Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 a.m.–4:45 p.m.
| MCLE Credit: | 5.5 (anticipated) |
| Live-Interactive Credit: | 5.5 (anticipated) |
Celebrate America’s 250th and join us for a full day of engaging CLE exploring the Commonwealth’s contributions to constitutional history. Be inspired by opening remarks from Carly Fiorina, national honorary chair of the Virginia 250 Commission, a keynote by the Honorable William C. Mims, senior justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and other outstanding faculty.
More details will be announced soon. Learn more below.
In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary and Virginia’s foundational role in shaping American constitutionalism, the Constitutional Law Institute gathers legal leaders, scholars, historians, educators, students, and the general public to examine the Commonwealth’s contributions to constitutional history.
Presented in partnership by the Virginia Law Foundation and George Washington’s Mount Vernon, this full day of CLE will explore Virginia’s constitutional legacy, its central role in civil rights litigation, gender equality under the Constitution, and the foundations of colonial Virginia law. The Institute will begin with welcome remarks by Carly Fiorina, national honorary chair of the Virginia 250 Commission. As a former Fortune 50 CEO, passionate civics advocate, and 2016 presidential candidate, her address will underscore the significance of the year and will be followed by a keynote by the Honorable William C. Mims, senior justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Those participating are also invited to attend Mount Vernon’s Founding Debates series on September 24. At this public program, legal scholars Dr. Mary Sarah Bilder, professor at Boston College Law School, and Sarah Isgur, editor of SCOTUSblog and a legal analyst for ABC News, will explore Virginia’s central role in shaping the nation’s founding.
Sign up below to be notified when registration for this signature program opens this summer.
