The annual NOMOS conference, on Free Speech and Its Critics, will be on Friday, September 25, 2026. This will be a hybrid event, with an in-person conference hosted by the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy and the Center for Law & Philosophy at the University of Virginia School of Law together with a Zoom meeting. There is no registration fee. Please register here, indicating whether you will be in person or on Zoom.
Panel I (Law): 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST
- Principal paper: Genevieve Lakier (University of Chicago), "The Fight Over Freedom of Speech in an Age of Fracture"
- Political Science commentator: Teresa Bejan (Oxford)
- Philosophy commentator: Robert Simpson (UCL)
Panel II (Political Science): 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. EST
Panel III (Philosophy): 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. EST
NOMOS Business Meeting: 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. EST
If you are not already a member of NOMOS, we encourage you to join. All who join by October 1 will receive NOMOS LXVIII: Structural Injustice (the volume from our most recent conference). Only $50 per year for regular members and $20 for graduate students and emeritus/a members. If you have any issues joining or with the website, please contact Micah Schwartzman.
Sincerely,
Deborah Hellman, President
Micah Schwartzman, Secretary-Treasurer
James Wilson, Communications Director
Daniel Wodak, Editor of NOMOS LXXI: Free Speech and Its Critics
