South Dakota Federalist Society Receives Most Improved Chapter Award at National Student Symposium
The Federalist Society judges the Most Improved Chapter primarily based on the strength of its event calendar. Secondary criteria include attendance at Federalist Society conferences, membership growth, regional leadership and creative advertising.
The South Dakota Federalist Society has hosted several events to engage with the community this academic year. In the fall semester, the organization hosted three speaker events.
The first event, “SCOTUS Round-Up,” was a discussion of major Supreme Court cases with USD law faculty Patrick Garry, J.D., professor; Tyler S. Moore, Ph.D., J.D., assistant professor; and Hannah Haksgaard, J.D., professor. The event had a total of 110 faculty and students in attendance.
On Oct. 19, the organization held an event via Zoom titled, “The Complete Guide to Law School Success: J.D. Launch,” with David Beylik, J.D., former member of the Harvard Law Review board of editors. Beylik provided attendees with studying and outlining topics, advice on class schedules for students seeking to apply for clerkships and insight into his experience as a clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court. A total of 30 students attended the event.
On Oct. 26, they held an in-person event with South Dakota Associate Justice Scott P. Myren, who gave a presentation on ethics, leadership and the independent judiciary. Fifty people attended the event.
The South Dakota Federalist Society also hosted a social event for the law school community at Prentis Park that had 60 attendees.
This semester, they hosted Eli Nachmany to discuss his theory on a Bill of Rights non-delegation principle. Nachmany is a clerk to Judge Steven J. Menashi on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, a senior research fellow with the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School and the former editor-in-chief to the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.
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