Sep 22, 2008

SCOTUS Conferences!

Anyone in or around Washington, DC? Lucky you! SCOTUSBlog put up a list of Supreme Court conferences that will be discussing the upcoming term. Check them out if you're around (note: the Georgetown one is actually today, not on Tuesday).

Also, be aware that the first oral argument will be held on October 6.

From SCOTUSBlog:
Host: Washington Legal FoundationDate: Tuesday, September 16 at 9:00
a.m.Location: Washington Legal FoundationMore information: Click herePanelists:
Hon. Dick
Thornburg, K&L Gates (moderator)
Sri Srinivasan, O’Melveny &
Myers
J. Scott Ballenger, Latham & Watkins
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Host:
Cato InstituteDate: Wednesday, September 17 from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m.Location: Cato
InstituteMore information: Click here (see panel 4 of
Constitution Day program). Annual “Supreme Court Review” publication available here.Panelists:
Roger
Pilon (moderator)
Tom Goldstein, SCOTUSblog
Eugene Scalia, Gibson
Dunn
Bradford Berenson, Sidley Austin
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Host:
Georgetown University Law CenterDate: Tuesday, September 22 from 8:30 a.m. to
11:00 a.m.Location: Gewirtz Student Center, 12th floorMore information: Click here.Panelists (all Georgetown
professors):
Martin Lederman
Lisa Heinzerling
James Forman
David
Vladeck
Susan LowBloch
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Host: National Chamber
Litigation CenterDate: Tuesday, September 23 at 8:30 a.m.Location: U.S. Chamber
of CommerceMore information: This event is for members of the media. To
RSVP, contact Sheldon Gilbert at 202-463-5337 or sgilbert@uschamber.com.Panelists:
Robin
Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center (moderator)
Paul Clement, former
U.S. Solicitor General
Seth Waxman, former U.S. Solicitor
General
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Host: American Constitution SocietyDate:
Wednesday, September 24 from 12 to 2 p.m.Location: National Press ClubMore
information: Click here Panelists:
Preet Bansal, Skadden
Arps (moderator)
Debo Adegbile, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Beth Brinkmann,
Morrison & Foerster
Walter E. Dellinger, O’Melveny & Myers
Orin
Kerr, George Washington University Law School
David Vladeck, Georgetown
University Law Center
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Host: William & Mary School
of LawDate: September 26-27Location: William & Mary School of LawMore
information: Click herePanelists: (listed
at above link)
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Host: American Civil Liberties
UnionDate: Thursday, October 2 at 8:30 a.m.Location: Washington Court HotelMore
information: Click herePanelists:
Steven R.
Shapiro, ACLU Legal Director
Jonathan Hafetz, ACLU National Security
Project
Chris Hansen, ACLU First Amendment Working Group
Laughlin
McDonald, ACLU Voting Rights Project

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