Term Talk

Reproductive Rights. Substantive Due Process. Experts discuss the Dobbs decision’s impact on women’s health and reproductive rights, as well as Substantive Due Process Liberty Clause jurisprudence.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley Law School; Tara Grove, Professor, UT Austin School of Law; Beth Wiggins, Research Division Director, Federal Judicial Center.

Federal Criminal Statutes. Experts discuss the Court’s refusal to read statutes broadly and the importance of judges considering the impacts of race and addiction in sentencing.

Participants. Laurie L. Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings College of Law; and Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Federal Criminal Statutes. Experts discuss the Court’s refusal to read statutes broadly and the importance of judges considering the impacts of race and addiction in sentencing.

Participants. Laurie L. Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings College of Law; and Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Takings. Experts discuss the potential demise of the Penn Central four-part test and the difficulty in determining compensation for temporary and episodic access requirements.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley Law School; Michael McConnell, Professor, Stanford Law School; and Hamid Kahn, Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Takings. Experts discuss the potential demise of the Penn Central four-part test and the difficulty in determining compensation for temporary and episodic access requirements.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley Law School; Michael McConnell, Professor, Stanford Law School; and Hamid Kahn, Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Constitutional Criminal Law. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s elimination of the Watershed Exception for procedural rule changes in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the lack of need for specific findings in life without parole sentencing of juveniles in Jones v. Mississippi.

Participants. Laurie L. Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Suzanna Sherry, Professor, Vanderbilt Law School; and Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Constitutional Criminal Law. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s elimination of the Watershed Exception for procedural rule changes in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the lack of need for specific findings in life without parole sentencing of juveniles in Jones v. Mississippi.

Participants. Laurie L. Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Suzanna Sherry, Professor, Vanderbilt Law School; and Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Jurisdiction. Experts discuss changes in specific personal jurisdiction jurisprudence to include the incorporation of relatedness, and what might come next.

Participants. Paul Clement, Partner Kirkland & Ellis, LLP; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings College of Law; and Hamid Kahn, Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Jurisdiction. Experts discuss changes in specific personal jurisdiction jurisprudence to include the incorporation of relatedness, and what might come next.

Participants. Paul Clement, Partner Kirkland & Ellis, LLP; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings College of Law; and Hamid Kahn, Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

Standing. Experts discuss the novel theory of standing by inseverability, limitations on Congress’ ability to confer standing through legislation, and the questions raised by allowing nominal damages to save some completed harms from mootness.

Participants. Suzanna Sherry, Professor, Vanderbilt Law School; Evan Lee, Professor Emeritus, UC Hastings College of Law; and Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.