Constitution Day Events

2022 Constitution Day Events

OUR BODIES, Their Laws: Reproductive Justice After The Fall of Roe.

  • Friday, September 16, 2022 at 4:00pm
  • Myron Taylor Hall, 182 Cornell Law School, Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
  • Cornell Event Listing

Megan McArdle, columnist for the Washington Post to give Freedom and Free Societies Talk

  • Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 5:30pm to 7:30pm
  • Statler Hall, 198 106 Statler Drive, Cornell University Campus
  • Cornell Event Listing

2021 Constitution Day Event

Friday, September 17, 2021

Since 1992, @LIICornell has made law accessible to the public by publishing online for free and creating materials to help people better understand laws. On #ConstitutionDay, explore the institute's robust source of scholarship on the U.S. Constitution.

2020 Constitution Day Event

The Constitution During a Pandemic and Other Crises

Thursday, September 17, 2020 6:00-7:00PM

Free and Open to the Public, Hosted by the Cornell chapter of The American Constitution Society

Speaker: Michael C. Dorf, Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School

2019 Constitution Day Event

Civil Discourse: Executive Power with Neal Katyal and George T. Conway III

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - Alice Statler Auditorium - 5:30pm to 6:30pm

A conversation with Neal Katyal: Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of Law at Georgetown University and a Partner at Hogan Lovells, and George T. Conway III: Of Counsel in the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Moderated by Sarah Kreps, Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor of Law. 

2018 Constitution Day Event

Know Your Rights Panel Discussion

Monday, September 17, 2018 - William T. Keeton House - 7:15pm to 8:15pm

A panel discussion featuring Professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer and Kevin Graham will focus on the practice of students' constitutional rights, both on and off campus, as a means of protecting oneself and others in the face of police brutality, surveillance, and unlawful I.C.E harassment.

2017 Constitution Day Event

Are We In A Constitutional Crisis?

Monday, September 18, 2017 - 120 Physical Sciences Building - 5:30pm

Is the U.S. Constitution in crisis? Is democracy under threat? What opportunities might this moment present?

Panel discussion & community conversation in recognition of Constitution Day, featuring:

  • Noliwe Rooks (Director of American Studies; Associate Professor, Africana Studies & Research Center)
  • Aziz Rana (Professor, Law School)
  • Gerald Torres (Professor, Law School)
  • Scott Peters (Professor, Development Sociology)

*Free pocket U.S. Constitutions for attendees!*