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.
A Conversation with Justice Adam Tanenbaum
Emerald Coast Lawyer Chapter
Pensacola, FLPlenary 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...
Closing Banquet: Keynote Address and Presentation of the Annual Joseph Story Award and Feddie Awards*
Lawrence VanDyke
Keynote Address: The Proper Judicial Role, 250 Years Later Hon. Lawrence VanDyke, Judge, United States Court...
Panel IV: Mandates, Medicine, and Liberty: The Legal Battle Over Bodily Autonomy and the Right to Choose
Hadley P. Arkes, Steven J. Griffin, Jennifer Perkins, Christina Sandefur
Featuring: Prof. Hadley P. Arkes, Founder and Director, The James Wilson Institute Mr. Steven Griffin, Deputy Attorney...
The Federalist Society Adds Four New Members To Board of Directors
The Federalist Society is pleased to welcome Thomas Bell, Stephen Sachs, Annie Talley, and Michael...
Can the Federal Government Ban At-Home Distilling?
Thomas Berry, Theodore Cooperstein, Michael D. Pepson, Eric J. Segall
After the U.S. Supreme Court in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and U.S. v. Lopez (1995)...
Daniel Webster Debate Series: Do President Biden's Proposed SCOTUS Reforms Deserve Support?
Caroline Fredrickson, Robert J. Luck, Mark Paoletta
The Federalist Society's Georgetown Law Chapter'sDaniel Webster Debate Series presents Daniel Webster Debate Series:...
Panel IV: Florida’s Tort and Insurance Reform: Past, Present, and Future
Kansas R. Gooden, Fred E. Karlinsky, William Large, Paul Renner, Jay Tidmarsh, Patrick J. Kilbane
Lawmakers and courts have been reforming Florida’s tort and insurance laws for decades. From expansion...
Young Lawyers Special Session: Making Winning Arguments
Whitney D. Hermandorfer, Robert E. Long, Jay Mitchell, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, Edward Mark Wenger
The state and federal bench has transformed in recent years, with more textualist/originalist judges appointed...