Program Details
2025-08-14 14:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-08-14 14:00:00
1h CLE Credits
Intermediate
1
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session introduces the 2024-2025 Supreme Court term as a contrast between a relatively modest merits docket and an extraordinarily active emergency docket. It highlights Chief Justice Roberts’ dominant role in the majority and examines the evolving positions of Justices Barrett and Jackson.
Amy HoweSamantha Pallini 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm ESTThis comprehensive session covers the term’s major merits decisions across religion and civil rights, First Amendment issues, and administrative law. Key cases include Skrmetti on gender-affirming care, Mahmoud on LGBTQ-themed storybooks, TikTok’s national security challenge, and ghost gun regulations under Bondi v. VanDerStok.
Amy HoweSamantha Pallini 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm ESTThis session examines the unprecedented volume of emergency appeals, including over 100 major applications during the term. The landmark Trump v. CASA decision eliminated universal injunctions, while ongoing litigation addresses immigration policy, federal workforce restructuring, and transgender service members.
Amy HoweSamantha Pallini 2:45 pm - 2:55 pm ESTThis forward-looking session previews the 2025-26 term’s most anticipated cases on transgender athletes in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. BPJ. Additional cases include a challenge to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban and a potential revisiting of campaign finance limits on coordinated expenditures.
Amy HoweSamantha Pallini 2:55 pm - 3:00 pm ESTThis closing session provides an opportunity for attendees to engage directly with the presenter on the term’s developments. Participants can seek clarification on specific rulings or discuss implications for pending and future litigation.
Amy HoweSamantha PalliniAmy Howe is a legal journalist and appellate attorney best known for her work covering the United States Supreme Court as a reporter for SCOTUSblog. She has extensive experience analyzing Supreme Court litigation, constitutional law, and federal appellate practice, and is widely recognized for making complex legal issues accessible to attorneys, academics, and the public. In addition to her work as a journalist, she has represented clients in significant appellate and Supreme Court matters and has written extensively on developments in Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Accountability and oversight attorney specializing in civil rights litigation with experience in both public and private sector legal practice.
Amy Howe is a legal journalist and appellate attorney best known for her work covering the United States Supreme Court as a reporter for SCOTUSblog. She has extensive experience analyzing Supreme Court litigation, constitutional law, and federal appellate practice, and is widely recognized for making complex legal issues accessible to attorneys, academics, and the public. In addition to her work as a journalist, she has represented clients in significant appellate and Supreme Court matters and has written extensively on developments in Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Accountability and oversight attorney specializing in civil rights litigation with experience in both public and private sector legal practice.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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