Litigating Controversy: Law, Vocation, and the Supreme Court — Discussion with Erin Hawley

What does it take to litigate some of America’s most divisive issues—and to build a legal career around causes that much of the legal establishment opposes? Join the Federalist Society and Students for Life for a conversation with Erin Hawley, prominent Supreme Court litigator, Of Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, and wife of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley. Hawley helped Mississippi defend its abortion law in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, and personally argued FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the closely watched Supreme Court challenge to federal regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone. Drawing on her experience at the forefront of some of the country’s most contentious legal battles, Hawley will discuss the power of impact litigation to reshape American law, the challenges of advocating for unpopular causes, and the role of vocation and personal conviction in a legal career. Should lawyers simply work within the law as it stands—or dedicate their careers to changing it?