THE REHNQUIST CENTER is pleased to announce the eighth annual National Conference of Constitutional Law Scholars. This year’s event was held at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson on March 6–7, 2026. The March weather was beautiful, and the resort has breathtaking views of the Santa Catalina Mountains as well as the city lights below at night, with many outdoor recreational opportunities nearby.
As in previous years, there was a series of panels organized by subject matter moderated by Distinguished Commentators. The program also included several break-out “lightning sessions,” in which participants delivered short, no-paper presentations on early-stage projects followed by group discussion. The conference schedule included plenty of time for informal conversation and outstanding food.
Mila Sohoni (Stanford) gave a keynote lecture, “The Strange Career of Judicial Restraint.”
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Distinguished Commentators for 2026 included:
• Daniel Epps, Washington University in St. Louis
• Deborah Hellman, Virginia
• Adam Samaha, NYU
• Ilya Somin, George Mason
• Mark Tushnet, Harvard
• Chris Walker, Michigan
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
- Andrew Coan (Arizona)
- Rebecca Aviel (Denver)
- Shalev Roisman (Arizona)
- David Schwartz (Wisconsin)
- Oren Tamir (Arizona)
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Past Conferences
2024 Keynote - Richard Re
2023 Keynote - Aziz Huq (University of Chicago)
2022 Keynote - Lee Epstein (Washington University in St. Louis)
2021 Keynote - Jamal Greene (Columbia)
2019 Keynote - David Straus (Chicago)
About the Rehnquist Center
The William H. Rehnquist Center on the Constitutional Structures of Government was established in 2006 at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. The non-partisan center honors the legacy of Chief Justice Rehnquist by encouraging public understanding of the structural constitutional themes that were integral to his jurisprudence: the separation of powers among the three branches of government, the balance of powers between the federal and state governments, and among sovereigns more generally, and judicial independence.