Supreme Court Moot
October 21, 2009
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 3043
Duke Law School
The Program in Public Law sponsors a moot court for the upcoming Jones v. Harris case, in which the Supreme Court has been asked to clarify the standard for judging whether fees charged by mutual fund advisors are excessive under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Sotomayor panel discussion
October 20, 2009
12:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Panelists consider the personal and professional background of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor in an attempt to imagine the sort of Justice that she is most likely to become both methodologically and ideologically.

The Role of the Supreme Court: Rhetoric v. Reality
October 7, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Sponsored by the Program in Public Law,
the American Constitution Society, and
the Federalist Society

Supreme Court litigator Donald Ayer and Duke Law professors Neil Siegel and Ernest Young debate the proper role of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, focusing on what the American public can and should expect of the Court.

Supreme Court Preview
October 6, 2009
12:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Duke Law professors Neil Siegel, Samuel Buell, James Coleman, and Ernest Young discuss some of the most important Supreme Court cases of the upcoming term.

Supreme Court Moot
September 30, 2009
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
The Program in Public Law sponsors a Supreme Court moot for the upcoming United States v. Stevens case, a First Amendment free speech clause case involving the sales of videotapes of pit bull dog fights.

The Legacy of Justice David H. Souter
September 24, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Stuart Benjamin and Ernest Young of Duke Law School and Heather Gerken of Yale Law School, former co-clerks in Justice Souter's chambers, will reunite for a panel discussion to reflect on their time together with the Justice and offer thoughts on how history is likely to remember him.

Supreme Court Review
September 22, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
Duke Law professors Neil Siegel, Stuart Benjamin, Guy-Uriel Charles, and Lisa Kern Griffin discuss some of the most important Supreme Court decisions from the October 2008 Term.