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 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 3: Justice Alito’s Impact on Criminal Law & Procedure
Sarah Keeton Campbell, Benjamin J. Cassady, Andrew Oldham, Amul R. Thapar
Justice Alito has played a significant role in shaping contemporary criminal law and procedure, particularly...
Plenary Panel 3: Justice Alito’s Impact on Criminal Law & Procedure
Sarah Keeton Campbell, Benjamin J. Cassady, Andrew Oldham, Amul R. Thapar
Justice Alito has played a significant role in shaping contemporary criminal law and procedure, particularly...
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...
Birthright Citizenship in Context: Law, History, and Contemporary Debate
2026 Annual Shooting Range Day and Lunch Event
Atlanta Young Lawyer Chapter
Kennesaw, GASOC! SIDEBAR: Mardi Gras
Kurt Damian Engelhardt
The Federalist Society's Student Division & Tulane Law School Chapterpresent SOC! SIDEBAR:Mardi Gras featuring Hon....
SOC! SIDEBAR: Mardi Gras
A Seat at the Sitting - January 2026
Tiffany H. Bates, Bradley A. Benbrook, Stephanie Lee Freudenberg, Jacob H. Huebert, Ryan Daniel Walters
Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting...