Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites with Ilya Shapiro
April 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Free
In partnership with the WashULaw Federalist Society, the Show-Me Institute is pleased to present Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, for a discussion of his new book, Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites.
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
12:00 noon
Washington University in St. Louis Law School
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 305
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
About the Book
Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites
Law schools used to teach students how to think critically, advance logical arguments, and respect opponents. Now those students cannot tolerate disagreement and reject the validity of the law itself. Rioting Ivy Leaguers are the same people who will soon:
- Be America’s judges, DAs, and prosecutors
- File and fight constitutional lawsuits
- Advise Fortune 500 companies
- Hire other left-wing diversity candidates to staff law firms and government offices
- Run for higher office with an agenda of only enforcing laws that suit left-wing whims
Ilya Shapiro will discuss how we got here and what we can do about it. The problem is bigger than radical students and biased faculty—it’s institutional weakness.
About the Speaker
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. Previously he was executive director and senior lecturer at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, and before that a vice president of the Cato Institute and director of Cato’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies.
Read full bio here.
This event is brought to you by: Show-Me Institute, WashULaw Federalist Society, Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, and Show-Me Opportunity.
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