Supreme Court Preview 2025

Schedule

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm to Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

William & Mary Law School | Williamsburg, VA

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About this Event

The Supreme Court Preview, hosted by William & Mary Law’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law, is an annual conference that convenes judges, scholars, advocates, and journalists to discuss the Supreme Court’s upcoming term. The Preview will begin with a moot court of a pending Supreme Court case on Friday, September 19th featuring seasoned appellate advocates and a panel of appellate judges and nationally renowned journalists.


Thematic panels will begin on Friday after the moot and will continue into Saturday afternoon. Attendees can expect these panels to cover most major cases before the Court for the 2025-2026 term and ‘recap’ some of the most influential and relevant cases of the past term. The Supreme Court Preview will also provide informational sessions for attendees who are particularly interested in one area of the Court’s actions, such as business law, criminal law, and election law.


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Among the Experts Participating:

  • Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Former Solicitor General of the United States
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law
  • Pamela S. Karlan, Professor at Stanford Law School
  • Melissa Murray, Professor at NYU Law School
  • Jonathan Adler, Professor at William & Mary Law School
  • Judge Pamela Harris, Fourth Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
  • Judge Robin Rosenbaum, Eleventh Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
  • Kanon Shanmugam, Leading Supreme Court Litigator and Partner at Paul Weiss
  • Erin Murphy, Leading Supreme Court Litigator and Partner at Clement & Murphy
  • Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst
  • Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter
  • Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal Supreme Court Correspondent
  • Abbie Van Sickle, New York Times Supreme Court Reporter

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The Supreme Court Preview typically offers 7.5 continuing legal education credits (contingent on approval).

*Agenda shown below is subject to change


September 19

🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Moot Court - Chiles v. Salazar

Info: In 2019, Colorado enacted a law banning licensed mental health professionals from engaging in "conversion therapy" with minors, defined as efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Kaley Chiles, a licensed counselor and practicing Christian, challenged the law, arguing that it prevents her from providing counseling consistent with her religious beliefs. She works with clients who want to discuss issues that, she says, “implicate Christian values about human sexuality and the treatment of their own body.” Chiles contends that the Colorado law violates her First Amendment rights to free speech and to freely exercise her religion. The Tenth Circuit rejected her claim, ruling that the law regulates professional conduct, not speech, and is therefore subject to rational basis review, which it passes.


🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Procedural Changes at the Court: Nationwide Injunctions and Emergency Docket
September 20

🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Immigration Law and the Trump Administration
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Litigation over Executive Orders
🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
The Judges Panel: How minds are changed in judicial deliberation
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch Break
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Docket Deep Dives
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
The Supreme Court & The Internet
🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:15 PM
Civil Rights Panel
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William & Mary Law School, 613 South Henry Street, Williamsburg, United States

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