2021
Book Talk with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Dahlia Lithwick (October 2021)
The Demonization of (Im)migrants: Dust Bowl Refugees and the Supreme Court (April 2021)
Ninth Circuit Cowboy (March 2021)
Courts during COVID (February 2021)
Book Talk with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
and Dahlia Lithwick
The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society and the Northern District Historical Society invite you to join us as renowned legal scholar and Berkeley Law’s Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, and Slate’s Amicus podcast host, Dahlia Lithwick, discuss Chemerinsky’s latest book, Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights.
Panelists:
- Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He is the author of 12 books and over 250 law review articles.
- Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate, where she has written her “Supreme Court Dispatches” and “Jurisprudence” columns since 1999. She is host of “Amicus,” Slate’s award-winning biweekly podcast about the law and the Supreme Court.
Dean Chemerinsky responds to the question:
Other than the Supreme Court , where might one look for police reform policies?
SCOTUS in Focus
NJCHS Program Chair Cynthia Jones moderated a conversation between Professors Leah Litman, Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw, hosts of the Strict Scrutiny podcast. What were significant cases from this term and what might we expect from the Court going forward? How might the Biden Commission’s work compare to New Deal efforts at Court-packing, which ended with the “Switch in Time that Saved Nine”? Tune in to find out!
Panelists:
- Leah Litman is an assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School. Leah researches and writes about the Supreme Court, federal post-conviction review and habeas corpus, and the construction of federalism and the separation of powers.
- Melissa Murray is a Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she teaches constitutional law, family law, criminal law, and reproductive rights and justice and writes about the legal regulation of intimate life.
- Kate Shaw is a Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, in New York City. She teaches Legislation, Administrative Law, and a seminar on the Supreme Court, and writes about executive power, the law of democracy, and reproductive rights and justice.
Moderator: Cynthia Jones, Esq.
Prof. Leah Litman provides a broad overview of some themes of this Supreme Court term.
Watch the full program here! Tune in on the Strict Scrutiny podcast!The Demonization of (Im)migrants: Dust Bowl Refugees and the Supreme Court
At the height of the Great Depression, California passed an “Anti-Okie” law, making it a misdemeanor to knowingly assist a pauper in entering the state. Edwards was convicted under this law after he had driven to Texas and then returned to California with his indigent brother-in-law.
Presented by the Northern District of California Historical Society, co-sponsored by the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society and the California Supreme Court Historical Society.
Welcome and introduction by Richard Rahm.
Presentation by lawyer and legal scholar and historian John S. Caragozian, centering on the constitutionality of California’s anti-Okie law in the 1941 United States Supreme Court case, Edwards v. California.
Watch the full program here!Ninth Circuit Cowboy
Join us for a special presentation by two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker Terry Sanders, in conversation with Judge Harry Pregerson’s children, CDCA Judge Dean Pregerson and Katie Rodan. They will discuss Judge Pregerson’s judicial philosophy, and his roles as a mentor, an ethical leader on and off the bench, and as a father. Sanders will address the process of capturing all of that in his outstanding new documentary “9TH CIRCUIT COWBOY, The Long Good Fight of Harry Pregerson.”
Katie Rodan discusses the inspirational message of the film, and reflects on Judge Pregerson’s accomplishments.
Watch the full program here! Stream the film on Amazon PrimeCourts during COVID
There is no question that 2020 was a difficult year for the courts, lawyers and litigants. But it also presented opportunities for courts to experiment with innovative technologies and explore alternatives to in-person proceedings. The NJCHS and the FBA of the Western District of Washington present a two-part CLE series in which all-star panels of judges, lawyers and court personnel from across the Ninth Circuit discuss the challenges of 2020, the unexpected successes that were achieved, and to what extent new technologies and procedures may remain relevant post-COVID.
Program 1: Challenges and Successes
A distinguished group of panelists discuss the challenges that were overcome to keep the Courts open during the COVID pandemic, and the surprising innovations/experiences that may carry over in the future.
Panelists:
- Chief Judge Phyllis Hamilton
- Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman
- Magistrate Judge Candy Dale
- Susan Gelmis
- Kiry Gray
- Mo Hamoudi
- Alexander Samuels
Moderator: Judge Virginia Phillips
Watch the full program here!Program 2: Trials Over Zoom
Esteemed panelists discuss remote trials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, sharing important resources for all across the Ninth Circuit.
Panelists:
- Judge Marsha J. Pechman
- Judge Robert S. Lasnik (WDWA),
- Michael S. Wampold
- Mark P. Walters
Moderator: Judge Barbara J. Rothstein
Watch the full program here!