Yale Federalist Society Receives Awards

Yale Law School’s chapter of the Federalist Society (FedSoc) received the organization’s James Madison Award for Chapter of the Year for 2022. The award was presented at the National Student Symposium on March 5, 2022.

“It was an unparalleled honor and a privilege to accept this year's James Madison Award. Yale FedSoc emerged from the pandemic with a groundbreaking slate of programming,” said Zack Austin ’22, president of FedSoc. “Perhaps most importantly, we more than doubled our new membership compared to last year and brought on the largest first-year board in history.”

This is the third time the Yale chapter has won the Madison Award. “We keep winning Chapter of the Year not merely because of the breadth and depth of our programming, but because our members unite across differences and forge bonds like no others,” Austin stated.

At the symposium, Austin also received the Article I Initiative Writing Prize for authors under 40. “The stimulating discussions within the chapter have enriched my understanding of the law, and I credit them for laying the intellectual foundation of my award-winning paper,” said Austin.

According to the Federalist Society, the Chapter of the Year carries forward Madison's legacy by connecting its law school to the ideas of our founders. The Federalist Society is an organization of conservatives and libertarians who seek to promote the idea that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.