiorari in Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association v. Raimondo, Chief Justice John Roberts mad …

Scope of Practice Research Conference

Date: July 19, 2024
Location: John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University
Time: All Day, beginning 9:00 a.m. EDT

We are pleased to formally invite paper submissions for a Scope of Practice Research Conference, co-sponsored by the Knee Regulatory Research Center and Pacific Legal Foundation. This conference will be held in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, on July 18–19, 2024. Applicable Resear …

The Law and Policy of Race and Sex Preferences in Government Contracting

Date: September 27, 2024
Location: Arlington, VA
Time: All Day, beginning 9:00 a.m. EDT

Pacific Legal Foundation seeks papers for a research roundtable on “The Law and Policy of Race and Sex Preferences in Government Contracting” to be held September 2024 at our offices in Arlington,…

Too Far: Imagining the Future of Regulatory Takings

Date: October 04, 2024
Location: Arlington, VA
Time: All Day, beginning 9:00 a.m. EST

Pacific Legal Foundation and George Mason University’s Journal of Law, Economics & Policy seek papers for a symposium titled “Too Far: Imagining the Future of Regulatory Takings,” to be held at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School in October 2024. A century ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes, speaking for the Supreme Court, assured us that …

Past Events

Policy Briefing: Ending Racism in Public Institutions

Date: May 16, 2024
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Time: 4:00 PM EDT/1:00 PM PDT

Pacific Legal Foundation invites you to join us for our virtual panel as we discuss this issue and present our model policy, “Ending Racism in Public Institutions Act,” which can help put an end t…

The Regulatory State’s War on Free Speech

Date: May 09, 2024
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Time: 3:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. PDT

Join us for this in-depth panel discussion with attorneys and experts, who will reveal how federal agencies are targeting certain individuals and companies over their speech. You’ll learn about curr…

[Past Event] - Policy Briefing: Ending Discrimination in Public Contracting

Date: April 18, 2024
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT / 1:00-2:00 p.m. PDT

Awarding public contracts should come down to skill and value, not race or sex.   Yet across the country, governments are misusing taxpayer money and violating the Constitution’s promise of equality before the law by implementing discriminatory policies that are anything but equal.   But what can be done?  Join Pacific Legal Foundation for a p …

[Past Event] - VICTORY: Breaking Down the Supreme Court Ruling on Permit Fees

Date: April 17, 2024
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Time: 4:00 p.m. EDT/1:00 p.m. PDT

Pacific Legal Foundation just won its 18th Supreme Court victory. Join us for a virtual discussion to learn more about the case, Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, and how it helps secure property rights …