Garrett West is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His subject areas include torts, remedies, federal courts, and administrative law. His scholarship focuses on the uses of private law theory in public law and on the problems of constitutional interpretation and doctrinal coherence through constitutional change.
West received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as an Articles and Essays Editor on the Yale Law Journal, and a B.A. from Hillsdale College in 2015. After graduating from Yale, West practiced appellate litigation in Washington, D.C., and clerked for Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Judge Thomas Griffith, and Justice Samuel Alito.
Foreign State Actors, Security, and Privacy: What is the Future of End-to-End Encryption?
Sean Cooksey, Jamil N. Jaffer, Susan Landau, Tara C. McFeely
The 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California kicked off a debate over whether U.S....
Litigation Update: Property Rights in Spectrum and Ligado
John Kneuer, Andrew Lock, Ari Meltzer
What Does the Decision Mean and What is Next?
What property rights, if any, does an FCC spectrum license confer? Long thought to be...
SOC! Sidebar: Triathlons
Ryan D. Nelson
The Federalist Society's Student Division & University of Virginia School of Law Chapterpresent SOC! SIDEBAR:Triathlonsfeaturing...
The Return of the Monroe Doctrine? Venezuela, Ecuador, and American Foreign Policy
John C. Harrison, Jeremy A. Rabkin, John C. Yoo
Nearly two centuries after President James Monroe announced a landmark foreign-policy principle in his 1823 address to...
The Return of the Monroe Doctrine? Venezuela, Ecuador, and American Foreign Policy
John C. Harrison, Jeremy A. Rabkin, John C. Yoo
Nearly two centuries after President James Monroe announced a landmark foreign-policy principle in his 1823 address to...
Plenary Panel 4: Justice Alito’s Impact on Religious Liberties & Speech
Stephanie Barclay, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Steven J. Menashi, Matthew A. Schwartz
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
This panel will analyze Justice Alito’s contributions to the Supreme Court’s religious liberty and free...
Plenary Panel 4: Justice Alito’s Impact on Religious Liberties & Speech
Stephanie Barclay, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Steven J. Menashi, Matthew A. Schwartz
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
This panel will analyze Justice Alito’s contributions to the Supreme Court’s religious liberty and free...
Plenary Panel 3: Justice Alito’s Impact on Criminal Law & Procedure
Sarah Keeton Campbell, Benjamin J. Cassady, Andrew Oldham, Amul R. Thapar
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
Justice Alito has played a significant role in shaping contemporary criminal law and procedure, particularly...
Plenary Panel 3: Justice Alito’s Impact on Criminal Law & Procedure
Sarah Keeton Campbell, Benjamin J. Cassady, Andrew Oldham, Amul R. Thapar
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
Justice Alito has played a significant role in shaping contemporary criminal law and procedure, particularly...
Plenary Panel 2: Justice Alito's Jurisprudence
J. Joel Alicea, Stephanos Bibas, Sherif Girgis, Michael H. Park, E. Garrett West
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
This panel will examine Justice Samuel Alito’s jurisprudence as a whole, with particular attention to...