Prof. Gerald F. Uelmen, the Director of the Heafey Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, announced the fall lineup of events which are open to all students and faculty of the law school.
SUPREME COURT MOOT:
Johnson v. California
Friday, October 15, 2004, 12 Noon – 1 PM
Moot Court Room, Bergin Hall
Bert Deixler of Los Angeles represents a California inmate who is challenging the use of racial classifications by the California prison system to separate prisoners by race during the initial 60 days of their incarceration. The case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on November 2, 2004. Mr. Deixler will be mooted by a panel of Santa Clara law faculty. Copies of the briefs are available in the law library.
SUPREME COURT MOOT:
Brown v. Payton
Friday, October 29, 2004, 12 Noon – 1 PM
Moot Court Room, Bergin Hall
Dean Gits, a Deputy Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles, represents a California death row inmate who challenges the California jury instructions regarding mitigating circumstances because they preclude consideration of defendant’s post-crime behavior. The case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on November 10, 2004. Mr. Gits will be mooted by a panel of Santa Clara law faculty, joined by Bay Area death penalty experts. Copies of the briefs are available in the law library.
DISTINGUISHED ADVOCATE LECTURE:
Jeffrey L. Fisher
Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 12 Noon
Room 127, Bannan Hall
Each semester, the Heafey Center invites a distinguished advocate to address some aspect of trial or appellate advocacy. The lecturer for Fall, 2004 will be Jeffrey L. Fisher, of Davis, Wright & Tremaine in Seattle, Washington. During the 2003-2004 term of the U.S. Supreme Court, Mr. Fisher argued and won both the case of Crawford v. Washington and the case of Blakely v. Washington. Both cases have already had enormous impact on the work of lower courts. Mr. Fisher will speak on “Advocacy Before the United States Supreme Court.” Students and Faculty are invited to meet Mr. Fisher at a reception following his lecture in the Strong Common Room in Bergin Hall.
