SCHEDULE
Welcome Reception Address
Wednesday, March 24 | 6:15 - 7:00 p.m. ET
The Honorable Ted Cruz (R-TX)
United States Senator
Remarks: "One Vote Away: How A Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History"
Plenary Session I - Textualism and Canons of Statutory Construction
Thursday, March 25 | 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. ET
Josh Blackman*
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston
*This speaker will present virtually.
Post-Lunch Presentation - Clerkship and Career Advice: A Conversation with Two Appellate Judges
Wednesday, March 25 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
The Honorable Stuart Kyle Duncan
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
The Honorable Greg Katsas
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Moderator: John Malcolm
The Heritage Foundation
Plenary Session II - Corpus Linguistics: Making Originalism Empirical*
Thursday, March 25 | 2:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
The Honorable Thomas Rex Lee
Associate Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court
James Heilpern
Counsel, Schaerr | Jaffe; President, Judicial Education Institute
*See resources tab.
Debate: Originalism vs. Common Good Originalism
Thursday, March 25 | 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ET
Ed Whelan
Distinguished Senior Fellow and Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies, Ethic and Public Policy Center
Josh Hammer
Opinion Editor, Newsweek and Research Fellow, Edmund Burke Foundation
Moderator: GianCarlo Canaparo
The Heritage Foundation
Plenary Session III - The Steps to Standout Legal Writing: Bench Memos, Opinions, and Dissents*
Friday, March 26 | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
Ross Guberman
President, Legal Writing Pro LLC
*This speaker will present virtually. Please see resources tab.
Post-Lunch Presentation - Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court*
Friday, March 26 | 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET
Ilya Shapiro
Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
*See resources tab.
Plenary Session IV - What I Wish I Knew Before My Clerkship?
Friday, March 26 | 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sherif Girgis
Former Clerk to Justice Samuel Alito and Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith
Tiffany Bates
Former Clerk to Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan
Megan Lacy Owen
Former Clerk to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, and District Judge Sidney Fitzwater
David Rosenthal
Former Clerk to Circuit Judge Joel Carson and District Judge James Teilborg, and District Judge Benjamin Beaton
Moderator: John Malcolm
The Heritage Foundation
