The Capital Grille 44 Front Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Always Right: Reflections on Justice Antonin Scalia
Connecticut Lawyers and UConn Law School chapters of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
Registration for this event is now closed. Please email Sarah Landeene ([email protected]) if you would like to be placed on a waiting list.
Speaker:
- Ed Whelan -- Former Clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, M. Edward Whelan, will discuss the life and legacy of the Justice, his impact on modern jurisprudence and the future of the United States Supreme Court.
Speaker:
- Ed Whelan -- Former Clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, M. Edward Whelan, will discuss the life and legacy of the Justice, his impact on modern jurisprudence and the future of the United States Supreme Court.
M. Edward Whelan is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He directs EPPC’s program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture. His areas of expertise include constitutional law and the judicial confirmation process. As a contributor to National Review Online’s Bench Memos blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law, he was a leading commentator on the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
Mr. Whelan, a lawyer and a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has served in positions of responsibility in all three branches of the federal government. In addition to clerking for Justice Scalia, he was a law clerk to Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Whelan previously worked as Senior Vice President and Counselor to the General Counsel for Verizon Corp. and as a lawyer in private practice. In 1981 Mr. Whelan graduated with honors from Harvard College and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. magna cum laude in 1985 from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review.
Mr. Whelan, a lawyer and a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has served in positions of responsibility in all three branches of the federal government. In addition to clerking for Justice Scalia, he was a law clerk to Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Whelan previously worked as Senior Vice President and Counselor to the General Counsel for Verizon Corp. and as a lawyer in private practice. In 1981 Mr. Whelan graduated with honors from Harvard College and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. magna cum laude in 1985 from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review.
Ample garage parking is available adjacent to the restaurant.
Cost of $20; free for students who RSVP in advance.
A four-course lunch will be served. Pre-registration/RSVP is required.
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Registration for this event is now closed. Please email Sarah Landeene ([email protected]) if you would like to be placed on a waiting list.