The Federalist Society Presents: A Discussion with Noel Francisco

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Add to Calendar 2021-04-29 12:15:00 2021-04-29 13:20:00 The Federalist Society Presents: A Discussion with Noel Francisco Event details: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/discussion-noel-francisco - University of Chicago Law School blog@law.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public
Online-Only Law School Event
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Open to the Law School community
Presenting student organizations: Federalist Society

"A Discussion With Noel Francisco"

With Commentary by Anthony Casey

Thursday, April 29th

 

12:15 pm


If you need an accommodation in order to participate in this event, please email Tamara Skinner at tskinner@uchicago.edu.

 

Noel Francisco (JD, '96) is the former Solicitor General of the United States and current Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Francisco served as Solicitor General from 2017 to 2020. As Solicitor General, Mr. Francisco argued 17 cases in the Supreme Court on issues ranging from separation of powers to religious liberty and free speech. He also served as Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush and as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel. He served as a law clerk to Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and then for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He attended the University of Chicago for both his B.A. and his J.D., graduating with high honors from the Law School in 1996.