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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the Fall 2026 semester. Most are free and open to the public.

Reason · Aug 18

Trump claims conspiracy over daughter Tiffany’s Covid-canceled Georgetown graduation ceremony

Trump also appeared to embellish his daughter’s academic achievements, based on a review of Georgetown Law School’s public records

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025

Court Rejects Promissory Estoppel Claim by Lawyer Whose Job Offer Was Revoked for Speech About Israeli Retaliation Against Gaza

"Plaintiff offers no evidence to support a finding that Defendant's promise of support was an unambiguous promise to not penalize Plaintiff for any actions she took as long as she believed they were in support of her Arab Muslim heritage."

Reason · Dec 4, 2024

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Georgetown University Law Center

The AFA calls on GULC to end its investigation of Ilya Shapiro

Reason · Feb 2, 2022

Faculty Letter Against Firing Ilya Shapiro

I don't normally do this sort of thing, but in light of the continued calls to terminate Ilya Shapiro from Georgetown University Law Center because of his tweets last week, I was part of a group of professors who sent the following letter to Georgetown Dean William Treanor. (Signatories include…

Reason · Jan 31, 2022