The Un-Forgotten Founder: A Celebration of George Mason’s Legacy for His 300th Birthday

The Law & Economics Center hosted The Un-Forgotten Founder: A Celebration of George Mason’s Legacy on the Occasion of His 300th Birthday on Monday evening, December 8, 2025. The celebration was attended by more than 120 state and federal judges from across the country, private practitioners, government attorneys, elected officials, and other friends of the Law School. The program included a reception, celebratory exhibits from George Mason’s Gunston Hall and the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and an all-star panel of legal experts who discussed Mason’s lasting impact on American constitutional thought. Panelists Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School Michael S. Greve, Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School The Honorable Edith Hollan Jones, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The Honorable William C. Mims, Senior Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia Moderator: The Honorable J. Michelle Childs, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit