Clark Neily, "Civil Forfeiture"

Clark Neily joined the Institute for Justice as a senior attorney in 2000. He litigates economic liberty, property rights, school choice, First Amendment, and other constitutional cases in both federal and state courts. Clark is also the Director of IJ’s Center for Judicial Engagement, which was created to challenge the unconstitutional expansion of government by articulating a principled vision of judicial review, educating the public about the importance of a properly engaged judiciary, and advocating the Constitution as a charter of liberty and a bulwark against the illegitimate assumption of government power. Clark has written a book about judicial engagement, titled Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government. Before joining the Institute for Justice, Clark spent four years as a litigator at the Dallas-based firm Thompson & Knight. Clark received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas, where he was Chief Articles Editor of the Texas Law Review. After law school, he clerked for Judge Royce Lamberth on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Paul Crane, Lecturer in Law and Bigelow Teaching Fellow, graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2007. He was the recipient of the Carl M. Franklin Prize and an executive editor on the Virginia Law Review. He also earned a master's degree in history from the University of Virginia in 2007. He previously served as a law clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court and to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

This event was sponsored by the Federalist Society and was recorded on January 8, 2015.