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.
Criminal Law & Procedure at the Supreme Court—A Recap of OT25
Matthew P. Cavedon, Marc Levin, Kent Scheidegger
This term, several important questions of criminal law and procedure reached the Supreme Court, ranging...
What Did the Founders Think of the President’s Pardon Power?
Jeffrey DeSousa, Paul James Larkin, Andrew McCarthy, James Trusty
In this Federalist Society America250 series, experts analyze modern legal and policy debates through the...
Plenary Panel 2: Justice Alito's Jurisprudence
J. Joel Alicea, Stephanos Bibas, Sherif Girgis, Michael H. Park, E. Garrett West
This panel will examine Justice Samuel Alito’s jurisprudence as a whole, with particular attention to...
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: United States v. Hemani
F. Lee Francis, Marc Levin, John Ohlendorf
On March 2, 2026, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in United States v. Hemani....
Courthouse Steps Decision: Ellingburg v. United States
Matthew P. Cavedon, Sarah Field
Ellingburg v. United States concerned whether forced restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996...
A Seat at the Sitting - November 2025
The November Docket in 90 Minutes or Less
A Seat at the Sitting - November 2025
Thomas C. Berg, Zac Morgan, Jacob Schuman, Logan Spena, Erica Zunkel
Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting...
A Seat at the Sitting - November 2025
Thomas C. Berg, Zac Morgan, Jacob Schuman, Logan Spena, Erica Zunkel
Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting...
Panel II: Criminal Justice Reform: Is more needed or did we go too far? A look back at the First Step Act and Raise the Age
2024 North Carolina Chapters Conference
Raleigh, NCTopics
Pulsifer v. United States: The Statutory Interpretation Rubber Hits the Criminal Law Road
In Pulsifer v. United States, the Supreme Court examined the criteria for a defendant to...