Heather K. Gerken, the dean of the law school, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.

Even as Donald Trump has fumed at the conservative legal group, it remains the most influential player in Republican judicial ...

On Wednesday, when the eyes of the nation were still fixed on the Middle East, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing ...

But while the Federalist Society was founded during Ronald Reagan’s first term, it did not yet have a cadre of loyal, experienced potential judicial nominees until George W. Bush’s presidency.

A former federal prosecutor and leader at a conservative legal organization has been nominated to the top federal prosecutor ...

The president’s fury at Leonard Leo for recommending judges who won’t do exactly what he wants shows his corrupt understanding of the judiciary.

A Texas federal judge whose court has emerged as a magnet for conservative litigants joked that a recent Supreme Court ruling ...

And yet, at a Federalist Society gathering last Wednesday, which focused on the executive branch of the federal government, both the speakers and attendees seemed far more ambivalent about their ...

The Federalist Society, once instrumental in securing conservative judicial appointments under Trump, now faces his criticism for prioritizing legal principles over political loyalty, ...

Emil Bove will make an excellent addition to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. We know this because the three of us ...

Ad Policy Leonard Leo, former head of the Federalist Society, and Donald Trump. (Nordin Catic / Getty Images for The Cambridge Union; Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) One of the keys to Donald Trump ...

Drawing from the Federalist Society’s tremendous pool of legal talent, Trump nominated more than 230 federal judges in his first term. He placed 54 judges on the powerful courts of appeals (a ...