Annual Supreme Court Watch: Hot Cases on the Docket This Session And Recent Blockbuster Decisions

Seattle, Washington

Friday, September 28, 2012

Friday, September 28, 2012

Seattle University School of Law
Sullivan Hall and Webcast
901 12th Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98122
United States

Course Description:
You will be on the edge of your seat during this fast-paced full day program as we highlight the hottest cases currently docketed for U.S. Supreme Court review this Fall. This year, we will also review a couple of blockbuster cases from last session. The program will explore Supreme Court trends and swing votes before moving into specific cases. These cases are history in the making involving issues you will not only see in the news but you will feel in your practice.

Note about Course Materials: These cases and links to SCOTUS Blog are for reference pruposes and further reading in accordance with your interests. You will not need to have the cases printed for the CLE program.

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8:30 – 9:00 Registration opens and coffee & tea service is provided with assorted breakfast breads

9:00 – 10:30        Introduction and Roundtable Discussion of Last Term’s Major Structural Rights Cases:   The Health Care and Arizona Immigration Decisions
Introductory Remarks, Professor Andrew Siegel
Roundtable: Professors Charlotte Garden, Andrew Siegel, and David Skover
   SCOTUS Blog's Health Care Page (includes the Act and court docs)
   Arizona v United States
   Auburn Regional Medical Center v Kathleen Sebelius

10:30 - 10:45      Break

10:45 - 12:15      Individual Rights Cases: Same-Sex Marriage, Affirmative Action and First Amendment Cases
Professors Julie Shapiro, Andrew Siegel, & David Skover
   SCOTUS Blog Survey of Same-Sex cases
   SCOTUS Blog Survey of Affirmative Action Cases
   SCOTUS Blog listing of First Amendment Cases
   US v Alvarez

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch break

1:15 - 2:45           Criminal Law and Procedure Roundtable: So Many Cases & Issues; So Little Time
Professors Deborah Ahrens, Christian Halliburton & Anna Roberts
   Williams v Illinois
   Chaidez v US
   Dorsey v US
   Moncrieff v Holder
   US v DesCamps
   US v Moore
   US v Bailey
   Howes v Fields
   US v Henderson
   SCOTUS Blog listing of Criminal Law Cases

2:45 - 3:00 Break

3:00 - 4:30           Procedural, Labor, and International Law: Alien Tort Claims Act, Civil Procedure and Federal Courts and Labor & Employment Law
Professors Tom Antkowiak, Brooke Coleman & Charlotte Garden
   Amnesty v Clapper
   Knox v Service Employees
   Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum
   Link to Thomson/West Summary of Sosa v Alvarez-Machain 2004

4:30 Adjourn.

Program Chairperson and Featured Speaker:
Professor Andrew Siegel

Featured Presenters:
Professor Deborah Ahrens
Professor Thomas Antkowiak
Professor Brooke Coleman
Professor Charlotte Garden
Professor Christian Halliburton
Professor Anna Roberts
Professor Julie Shapiro
Professor David Skover

Schedule:
8:30am Registration, Coffee/Tea & Breakfast Breads
9:00am Program Begins
12:15pm Lunch Break
1:15pm Program Resumes
4:30pm Program Ends

Credits:
6.0 CLE Credits Approved

Registration Fees:

In-person at the school
$195 General Registration
$175 Employed by Non-Profit or Gov't Entity
$165 SU Law Alumni Class 2009 and earlier
$125 SU Law Alumni Classes 2010, 2011 and 2012
Free for SU Law Faculty, Staff & Current SU Law Students

Live videostream webcast
$185 Per Person Video Webcast (one price for all registrant categories)