On February 9, the ALA along with the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association
of Chicago will host “Neutral Umpires and Honest Black Robes: What Is, and Is Not,
Said at Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings,” featuring Professor Carolyn
Shapiro, the former Illinois Solicitor General.
Professor Shapiro teaches at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she
founded and acts as co-director of its Institute on the Supreme Court of the
United States. At the event, Professor Shapiro will discuss how senators and nominees to the Supreme
Court have described the role of the Court and its justices during confirmation
hearings.
The event will begin at noon and run until 1:30 p.m. at the Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard. The Union
League Club enforces a dress code, which can be found here.
Attendees will receive one hour of MCLE credit.
For more information about the event and to register, please
click here.
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services or legal advice. Discussions of legal principles and authority,
including, but not limited to, constitutional provisions, statutes, legislative
enactments, court rules, case law, and common-law doctrines are for
informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice.
