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.
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...
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...
Luncheon Panel: Abortion Law After Dobbs
San Francisco, CADobbs and the Doors it Opened
Nebraska Lawyers Chapter
Lincoln, NEPanel IV: Constitutions, Elections, and Procedure – (How) Can We Change How We Separate Powers?
Sherif Girgis, Britt C. Grant, Lawrence Lessig, Stephen E. Sachs
Suppose we don’t like how our governmental powers are separated. Perhaps we think the executive...
Panel IV: Constitutions, Elections, and Procedure – (How) Can We Change How We Separate Powers?
Sherif Girgis, Britt C. Grant, Lawrence Lessig, Stephen E. Sachs
Suppose we don’t like how our governmental powers are separated. Perhaps we think the executive...
Luncheon and Discussion with Prof. Sherif Girgis: Living Traditionalism
Grand Rapids Lawyers Chapter
Grand Rapids, MIPanel IV: Constitutions, Elections, and Procedure – (How) Can We Change How We Separate Powers?
2024 National Student Symposium
Cambridge, MAPanel: Dobbs & the Rule of Law
24th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
San Diego, CAPanel: Dobbs & the Rule of Law
Sherif Girgis, Vicki C. Jackson, Stephen E. Sachs, Reva Siegel, J. Joel Alicea
This past June, the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization...