The New York City Bar will be CLOSED starting 2:00 PM on Friday, September 1st in observance of Labor Day. We will resume our regular hours at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, September 5th.
The Leslie H. Arps Memorial Lectures
The Leslie H. Arps Memorial Lectures are made possible by the generosity of the firm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
2022
Hon. John Gleeson
Racial Disparities and 'Second Looks' in Federal Sentencing: A Window Into Dysfunction, and a Path Out Of It
2019
Hon. Jon O. Newman
“What’s Wrong With Federal Sentencing?”
2018
Jeffrey Toobin
"The Supreme Court in the Age of Trump"
2016
Hon. Robert A. Katzmann
"A Republic If You Can Keep It"
2015
Hon. José A. Cabranes
"The Foreign Policy of Our Government's 'Least Dangerous Branch'"
2013
George J. Mitchell
2012
Hon. Pierre N. Leval
"Distant Genocides: Not a Court's Business?"
2010
Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor
2005
Elena Kagan
“Women and the Legal Profession: A Status Report”
2003
Leon Silverman
“Are We A Litigious Society-The So-Called Litigation Explosion”
1999
Hon. Patricia M. Wald
“A Whitewater Legacy—Running the Rapids of Constitutional Law”
1997
Hon. Robert W. Sweet
“Civil ‘Gideon’ and Justice in the Trial Court (The Rabbi’s Beard)”
1996
John D. Feerick
“Judicial Independence and the Impartial Administration of Justice”
1993
Hon. Herbert Brownell
“Law Practice: A Profession or a Regulated Industry?”
1992
Hon. James L. Oakes
“‘Plain Meaning,’ ‘Original Intent,’‘Administrative Deference:’ Judicial Abdication or Judicial Activism?”
1991
Hon. Lawrence E. Walsh
“Due Process and the Rule of Law”
1989
Hon. Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
“Stare Decisis and Judicial Restraint”
