The Institute of Bill of Rights Law, William & Mary School of Law, is pleased to invite you to attend the 19th annual Supreme Court Preview, September 15 & 16, 2006, at which leading legal scholars, lawyers, and Supreme Court journalists will discuss and analyze the Courts upcoming term.
The Preview features a moot court on the federal partial birth abortion act. Two seasoned Supreme Court advocates, Duke University law professor Erwin Chemerinsky and Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice, will argue the case. During the two-day event panelists will examine cases now before the Supreme Court including affirmative action, election law, punitive damages and greenhouse gas emissions, and engage in some informal, freewheeling reviews of what is happening at the Supreme Court.
Participants in the 2006 Supreme Court Preview are Joan Biskupic, USA Today; David Savage, Los Angeles Times; Linda Greenhouse, New York Times; Charles Lane, Washington Post; Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog; Dahlia Lithwick, Slate; Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center; Beth Brinkman, Morrison and Foerster; Michael Carvin, Jones Day; Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke Law School; Walter Dellinger, OMelveny & Meyers and Duke Law School; Tom Goldstein, Akin Gump; Pam Karlan, Stanford Law School; Neal Katyal, Georgetown University Law Center; Richard Lazarus, Georgetown University Law Center; Maureen Mahoney, Latham & Watkins; Carter Phillips, SidleyAustin; Jay Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice; Paul Smith, Jenner & Block; Amy Wax; University of Pennsylvania Law School; Stephen Wermiel, Washington School of Law, American University; John Yoo, University of California Berkeley and Neal Devins, Alan Meese, and William Van Alstyne, all of William and Mary School of Law.
All events will take place at the Law School, beginning Friday, September 15th at 6:15 pm. with the Moot Court Argument followed by panels: The Roberts Court and The War on Terror. Registration is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s program begins at 9 a.m. with a panel on Business Law and will continue to run the rest of the day with panels on Criminal Procedure, Election Law, Civil Rights, and will wrap up with a panel on Supreme Court Advocacy.
