“[Buckley] has given me an outlet to engage with ideas I otherwise would not have been able to. The speaker quality is just excellent.”

— Anonymous

“From the various events to which I’ve gone…really the message that shines through is finding underrepresented voices, whether that’s a conservative one, which is going to be a lot more obviously underrepresented, or a kind of a niche or liberal voice.”

— Daniel Dumontet ’28

“I think the dinners work well in terms of that small, intimate format. It gives people time to ask questions and engage with the speaker.”

— Edward Blunt ’26

“I learned to question the moral implications of arguments, not just their effectiveness. The key takeaway for me was the importance of prioritizing truth and integrity in discourse.”

— Hilda Barragan-Reyes ’26

“The Buckley Institute always boasted a consistently strong and intellectually engaging slate of speakers. I didn’t find this in my classes, and the Institute challenged me to explore areas and ideas I didn’t find elsewhere.”

— Kevin Xiao LAW ’27

“I know many friends who are really, really grateful to Buckley for being a place that they can go and discuss their ideas safely. That’s kind of the point.”

— Tori Cook ’27

“I am seriously impressed at the quality of this seminar, both in the resources the Buckley Institute offered and the effort put in both by the staff and the professor. The topic was incredibly fascinating, my fellow seminar attendees were invested and eager—I am absolutely thrilled with how I decided to spend my break.”

— Noah Torrance ’28

“The Buckley Institute has given me more confidence to express my opinions, helped me flesh out my conservative politics and philosophy with the voices of the past, and offered a community of unexpected friends.”

— Isaac Oberman ’26

“Meeting Chris Wray, the FBI director, was surreal. It’s one of those experiences that you can only have at Buckley.”

— Will Wang ’26