Merkel speaks at 40th annual National Lawyers Convention
The Federalist Society hosted the 40th annual National Lawyers Convention last week at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The three-day convention focused on the state of today’s legal industry, including a special session titled, “The Second Amendment: Aftermath of Bruen; What’s Next at the State Level?”
Charleston School of Law Professor William Merkel was one of the featured speakers on the subject. His comments begin at 27:58 of the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3wXnSKg8ng
Speakers:
- Mr. Stephen Halbrook, Senior Fellow, Independent Institute
- Professor William Merkel, Associate Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law
- Professor Mark Smith, Visiting Fellow in Pharmaceutical Public Policy and Law, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford; Presidential Scholar and Senior Fellow in Law and Public Policy, The King’s College; Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow of Law and Public Policy, Ave Maria School of Law
- Moderator: Honorable Steven J. Menashi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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