2018 Supreme Court Preview, September 21st-22nd

Program

The 2018 Preview featured 4 federal court of appeals judges, 16 Supreme Court advocates who have collectively argued more than 300 cases before the Supreme Court, and leading Supreme Court reporters and columnists from the nation's top newspapers. The Preview began with a moot court on the case Nieves v. Bartlett. The issue in this case concerned the First Amendment and retaliatory arrests. The moot was argued by Nicole Saharsky of Gibson, Dunn and William Jay of Goodwin Procter.  

The Friday night programming also featured a panel on the Kavanaugh nomination’s potential impact on the Supreme Court. The Preview continued on Saturday, September 22 with panels throughout the day.

2018 Panelists:


Bob Barnes (Washington Post)

Joan Biskupic (CNN)

Jess Bravin (Wall Street Journal)

Beth Brinkmann (Covington & Burling)

Erwin Chemerinsky (University of California, Berkeley, School of Law STEDDA Berkeley)

Paul Clement (Kirkland & Ellis)

John Elwood (Vinson & Elkins)

Garrett Epps (University of Baltimore School of Law)

Jeff Fisher (Stanford University Law School)

Greg Garre (Latham & Watkins)

Adam Gershowitz (William & Mary Law School)

Linda Greenhouse (Yale Law School)

Tara Grove (William & Mary Law School)

Pamela Harris (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit)

Toby Heytens (University of Virginia School of Law)

William Jay (Goodwin Procter LLP)

Pam Karlan (Stanford Law School)

Alli Larsen (William & Mary Law School)

Adam Liptak (New York Times)

Michael W. McConnell (Stanford Law School)

Patricia Millett (U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit)

Kevin Newsom (US Court of Appeals, 11th Circut)

David Savage (Los Angeles Times)

Kannon Shanmugam (Williams & Connolly)

Paul Smith (Campaign Legal Center)

Greg Stohr (Bloomberg)

Jeffrey Wall (US Solicitor General)

Timothy Zick (William & Mary Law School)