Supreme Ambitions: A Conversation Between Judge Alex Kozinski and David Lat About Judging, Clerking, Ethics, and Ambition

Los Angeles Lawyers Chapter

Speakers:

• Judge Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 
• David Lat, Founder and Managing Editor of Above the Law, and Author of Supreme Ambitions 

Speakers:

• Judge Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judge, U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• David Lat, Founder and Managing Editor of Above the Law, and Author of Supreme Ambitions 

At this luncheon event, Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and David Lat, founder and managing editor of Above the Law, will have a conversation exploring the themes raised in Judge Kozinski's essay, "Clerkship Politics," and Mr. Lat's recent novel, Supreme Ambitions (Ankerwycke 2014).  Judge Kozinski's essay (co-authored with his former clerk, Fred Bernstein) considers "the conflicts that arise when a judge and a law clerk agree to disagree." Supreme Ambitions details the rise of Audrey Coyne, a recent Yale Law School graduate who dreams of clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court someday. Audrey moves to California to clerk for Judge Christina Wong Stinson, a highly regarded appeals-court judge who is Audrey’s ticket to a Supreme Court clerkship. While working for the powerful and driven Judge Stinson, Audrey discovers that high ambitions come with a high price.

MCLE Credit:  One Hour

This event is being co-sponsored by the Libertarian Law Council.

Send an email to [email protected] if you wish to attend.

The cost of the luncheon is $25.  Dues-paying members of The Federalist Society may pay a discounted rate of $20. Payment may be submitted in advance by mailing a check made payable to the Federalist Society to:  Andrew Pappas, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California  90071.  Payment (cash or check only) will also be accepted at the door.