On Friday September 22, 2017 from 1-2 pm, the BYU Law School will be hosting The Supreme Court Review, an annual event at which former Supreme Court clerks and other leading commentators discuss some of the most important decisions of the Supreme Court’s most recent term. All three sessions will be held in the Moot Court Room (Room 303) of the J. Reuben Clark Building (JRCB).
Keynote Address: "Constitutional Memories: How and Why Judges Invoke the Past"
Justin Collings, Associate Professor, BYU Law School
11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Panel: A Changing Supreme Court: The Future of Constitutional Interpretation
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
The panel will feature BYU Law Professors—including Elizabeth Clark, John Fee, Aaron Nielson, Michalyn Steele, and Lisa Grow Sun—discussing how the recent appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch and other potential future appointments will affect the Court’s constitutional interpretation across different areas of the law, including issues of separation of powers and the administrative state, freedom of religion, federal Indian law, and criminal law.
Panel: Significant Opinions of the 2016 Term
Clark Asay, Associate Professor, BYU Law School, Matal v. Tam
Carolina Núñez, Associate Dean of Research & Academic Affairs, BYU Law School, Sessions v. Morales-Santana
Stephanie Barclay, Legal Counsel, Becket Fund, Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer
Douglas M. Spencer, Professor of Law & Public, Policy, University of Connecticut, Cooper v. Harris