Judicial Speaker Series

The Branstetter Judicial Speaker Series is part of an ongoing effort to introduce students to a broad range of perspectives from judges who represent different types of courts.

Justices and judges typically spend a day in residence at the law school during which they serve as guest lecturers in classes, meet with student groups, and deliver a lecture that is open to the entire law community.

Recent judicial speakers:

 

"Habeas Corpus and Criminal Justice: A Conversation between Judge Andrew Oldham, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Professor Nancy King
February 11, 2020
12:00 p.m.
Flynn Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Criminal Law Association

 

 

“Justice Kennedy’s Contributions to the Law of Free Speech,” a conversation with Judge Michael Scudder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, moderated by Professor Sara Mayeux

September 12, 2019
12:00 p.m.
Flynn Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Law Review

 

“From the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office to the Federal Bench,” a conversation with Judge Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, moderated by Professor Ingrid Wuerth
October 22, 2019
12:00 p.m.
Renaissance room
Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society

 

"Laboratories of Jurisprudence?: The Role of State Supreme Courts in a Federal System," a conversation with Associate Justice Jonathan Papik, Nebraska Supreme Court
November 4, 2019
12:00 p.m.
Flynn Auditorium
Co-sponsored by Vanderbilt Bar Association

 

 

Recent judicial visitors have included:

• Judge Robert Bacharach, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Judge Sheila Calloway '94 (BA'91), Metro Nashville Juvenile Court
• Judge Christopher Cooper, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• Chief Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw '81 (BA'78), U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
• Senior Judge Andre Davis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Judge Bernice Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Justice Elena Duarte, California Court of Appeal
• Judge Julia Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Chief Judge Robert Katzman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Judge Richard Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• Associate Justice Goodwin Liu, California Supreme Court
• Judge Raymond Lohier, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Judge Jeffrey Meyer, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• Judge Brian Miller '95, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
• Judge Brian Morris, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
• Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Judge Paul Oetken, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Judge William Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Judge John Rogers, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Judge D. Brooks Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Judge Stephanie Thacker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Judge Amul Thapar, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
• Judge Jon Tigar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• Judge John Tinder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (retired)
• Chief Judge Tim Tymkovich , U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Judge Robert L. Wilkins, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Chief Judge Diane Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Judge Staci Michelle Yandle '87, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinios

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