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18th Annual Supreme Court Review: October 2015 Term (Live and Webinar)

Thursday August 11
2016

  • By: Practising Law Institute
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Time Zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • CLE Credit
  • Location:
    PLI New York Center
    1177 Avenue of the Americas, (2nd floor), entrance on 45th Street
    New York, NY
  • Contact:
    Leonard McKenzie
    Practising Law Institute
    212-824-5826
  • Website: www.pli.edu

This training will be held live at the New York PLI Center, and simultaneously webcast nationwide.

Why You Should Attend
The United States Supreme Court this Term confronted an unusually broad array of vital constitutional questions impacting myriad facets of society. The questions include such contentious issues as state regulation of abortion, university racially based affirmative action admission programs, compulsory union dues for public sector employees, religious objection to the Affordable Care Act contraception mandate, the right to vote, Presidential power over immigration, and the death penalty. The Court also agreed to decide major issues involving criminal prosecutions for political corruption, police searches, civil rights litigation, class action litigation, and arbitration.

Justice Antonin Scalia's death in the middle of the Term presented the prospect that this highly ideologically divided Court might decide some of its cases by a 4-4 vote or schedule some cases for reargument in the October 2016 Term. The impact of Justice Scalia's death on the Court's work, and the Senate Judiciary Committee's refusal to hold hearings on the President's Supreme Court appointment of Judge Merrick Garland, have become a focal point of Supreme Court commentators and analysts.

The extraordinary faculty, representing a broad spectrum of constitutional views, includes a federal court of appeals judge, a Supreme Court journalist, constitutional scholars, and civil rights experts.

What You Will Learn
This program will analyze and debate the U.S. Supreme Court decisions rendered during the October 2015 Term, and the impact of Justice Scalia, and his death, upon the Court. The decisions will be analyzed for their doctrinal, precedential and, where appropriate, litigation significance. Topics will include:

  • Overview of the Term : the major decisions, trends, voting patterns of the Justices, and the impact of the death of Justice Scalia
  • Key decisions impacting freedom of speech, voting rights, and religion
  • State authority to regulate abortion, the validity of university affirmative action admissions programs, and Presidential power over immigration
  • Criminal law and procedure decisions
  • Business, class actions, civil rights, and other civil litigation


Who Should Attend
The program is a must for anyone interested in constitutional law and the United States Supreme Court.

Cost: $995*

*Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are available to pro bono attorneys, judges, judicial law clerks, law professors, attorneys 65 or older, law students, librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit organizations, legal services organizations or government agencies, unemployed attorneys and others with financial hardships.

Registration:

CLICK HERE

  • CLE Credit Comments: CLE-NY Credits Credit Status: Approved Transitional: Newly admitted NY attorneys CAN earn ethics, professional practice, law practice management, and skills credits in this format. Total Credits: 7.50 Professional Practice: 7.50 CLE-NJ Credits Credit Status: Approved Total Credits: 7.50 General: 7.50
  • Attachment(s): Scholarship_Application_2015.pdf
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