Constitutional Law Colloquium
Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, 2025
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Philip Corboy Law Center
25 East Pearson Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom, 10th Floor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Florida State University College of Law will co-host the Sixteenth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
This event will provide a forum for constitutional law scholars at all stages of their professional careers to discuss current projects, doctrinal and theoretical developments in constitutional law, and future goals. The conference will bring together academics to discuss works-in-progress concerning a broad variety of constitutional issues—including Free Speech, Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection, Suffrage Rights, Campaign Finance, Interpretive Methods, Process Oriented Constitutionalism, Issues at the Interface of National Security and Constitutional Rights, Due Process Underpinnings of Criminal Procedure, Judicial Review, Executive Privilege, Suspect Classifications, Commerce Clause, and Comparative Constitutionalism—to present ideas and benefit from informed critiques. All submissions will be considered, but participation is by invitation only. Past participants have included constitutional law scholars from throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Presentations will be assigned to panels based on affinity of subject matter. The conference is also open to scholars who wish to attend sessions without presenting.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Peter Shane, Professor Emeritus at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Adjunct Professor and Distinguished Scholar at New York University School of Law
Conference Organizers
Professor Barry Sullivan, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Raymond and Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law and George Anastaplo Professor of Constitutional Law and History, bsullivan7@luc.edu.
Professor Alexander Tsesis, Professor and D’Alemberte Chair in Constitutional Law, Florida State University College of Law, atsesis@law.fsu.edu
Program Administrators: Jordan Mercer and Audrey Michaelson, ConstitutionLaw@luc.edu
Paper Submission Procedure
Titles and abstracts of papers should be submitted electronically no later than June 18, 2025. Abstracts for co-authored papers should be submitted only once.
Please submit 150 to 200 word abstracts interested in contributing to the current debates concerning constitutional theory and Supreme Court rulings. The goal of the Colloquium is to allow professors to develop new ideas with the help of supportive colleagues on a wide range of constitutional law topics.
Eligibility: The Constitutional Law Colloquium is aimed at Constitutional Law, Legal History, Political Science, and Philosophy scholars teaching full-time and part-time at the university, law school, and graduate levels on all matters of constitutional law.
The deadline to submit titles and abstracts is June 18, 2025.
Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, 2025
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Philip Corboy Law Center
25 East Pearson Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom, 10th Floor
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Florida State University College of Law will co-host the Sixteenth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
This event will provide a forum for constitutional law scholars at all stages of their professional careers to discuss current projects, doctrinal and theoretical developments in constitutional law, and future goals. The conference will bring together academics to discuss works-in-progress concerning a broad variety of constitutional issues—including Free Speech, Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection, Suffrage Rights, Campaign Finance, Interpretive Methods, Process Oriented Constitutionalism, Issues at the Interface of National Security and Constitutional Rights, Due Process Underpinnings of Criminal Procedure, Judicial Review, Executive Privilege, Suspect Classifications, Commerce Clause, and Comparative Constitutionalism—to present ideas and benefit from informed critiques. All submissions will be considered, but participation is by invitation only. Past participants have included constitutional law scholars from throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Presentations will be assigned to panels based on affinity of subject matter. The conference is also open to scholars who wish to attend sessions without presenting.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Peter Shane, Professor Emeritus at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Adjunct Professor and Distinguished Scholar at New York University School of Law
Conference Organizers
Professor Barry Sullivan, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Raymond and Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law and George Anastaplo Professor of Constitutional Law and History, bsullivan7@luc.edu.
Professor Alexander Tsesis, Professor and D’Alemberte Chair in Constitutional Law, Florida State University College of Law, atsesis@law.fsu.edu
Program Administrators: Jordan Mercer and Audrey Michaelson, ConstitutionLaw@luc.edu
Paper Submission Procedure
Titles and abstracts of papers should be submitted electronically no later than June 18, 2025. Abstracts for co-authored papers should be submitted only once.
Please submit 150 to 200 word abstracts interested in contributing to the current debates concerning constitutional theory and Supreme Court rulings. The goal of the Colloquium is to allow professors to develop new ideas with the help of supportive colleagues on a wide range of constitutional law topics.
Eligibility: The Constitutional Law Colloquium is aimed at Constitutional Law, Legal History, Political Science, and Philosophy scholars teaching full-time and part-time at the university, law school, and graduate levels on all matters of constitutional law.
The deadline to submit titles and abstracts is June 18, 2025.