Overview

Conley Hurst is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Before joining Kirkland, Conley served as a law clerk to Judge Bobby E. Shepherd on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Conley is a graduate of Washington and Lee University, the University of Oxford and the University of Chicago Law School. He is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Comment, “The Scope of Evidentiary Review in Constitutional Challenges to Agency Action,” The University of Chicago Law Review, vol. 88, 2021

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2024District of Columbia
  • 2022Arkansas

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.with Honors2022

    Comments Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review

    Joseph Henry Beale Prize for Legal Research and Writing

  • University of OxfordM.St., U.S. History2018
  • Washington and Lee UniversityB.A., Historysumma cum laude2017

    Phi Beta Kappa

    Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for Character and Service