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.
Originalism and State Constitutions
Nicholas Cole, John D. Couriel, Stephen Cox, Richard W. Garnett, Sean-Michael Pigeon, Savannah Shoffner
Originalism has quickly become the leading approach to interpreting the U.S. Constitution, drawing from the...
Plenary Panel 4: Justice Alito’s Impact on Religious Liberties & Speech
Stephanie Barclay, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Steven J. Menashi, Matthew A. Schwartz
This panel will analyze Justice Alito’s contributions to the Supreme Court’s religious liberty and free...
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...
Moving Away from ABA Accreditation?
Michael S. McGinniss, Derek T. Muller, Daniel B. Rodriguez, Daniel R. Thies
The Council of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has...
Moving Away from ABA Accreditation?
Michael S. McGinniss, Derek T. Muller, Daniel B. Rodriguez, Daniel R. Thies
The Council of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has...
Moving Away from ABA Accreditation?
No One Can Own the Law? The Third Circuit's Review of Whether Publishing ASTM Standards is Fair Use
Emily Bremer, Zvi Rosen, Stephen Alexander Vaden
Join us for a webinar examining the Third Circuit’s ongoing review of a decision holding...
No One Can Own the Law? The Third Circuit's Review of Whether Publishing ASTM Standards is Fair Use
Emily Bremer, Zvi Rosen, Stephen Alexander Vaden
Join us for a webinar examining the Third Circuit’s ongoing review of a decision holding...
No One Can Own the Law? The Third Circuit's Review of Whether Publishing ASTM Standards is Fair Use
Panel 2: Federalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Classroom: A Review of the Florida Model of Education Policy and Jurisprudence
2026 Florida Chapters Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL